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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: zac123 on December 08, 2008, 15:01:02

Title: evergreen, bit of colour, shade
Post by: zac123 on December 08, 2008, 15:01:02

hi all, not sure if this is the correct place  to post about this but....

i'm looking for evergreen ground cover for one of my borders, but the problem is it receives little to no sunshine.

has anyone got any ideas?

Title: Re: evergreen, bit of colour, shade
Post by: jo9919 on December 08, 2008, 18:02:30

Ivy?

Jo.

Title: Re: evergreen, bit of colour, shade
Post by: ceres on December 08, 2008, 18:19:10

Vinca minor (Lesser Periwnkle).  Pretty flowers.

Title: Re: evergreen, bit of colour, shade
Post by: Mrs Ava on December 08, 2008, 23:41:29

Pulmanaria, bugle and ferns smother the ground in my deep shade area.

Title: Re: evergreen, bit of colour, shade
Post by: star on December 09, 2008, 00:45:50

Hello and welcome Zac ;D

I grow ferns, Sweet woodruff, Violets, Foxgloves (new), Primroses, and a real pretty thing I cant remember the name of :-[. There's an Acer there too, it gets an hour or two of sun in summer at that end of the border.
Helebore, and even a fuschia ;D

Title: Re: evergreen, bit of colour, shade
Post by: GrannieAnnie on December 09, 2008, 02:11:12

Pachysandra?  We have beds of that and it tolerates shade and drought well.
You can grow your spring bulbs through it.

Title: Re: evergreen, bit of colour, shade
Post by: hopalong on December 09, 2008, 16:59:48

If you have room for a shrub, Camellia x williamsii does very well in shade - "Francis Hanger" is a brilliant white one. Camellias need an acid soil, of course. Hydrangea quercifolia is also very good and fairly small for a hydrangea, with cones of white florets. Fatsia japonica is great if you want striking foliage, not quite so good if you are mainly after colour.

Periwinkle is good ground cover for shade. Vinca minor, suggested already, is great in all soil conditions and does not mind dryness; Vinca major can be very invasive but there are some attractive variegated ones - I I have one scrambling over an unsightly bit of wall and it can be controlled all right with regular pruning.

Hope this helps.

Title: Re: evergreen, bit of colour, shade
Post by: ACE on December 10, 2008, 17:18:28

I use a silver lamiun in all those shady places, great for groundcover and it does not fully die back in the winter.

Title: Re: evergreen, bit of colour, shade
Post by: zac123 on December 11, 2008, 17:10:02

thank you so much to everyone for getting back. i'm sorry i havent responded sooner, i think i must have email notifications switched off.

thanks for the suggestions.

zac

Title: Re: evergreen, bit of colour, shade
Post by: Kea on December 15, 2008, 18:28:30

Geraniums (cranesbill), alchemilla mollis