Shade tolerant

Aquilegia alpina – alpine columbine

Potsize: 9cm
Common Name: alpine columbine
Family: Ranunculaceae
Description: Bright blue bonnets on tall slender stems approx.30cm high. Flowers are occasionally blue with white. Can be shortlived but often self seeds
Flowers: May-June
Height: 30-60cm
Spread: 10cm
Position: Sun or part shade where they will not get too wet or extreme dry
Use: Rock garden, border plant,woodland shady areas

Arabis Foliage Effect

Arabis ferdinandi-coburgii ‘Old Gold’

Potsize: 9cm
Common Name: rock cress
Family: Brassicaceae
Description: A low spreading variety with flat variegated rosettes of green and gold, white flowers in spring to early summer raised up on stems
Flowers: March-June
Height: 5cm
Spread: 30cm
Position: Sun or semi-shady spot, tolerant of most soils.
Use: Rock garden, trailing over walls, ground cover

Astilbe Cushion Forming

Astilbe ‘Willie Buchanan’

Potsize: 9cm and 1litre
Common Name: false goats beard
Family: Saxifragaceae
Description: A lovely dwarf form of this herbaceous perennial with attractive dissected reddish leaves and cream-white flowers that fade to pink mid to late summer.
Flowers: June-August
Height: 15cm
Spread: 20cm
Position: Cool, moist, semi-shady spot.
Use: Alpine troughs, rock garden.

Campanula Good Ground Cover

Campanula poscharskyana ‘E.H. Frost’

Potsize: 9cm
Common Name: bellflower
Family: Campanulaceae
Description: Vigorous, spreading perennial with rounded mid-green leaves. Arching sprays of small starry white flowers
Flowers: June-September
Height: 30cm
Spread: 60-90cm
Position: Sun or part shade in most soils.
Use: Good groundcover or trailing over walls.

Campanula Raised Beds & Walls (trailing)

Campanula poscharskyana ‘Lisduggan Variety’

Potsize: 9cm
Common Name: bellflower
Family: Campanulaceae
Description: Vigorous, spreading perennial with rounded mid-green leaves. Arching sprays of small starry pink-purple flowers
Flowers: June-September
Height: 20cm
Spread: 45cm
Position: Sun or part shade in most soils.
Use: Good groundcover or trailing over walls.