FLOWERS FOR SHADE 



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Name Description 



Pyramid Saxifrage Saxifraga cotyledon pyramidalis is a fine plant with 



grand foliage and spikes of minute white blossom. 



Vigorous. 2 ft. 



London Pride Saxifraga umbrosa. Indispensable evergreen plant. 1J ft. 



Miniature Saxifrage Saxifraga taygetea ; this will cover the eoil with foliage 



and white flower, and is good for banksides. 3 inches, 

 Tall Stonecrop Sedum spectabile. This is a grand plant with large heads 



of pinkish-purple flowers and grey- green succulent 



leaves. 1 ft. 

 Purple Stonecrop Sedum purpureum. 1^ feet tall, leaves and stems shaded 



to crimson and purple. Very effective 

 Giant Groundsel Senecio Doria. Yellow bloom in abundance in August. 



4ft. 

 Chinese Groundsel Senecio cliyorum. Immense plant of vivid green with 



branching heads of orange flowers for several months. 



5 ft. 

 Purple Snowdrop Sisyrinchium grandiflorum. A beautiful little tufted plant 



for the shady or semi -shady sides of rockeries. The 



purple flowers appear in March and April. 1 ft. 



There is a lovely white variety 

 31ue Moonwort Needs peat in the soil, and succeeds best in shady rockery 



nooks. Catalogued as Soldanella alpina. Bluebell 



flowers in spring. 4 inches. 

 Maryland Pink-root Spigelia marilandica. Suited to the waterside, or any 



damp shady border ; gives very beautiful sprays of 



long -throated crimson and yellow flowers. 1 ft. 

 Goat's Beard Spiraea aruncus: 5 ft. tall, vigorous Spiraea, with bold 



masses of blossom. The variety S. a. Kneifni is only 



2 ft. tall, but has extra handsome foliage 



Spray Flower Spiraea venusta is a rose-coloured variety, quite robust, and 



3 ft. tall. Spiraea palmata, rose- crimson, 2 ft. ; alba, 

 If ft., are also admirable 



Celandine Poppy Stylophorum diphyllum. This has pretty pale yellow open 

 flowers all summer. 1 and 1^ ft. 



Spiderwort Tradescantia virginica is mauve, carmine, purple, white, 



blue, or pale pink ; the plants have shining green foli- 

 age, and reach a height of 18 inches 



Wood Lily Trilliums all enjoy shaded moist soil. T. grandiflorum is 



the large white Wake Robin, and has a pale pink 

 variety. Trillium erythrocarpum, the Painted Wood 

 Lily, is white with crimson blotches ; Trillium recur- 

 vatum, purple, Trillium sessile californicum, cream- 

 white, 2 ft., Trillium stylosum, 1 ft., all are charming 

 and should be better known 



Colt's-foot Tussilago farfara variegata is a green and gold foliage 



plant for massing under trees 



Bellwort Uvularia grandiflora. A delicate looking yet fairly 



hardy plant, with pendent yellow, spring and early 

 summer blossom. 1 ft. Prefers rockery nooks 



White False Helle- Veratrum album will go on thi owing up long spikes of 

 bore white blossom from July to late autumn. 3 ft. Vera- 



trum californicum is a giant, with fine branching 

 blossom. 6 ft. 



Creeping Sandwort Arenaria balearica. A minute white flowering plant to 

 cover rocks in shade 



Hazelwort Asarum europaeum. For use as Arenaria, or will do en a 



baiikside or summit. Brown florescence 



