Tellima grandiflora
fringe cups
- Position: partial shade
- Soil: moist, humus-rich soil
- Rate of growth: average to fast-growing
- Flowering period: May to July
- Flower colour: white or greenish-white
- Hardiness: fully hardy
Tall spikes of bell-shaped, white or greenish-white flowers from May to July above rosettes of hairy, scalloped, emerald-green leaves. Fringe cups make excellent semi-evergreen groundcover for a moist, shady shrub border or woodland garden. Best sheltered from cold, drying winds, they're a particularly valuable choice for difficult areas of dry shade. - Garden care: Remove the faded flower spikes once the plant has finished flowering. Lift and divide congested colonies in spring and apply a generous mulch of well-rotted garden compost or compost leaf mould around the base of the plant.
Geranium 'Johnson's Blue'
cranesbill
Elegant blue flowers, good for groundcover
£7.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Dicentra 'King of Hearts'
bleeding heart
Flowers appear over a long period
£9.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Sambucus nigra f. porphyrophylla 'Eva' (PBR)
black elder (syn. Black Lace)
A striking plant with dramatic almost black, dissected foliage
£11.99
3 litre pot
available to order from winter 2013
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Substantial evergreen dry shade plant - useful right up against tree trunks - with fresh veined green foliage in spring topped by lime-green airy bells - turns winter-red
Val Bourne - Garden Writer