Plants For North-facing Gardens

North-facing gardens tend to get the least amount of sun. That doesn’t mean your garden will be boring though as there are loads of shade-loving plants that will thrive.

Quick growing
Chelsea plant of year
Planting combinations
Ground cover
Used at Chelsea
Prunus Frilly Frock ('Fpmpl')
Prunus Frilly Frock ('Fpmspl')
£79.99 - £169.99
bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall available to order from autumn
Prunus Ichiyo
Prunus 'Ichiyo'
£54.99 - £159.99
bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall available to order from autumn
Cotoneaster Hybridus Pendulus
Cotoneaster 'Hybridus Pendulus'
£129.99
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall available to order from autumn
Fontinalis antipyretica
Fontinalis antipyretica
£19.99
5 × plants available to order from summer
rock samphire
rock samphire
£3.49
approx 30 seeds available to order from autumn
Thymus Caborn Wine and Roses
creeping thyme - 'Caborn Wine and Roses'
£7.99 - £15.98
9cm pot available to order from autumn
2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots available to order from autumn
Wasabi japonica
wasabi
£8.99 - £17.98
9cm pot available to order from autumn
2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots available to order from autumn
Camellia sinensis var. sinensis
tea plant
£19.99 £10.00
10.5cm pot available to order from autumn
Dianthus It-Girl (-Kleda26818') (PBR)
Dianthus It-Girl ('Kleda26818') (PBR)
£19.99
9cm pot available to order from autumn

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