Do you have a position in your garden where nothing will grow?   The following lists will help you to select plants that will...

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Most plants will thrive in warm, sunny and sheltered positions where the soil is not too damp. The following lists will help you choose plants that are suitable for the more difficult positions in your garden. Please remember that we will not always have all the plants listed in stock - but we hope the list will help you select appropriate plants from what is available at the time of your visit!
D = Decidious E = Evergreen S/E = Semi-evergreen.

SHADY SITUATIONS

SHRUBS/TREES
Arundinaria E
Aucuba Japonica E
Azalea (many) D or E
Berberis D or E
Buxus Sempervirens E
Camellia Japonica E
Chaenomeles D
Cornus Canadensis D
Cotoneaster D or E
Eleagnus D or E
Euonymus Fortunei E
Gaultheria E
Hydrangea D
Hypericum Calycinum S/E or E
Ilex Altaclarensis E
Ilex Aquifolium E
Ligustrum (many) S/E or E
Mahonia Aquifolium E
Pieris (many) E
Prunus Laurocerasus E
Prunus Lusitanica E
Rhododendron Hardy Hybrids E
Rhododendron Ponticum E
Ribes D
Skimmia E
Symphoricarpos D
Vaccinium Vitis E
Viburnum Davidii E
Vinca E
Taxus E

CLIMBERS
Hedera (many) E
Lonicera Nitida E
Lonicera Pileata S/E 

DAMP SITUATIONS  

SHRUBS/TREES
Amelanchier Stolonifera D
Arundinaria E
Betula (many) D
Cornus Alba D
Cornus Stolonofera D
Populus D
Salix Caprea D
Salix Purpurea
Salix Repens D
Sambucus D
Spiraea Vanhouttei D
Spiraea Veitchii D
Symphoricarpus D
Vaccinium E
Viburnum Opulus D 

COLD EXPOSED SITUATIONS

SHRUBS/TREES
Acer Pseudoplatanus D
Betula (many) D
Calluna Vulgaris E
Cornus Alba D
Cornus Stolonifera D
Cotinus Coggygria D
Euonymus Fortunei E
Fagus Sylvatica D
Hydrangea Panticulata Grandiflora D
Kalmia Latifolia E
Laburnum D
Lavatera Rosea/Barnsley D
Mahonia Aquifolium E
Pernettya Mucronata E
Philadelphus D
Populus (many) D
Rhododendrum Hardy Hybrids E
Rhododendron Ponticum E
Rhododendron Yakushimanum E
Salix (many)
Sorbus Aucuparia D
Spiraea (many) D
Viburnum Opulus D

CLIMBERS
Lonicera Pileata S/E 

NORTH AND EAST FACING WALLS

SHRUBS/TREES
Berberis Stenophylla E
Camellia (many)
Chaenomeles D
Choisya Ternata E
Cotoneaster Horizontalis D
Daphne Odora E
Euonymus Fortunei E
Garrya Elliptica E
Kerria Japonica Pleniflora D
Mahonia Japonica E
Pyracantha E
Viburnum Grandiflorum E

CLIMBERS
Clematis Montana D
Hedera Helix E
Hydrangea Petiolaris D
Jasminum Nudiflorum D
Parthenocissus D
Polygonum Baldschuanicum D
Vitis D 

GROUND COVER

SHRUBS
Calluna Vulgaris E
Ceanothus Thysiflorus Repens E
Cotoneaster Adpressus D
Cotoneaster Dammeri E
Cotoneaster Horizontalis D
Cotoneaster Hybridus Pendulus E
Cotoneaster Microphyllus E
Cotoneaster Salicifolius Repens E
Cotoneaster Valkenburg D
Erica (many) E
Euonymus Fortunei E
Gaultheria E
Genista Tinctoria D
Hebe Carl Teschner E
Hebe Pinguifolia Pagei E
Hebe Rakaiensis E
Hedera E
Hypericum Calycinum E
Hypericum Mozeranum E
Jasminum Nidiflorum D
Polygonum Baldschuanicum D
Potentilla (some) D
Rosa (several) D
Salix Repens D
Santolina E
Symphoricarpus Chenaultii Hancock D
Vaccinium Vitis Idaea E
Vinca E