We are real garden centres with real people at the end of the telephone! Buy on-line or at our garden centres...
45.96
million requests to this site - thank you for visiting.  42 years of personal service 1966-2008.
Find+Contact Us How to Buy Accessibility help Links Terms Print Page Help View Basket

Welcome to the original UK on-line garden centre.  Stores in Yorkshire, Lancashire and Lincolnshire with over 12 years of on-line value for money prices!  Promise on Prices  How to buy on-line - CLICK HERE

 
< Home Page
-Product/Plant Search >
-A-Z Category Index >
-Contact Details >
How to find us
Store Opening Times

-Buy Gift Vouchers >
ADDITIONAL IN-STORE DEPARTMENTS
-Fencing >
-Stoneware >
-Compost >
-Top Soil >
-Garden Sundries >
-Giftware >
-Floristry >
-Pets >
-Aquatics >
-ArtCraft Crafts >
-Restaurant >
-Fireworks >
-Also on Site >
PLANT MATERIAL
-Outdoor Plants>
-Plant Guarantee >
-Find a Plant >
-Plants for Places >
-Anniversary Plants >
-Seeds >
-Seedling Plants >
-Bedding Plants >
-Hanging Baskets >
-Indoor Plants >

-Lawn Turf >
GARDEN ADVICE
-Monthly Garden Tips >
-How to Plant >
-Pollination >
-Cutting Back >
-Plant Problems >
-Jargon >
-Be Water Wise >
-Police Advice >
-Hazardous Plants >
COMPANY
-About Us >
-Our Own Nurseries >
-Otley Centre >
-Bingley Centre >
-Scunthorpe Centre >
-Bolton Centre >

-Download Artwork >
-Past Events >
-Health & Safety >
-Staff Manuals >
-Staff Vacancies >
EXTRAS
-Tourist Information >
-Desktop Wallpaper >
-Screensaver >
-Tennis Game >
-Tetris Game >
HELP
-Shopping Help >
-WEEE - Waste Electrical Equipment >
-Browser Problems >
-Accessibility >


 Home > Outdoor Plants > Plants 4 Places >

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

Tip:  Print this page before you visit!

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

Hazardous Plants

Click HERE to read extracts from the latest Horticultural Trades Association report, including lists of hazardous plants.

 

 

< Previous Menu ] [ Home Page and Site Index ]

www.shrubs.co.uk is the website of Stephen H. Smith's Garden & Leisure, garden centres established in 1966.
We are plant specialists and stock a massive range of guaranteed outdoor plants - many usually found only at specialist nurseries or flower shows!

Telephone Sales on 01943 8 500 50 or send your e-mail to sales@shrubs.co.uk
We accept VISA, MASTERCARD, SWITCH, AMERICAN EXPRESS or DINERS CLUB cards for secure on-line and telephone orders.
Our website uses the 128bit SSL (Secure Socket Layer) protocol for your protection - this means all your transactions are encrypted and fully secure.

Winner best gardening site award April 2007 Recycle-more - find your nearest recycling site!
Garden Site Awards Award Winning Site Recycle More

Send mail to mail@shrubs.co.uk  Website www.shrubs.co.uk 
Click HERE for our Head Office and branch addresses
If you have found a mistake on this page, please let us know!
Webdesign and build by Christopher S.H. Smith. Copyright © 1996-  Stephen H. Smith's Garden & Leisure.
Partners:  Stephen H. Smith and Christopher S.H. Smith. 
V.A.T. Reg. No. GB 168-8441-26