Ferns and Hostas
We grow a large amount of carefully selected ferns and hostas each year. Please come and visit us to see our selection and for more information on stock.
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Aucuba “Gold Dust”
Sweet Box/Sarcococca ruscifolia
Fatsia “Spiders Web”
A real gem for a shade garden! Sprinkled with golden, fairy dust! EVERGREEN and DEER RESISTANT. Drought tolerant. Can be used as a hedge or dense screen. Prune in spring.
Fatsia “Spiders Web”
Sweet Box/Sarcococca ruscifolia
Fatsia “Spiders Web”
Prized for its lush foliage of broad, palmate, dark-green leaves heavily speckled with white. Variegation changes with seasons and as the plant ages. Flowers in fall! Not loved by deer, EVERGREEN.
Sweet Box/Sarcococca ruscifolia
Sweet Box/Sarcococca ruscifolia
SWEETLY scented! Winter-flowering!
EVERGREEN!
DEER RESISTANT!
Excellent sorce of nectar for hummingbirds in the winter.
Actaea/Bugbane
FRAGRANT, good cut flowers, DEER RESISTANT. Natural ability to repel insects! Full shade to part shade. Perennial.
Skimmia Japonica Rubinetta
Reliable shrub for WINTER COLOUR. DROUGHT RESISTANT. Aromatic leaves. and fragrant flowers. Excellent source of nectar for hummingbirds in the winter. DEER RESISTANT. EVERGREEN.
Japanese Forest Grass
Beautiful perennial grass. Thrives in shade! Requires well drained soil. Brilliant for container growing. DEER RESISTANT.
Non-invasive.
Shade
Astilbes
Adding vibrant colour to a shady garden.
Heuchera/Coral Bells
Comes in almost every colour! Requires well drained soil, easy to grow and easy care! Also does great in containers. Flowers ❤️ by hummingbirds.
Chephalotaxus harringtonia “Gold Splash”
Grows 2’ tall x4’ wide. Stunning colour in a part shade/ filtered shade/ light shade bed. Colour wil turn more green than yellow in a deep shade environment. Drought and deer tolerant once established,
Epimedium/BarrEnwort
Perennial (semi-evergreen) groundcover.
Attractive spring and fall colour in leaves. Delicate whimsical fairy flowers!
Deer and rabbit resistant! Tolerate just about any conditions! USEFUL PLANTS FOR DRY SHADE!
Illicium “Woodland Ruby”
Cryptomeria japonica Knaptonensis (miniature)
EVERGREEN! Anise scented leaves, large vibrant purple-red to rose-pink flowers from spring to fall! (Free flowering).
DEER RESISTANT.
Cryptomeria japonica Knaptonensis (miniature)
Cryptomeria japonica Knaptonensis (miniature)
A miniature, globular with variegated foliage. New growth is completely white! Stunning colour in a light shaded or afternoon shaded bed. STUNNING little conifer!
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Chephalotaxus harringtonia “Prostata”
Most Chepahlotaxus (Japanese Plum Yew) produce the best foliage in afternoon shade/ filtered shade
or light shade. They can even tolerate heavy shade! Deer resistant. This variety grows approximately 10’ tall x 5’ wide.
Spigelia marilandica “Little RedheAD
Grows naturally wild in woodlands/ stream banks. Can handle full sun to mostly shade! Clump forming. Grows 2’ x 2’. LOVED BY HUMMINGBIRDS! Cut flowers. Blooms in June with sporadic re-blooming in fall.