Plants that do well in a north facing garden?

Question

Can anyone give me some ideas of colourful plants that do well in a north facing garden? ( in the UK )

Answer 1

Here is what I have in my shade garden. You'd be surprised what will do well in partial shade.

Helleborus
Perennial Phlox
Yew
Day Lilies
Begonia
Impatiens
Roses (some climbers like New Dawn, David Austin-Shropshire lad, DA-Teasing Georgia, DA-Tess of the d'Urbervilles) just to name a few.
Hall's Japonica (honeysuckle)
Hydrangea
Astilbe
Hosta
Bleeding Heart
Foxglove
Lobelia
Primrose

Happy Planting...there really are a lot to choose from.

Answer 2

Winter Pansy's, I have a Good size Mallow in my front garden which is north facing at the moment it is splendid it looks like an explosion of colorfull flowers, and the flowers last a long time, it grows fast and needs regular trimming but seems to thrive on it, and just put a cutting in a pot or the ground most of them will take.

Answer 3

wow

variegated evergreen shrubs are a great and cheap fill-up, but it will depend on your soil really there's pleanty of choice,
google it!!!

either wayu too late to plant now anyway - summer - best bet would be to invest time in conditioning your soil now, adding nutrients, maybe some bonemeal, compost, sharp sand, manure - again depending on soil type and what you want to grow, that will give the plants a monumentous head start when you plant in autumn, it's really important to do that

pre-plan and be patient, they'll then grow much quicker and be better quality - i've learnt the hard way, you can be planting in 6-8 weeks, get conditioning

good luck

Answer 4

I think shady gardens are the best - they are more luscious and there is a huge variety of plants that will grow in the semi-or full shade. eg Geranium 'Johnsons Blue' - lovely little purple flowers and fast growing, Roses only need 2-3 hours of sun a day, hydrangeas, fatsia japonica - good foliage. Ferns, heuchara, euphorbia, hellebores, brunnera, camelia (acid soil), skimmia japonica - bright pink. and the striking Acanthus spinosis - huge purple and white flower heads.

Answer 5

If you are in Hull water lilys

Answer 6

Hosta's, ferns, moses.