Shade

Arisarum probosideum

$8.00

(Mouse plant). 20 cms. Very popular with children! Cute little low growing plant with deep green, glossy, arrowhead leaves and long-tailed, brown and white flowers that suggest mice doing handstands in the greenery. Forms a low patch under trees in spring, goes dormant in hot weather. Often autumn to winter dormant.

Aruncus dioicus

$12.00

NEEDS COLLECTED NOVEMBER ONWARDS WHEN TALL. (Goats Beard). To 1.5 metres. Many dramatic plumes composed of tiny, white flowers in autumn. Light shade and moist soil-needs moisture over summer. Ideal for light shade and by water. Winter dormant.

Astilbe arendsii 'Fanal'

$12.00

Height to 40 cms. Lovely deepest red flowers late spring/summer. Bronze/green foliage. Moist shade. Winter dormant.

Centaurea montana

$10.00

Perennial cornflower. To about 40 cms in height. Deep blue, spidery flowers from spring. Long flowering. Sun or part shade. Ground cover. Winter dormant.

Filipendula Double Cream

$11.00

(Meadowsweet). To 1.5 metres . Stunning with numerous double cream flowers in mid-summer. Best with constant moisture in part shade or full sun. Lovely ground cover for back of herbaceous border or woodland garden. May need collected or trimmed during summer/autumn. Winter dormant.

Geranium macrorrhizum

$10.00

(Big Root Geranium). Cransebill. Height to 45 cms. Rope like rhizomes that barely need to touch the ground. Aromatic spicy foliage that is rounded, lobed and divided. Evergreen with small pink flowers in spring. Nice ground cover and suits edging for shady area.