Pots for shady courtyards
Many plants love the cool and sheltered conditions afforded by a shady courtyard, plants that in the wild would thrive under the shade of trees in a woodland or forest.
Plants (1920)
Saxifraga 'White Pixie'
Saxifrage
Scilla bifolia
Twinleaf squill, Spanish bluebell, Alpine squill
Scilla forbesii
Glory of the snow
Scilla peruviana
Cuban lily, Peruvian scilla
Scilla sardensis
Glory of the snow, Lesser glory of the snow
Scilla siberica
Squill, Siberian squill
Scilla siberica 'Alba'
White siberian squill
Scilla siberica 'Spring Beauty'
Siberian squill
Sedum spathulifolium 'Cape Blanco'
Pacific stonecrop, Spatula leaved stonecrop
Silene alpestris 'Starry Dreams'
Alpine catchfly
Soldanella montana
Mountain tassel
Symphyotrichum ericoides var. prostratum 'Snow Flurry'
White heath aster, Frost-weed aster, Heath aster
Taxus cuspidata 'Nana'
Japanese yew
Tetrapanax papyrifer 'Rex'
Rice paper plant, Chinese rice paper plant, Tung-Tsau
Thuja occidentalis 'Amber Glow'
American arbor vitae, White cedar, Yellow cedar
Tibouchina urvilleana
Glory bush, Lasiandra, Chilean glory bush
Tolmiea menziesii 'Taff's Gold'
Pick-a-back, Youth on age, Thousand mothers, Picka back plant
Trachycarpus wagnerianus
Wagner's chusan palm
Tropaeolum majus
Great Indian cress
Tropaeolum majus 'Empress of India'
Great Indian cress
Tropaeolum majus 'Hermine Grashoff'
Great Indian cress
Tropaeolum majus 'Margaret Long'
Great Indian cress
Tropaeolum majus 'Peach Melba'
Great Indian cress
Tropaeolum majus Alaska Series
Great Indian cress
Tropaeolum peregrinum
Canary creeper
Tropaeolum tuberosum var. lineomaculatum 'Ken Aslet'
Nasturtium, Indian cress, Canary bird vine, Flame flower
Tsuga canadensis 'Jeddeloh'
Eastern hemlock, Canadian hemlock, Canada pitch
Typha laxmannii
Laxmann's bulrush, Small reedmace
Typha minima
Least bullrush, Miniature cat tail, Miniature reedmace, Dwarf cat tail
Ulmus x hollandica 'Jacqueline Hillier'
Dutch elm
Vaccinium floribundum
Bilberry
Vancouveria chrysantha
Golden vancouveria, Golden inside out flower
Viburnum tinus 'French White'
Laurustinus
Viburnum tinus 'Lucidum'
Laurustinus
Viburnum tinus 'Peter's Purple'
Laurustinus
Viburnum tinus 'Pink Prelude'
Laurustinus
Viburnum tinus 'Variegatum'
Laurustinus
Viola hederacea
Australian violet, Trailing violet, New Holland violet, Viola
Viola soraria 'Dark Freckles'
Sister violet
Viola soraria 'Freckles'
Sister violet
Viola soraria 'Speckles'
Sister violet
Watsonia meriana var. bulbillifera
Wax flowered watsonia, Bugle lily, Bugle iris
Watsonia pillansii
Beatrice watsonia, Bugle lily, Bugle iris
Weigela 'Evita'
Weigela 'Nana Variegata'
x Heucherella 'Art Nouveau'
Foamy bells
x Heucherella 'Brass Lantern'
Foamy bells
x Heucherella 'Golden Zebra'
Foamy bells