Ground cover - shady slopes
Slopes in shady areas of the garden can be challenging. Not only awkward to access, the soil is often poor due to erosion and prone to drying out. Planting evergreen shade-loving ground cover will help maintain soil stability and minimise erosion. Choose easy to care for plants which will thrive in the shade.
Plants (212)
Luzula nivea
Snow rush, Snowy woodrush
Luzula sylvatica 'Aurea'
Greater wood rush, Sylvan woodrush
Luzula sylvatica 'Hohe Tatra'
Greater wood rush, Sylvan woodrush
Luzula sylvatica 'Marginata'
Greater wood rush, Sylvan woodrush
Mahonia repens
Creeping barberry, Creeping mahonia
Pachysandra terminalis 'Variegata'
Japanese pachysandra, Japanese spurge
Pimpinella saxifraga
Burnet saxifrage, Small pimpernell
Polemonium reptans 'Stairway to Heaven'
American Greek valerian, Creeping polemonium, Jacob's ladder
Polemonium reptans 'Touch of Class'
American Greek valerian, Creeping polemonium, Jacob's ladder
Rubus tricolor
Three coloured bramble
Saxifraga 'Dancing Pixies® Tessy'
Saxifrage
Saxifraga 'Dancing Pixies® Thea'
Saxifrage
Saxifraga 'Dancing Pixies® Tiana'
Saxifrage
Saxifraga 'Dancing Pixies® Tini'
Saxifrage
Saxifraga 'Dancing Pixies® Toni'
Saxifrage
Saxifraga 'Jenkinsiae'
Saxifrage
Saxifraga 'Major'
Saxifrage
Saxifraga 'Mount Nachi'
Autumn saxifrage
Saxifraga 'Neon Rose'
Saxifrage
Saxifraga 'Pixie'
Saxifrage
Saxifraga 'Rubrifolia'
Autumn saxifrage
Saxifraga 'So Saxy Apple White'
Saxifrage
Saxifraga 'So Saxy Cherry Blossom'
Saxifrage
Saxifraga 'So Saxy Rose Pink'
Saxifrage
Saxifraga 'Variegata' (cuneifolia)
Shield leaved saxifrage
Saxifraga 'Variegata' (x urbium)
London pride, St. Patrick's cabbage, Nancy-pretty, None so pretty
Saxifraga 'White Pixie'
Saxifrage
Saxifraga callosa
Limestone saxifrage
Saxifraga cotyledon
Great alpine rockfoil, Greater evergreen saxifrage, Pyramidal saxifrage
Saxifraga fortunei
Autumn saxifrage
Saxifraga longifolia
Pyrenean rockfoil, King of saxifrages, Pyrenean saxifrage
Saxifraga Mossy Group - pink and white-flowered
Saxifrage, Mossy saxifrage
Saxifraga spathularis
Spoon leaf saxifraga
Saxifraga umbrosa
London pride
Saxifraga x urbium
London pride, St. Patrick's cabbage, Nancy-pretty, None so pretty
Vinca major
Greater periwinkle, Band plant, Running myrtle, Large periwinkle, Band plant
Vinca major 'Maculata'
Greater periwinkle, Band plant, Running myrtle, Large periwinkle, Band plant
Vinca minor 'Argenteovariegata'
Lesser periwinkle, Lesser creeping myrtle, Common perwinkle
Vinca minor 'Aureovariegata'
Lesser periwinkle, Lesser creeping myrtle, Common perwinkle
Vinca minor 'Azurea Flore Pleno'
Lesser periwinkle, Lesser creeping myrtle, Common perwinkle
Vinca minor 'Blue and Gold'
Lesser periwinkle, Lesser creeping myrtle, Common perwinkle
Vinca minor 'Blue Sky'
Lesser periwinkle
Vinca minor 'Bowles's Variety'
Lesser periwinkle, Lesser creeping myrtle, Common perwinkle
Vinca minor f. alba 'Alba Variegata'
Lesser periwinkle, Lesser creeping myrtle, Common perwinkle
Gaultheria procumbens 'Big Berry'
Checkerberry
Pachysandra terminalis 'Green Sheen'
Japanese spurge
Ajuga reptans 'Arctic Fox'
Common bugle, Carpet bugle, Sicklewort, Carpenter's herb
Ajuga reptans 'Golden Beauty'
Common bugle, Carpet bugle, Sicklewort, Carpenter's herb