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Choose easy-care plants

All the plants listed can be grown easily and with little maintenance. After planting, ensure plants do not dry out during prolonged periods of drought.

Shrubs

Sun

Part shade

Shade

Y

Y

Cornus alba ‘Elegantissima’

Y

Aucuba japonica

Y

Y

Elaeagnus pungens ‘Maculata’

Y

Y

Viburnum tinus; Hydrangea macrophylla

Y

Y

Fatsia japonica; Skimmia japonica

Y

Cistus ‘Silver Pink’; Caryopteris x clandonesis

Y

Y

Philadelpus ‘Belle Etoile’; Choisya ternata

Groundcover

Sun

Part shade

Shade

Y

Y

Y

Vinca minor; Cotoneaster microphyllus

Y

Hypericum clayinum

Y

Y

Pachysandra terminalis

Y

Y

Bergenia cordifolia

Y

Y

Y

Lamium maculatum ‘White Nancy’

Y

Stachys lanata

Y

Y

Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald ‘n’ Gold’

Perennials

Sun

Part shade

Shade

Y

Y

Aquilegia ‘McKana Hybrids’

Y

Achillea filipendulina ‘Coronation Gold’

Y

Iris germanica hybrids

Y

Y

Geranium endressi ‘Wargrave Pink’

Y

Y

Alchemilla mollis; Doronicum caucasicum

Y

Y

Helleborus niger

Y

Y

Anemone x hybrida

Y

Artemisia ‘Silver Queen’; Coreopsis ‘Moonbeam’

Y

Y

Sedum spectabile ‘Autumn Joy’

Annuals

Sun

Part shade

Shade

Y

Pot Marigold; Sunflower; Cornflower

Y

Y

Y

Pansy; Impatiens

Y

Eschscholtzia; Ageratum; Cosmos

Y

Y

Viola

Bulbs

Sun

Part shade

Shade

Y

Y

Y

Galanthus nivalis (Snowdrop)

Y

Endymion nonscriptus (Bluebell)

Y

Y

Daffodil; Crocus; Cyclamen hederifolium

Y

Y

Dutch Iris; Allium cernuum

Y

Y

Y

Tulipa

Y

Nerine bowdenii; Fritillaria imperialis

Trees

Since trees’ natural instinct is to grow upwards towards the light, no sun or shade indicators have been given for the trees listed.

Trees

Malus tschonoskii; Malus ‘Red Sentinal’; Prunus ‘Kanzan’; Ginko biloba; Betula jacquemontii; Sorbus sargentiana; Catalpa dignonioides ‘Aurea’; Acer capillipes; Amelanchier lamarckii