re: plants for dry shade

I have literally thousands of Cyclamen species - hederifolium, coum, 
repandum, libanoticum, intaminatum growing in shade under trees and 
shrubs. they self sow and get no summer water apart from very 
infrequent light summer showers. Of hederifolium and coum there are 
dozens of selected forms and cultivars either in specific colours - 
pink, white, wine red or with wonderful leaf patterns from solid 
dilver to all manner of silver zonings and splashing and spotting. 
they are so easy here - light frosts, rare snow, no summer rain, 
slightly acidic soil, good winter rains when these species are in 
active growth. very easy from seed.

also crocus sp. do well in similar circulstances and galanthus. all 
easy from seed and you get enough to naturalise from the word go.

have you tried the summer deciduous hellebores - vesicarius and 
multifidus herzgovinus, odoratus - sp from Macedonia, and the former 
Yugoslav states and W Turkey. i am just getting going with these and 
they seem promising. again seed is the best way to get them unless 
you want to spend big $ on mature potted plants.

give them a try

trevor n

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