Perennial Ponder.

PERENNIALS FOR DIFFERENT PLACES

The Shady Garden

Low Perennials (0 – 30cm)

Common Name Lamium Sweet Woodruffe Periwinkle/Myrtle Ajuga Creeping Jenny Astilbe Sprite Ginger	Foliage Interest variegated with silver bright green soft dark shiny green shiny purple bronze flat bright green fern like large shiny green	Bloom Time June – Aug May – June May June July July insignificant	Colour various white blue blue yellow mauve n/a
Medium Perennials (30 – 60cm)
Common Name Hosta Astilbe Ferns Siberian Bugloss Pig Squeak (Bergenia) Masterwort Yellow Loosestrife	Foliage Interest various fern like fern fronds pointed, coloured large rounded shiny bushy deeply cut upright bright green	Bloom Time July or August July or August depends on type April – June May June – July August	Colour mauve/white various n/a blue pink various yellow
Tall Perennials (60 +cm)
Common Name Bleeding Heart Joe Pye Weed Ostrich Fern Astible (Chinensis Superba) Iris (Ceasar’s Brother) Gooseneck Loosestrife Jacob’s Ladder Ligularia	Foliage Interest bright green tall shrubby strong tall fern large fronds fern like slender upright grassy bushy bright green bright ferny green upright	Bloom Time May – June Sept -October n/a August June August June July	Colour pink/white pink n/a purple violet white blue yellow