Shade Loving Plants Victoria Australia

A useful heat and dry tolerant ground cover or understory plant for shade or sun thriving beneath trees in tough competitive conditions. Azalea Alba Magna 175mm Pot Semi shade variety 1495.

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Anopterus glandulosus Well-formed shrub 6-15 2-5mLarge dark green leaves with erect spikes of.

Shade loving plants victoria australia. Arthropodium Renga Lilly are a valuable plant for mass planting in shaded areas and. 15 of The Best Shade Loving Plants That Grow In Australia Plectranthus or Mona Lavender. Try coleus and heuchera for an incredible array of shades from scarlet to fuchsia to lime.

Azalea Alba Magna 150mm Pot Semi shade variety 995. Arthropodium Cirratum Te Puna. Ozbreeds Amythest Liriope stands out from the rest with its striking deep-purple summer flowers held high above the rich green foliage.

10 to 15 centimetres. Shade tolerance above 70. Amethyst Liriope muscari LIRTP PBR.

Robbiae This is a shade lover in a usually sun-loving genus. Compact birds nest fern shade plant ideal in cool frost-free climates. That includes Sweet Box Sarcococca confusa which grows slowly to around about 15 metres and has tiny flowers that give off a perfume in late winter One of the most well-known perfumed plants for shade is Daphne odora or Winter Daphne.

It grows around 50 cm high in. Many of the best shade-tolerant plants can be identified by their lustrous deep green foliage. A spreading Australian native evergreen shrub with velvety broad silver leaves.

Other similarly bright plants will shine in the shade and illuminate your shady garden - so take advantage of them. Be careful where you release it as its very hard to get rid of if you need. Sarcococca confusa or Sweet Box Christmas Box.

Spikes of white flowers on mauve stems rise above the foliage in spring and summer. A fine leaf compact spreading Liriope with beautiful pink flowers. An ideal plant for sprawling over challengin.

A reliable stalwart is Australias brachyscome daisy pictured below which has many cultivars in shades of pink purple and blue all loved by butterflies. The Sweetbox is another example of. Hostas comes in a range of shades from deep blue-green to bright yellow.

The mounds of ferny foliage are topped with masses of flowers in spring and summer. In Australia this usually means the area on the south side of your home which can be moist as well as shady. Isabella Liriope muscari LIRF PBR.

Liriope is an excellent plant for shade growing well in most parts of Australia. Many suburban gardens have large established trees that cast shadows over part of the backyard. Alocasia macrorrhiza Perennial large heart shaped leaves with pale yellow scented flowers followed.

Aspidistra Elatior Common Name Cast Iron Plant 150mm Pot 1895. Originally from South Africa fire lily Clivia miniata grows in the shade and can tolerate drought. Like hosta fatsia also has huge leaves which are deeply lobed.

Shade lovers Acer palmatum Dissectum Seiryu Cutleaf Jap. Sit in the fork of a tree as a feature or try it indoors in a pot. A compact Liriope with dark green foliage that contrasts with stunning depp purple flowers that sit well above the foliage.

Assorted Fern 140mm Pot 995. It produces a suckering thicket of deep-green foliage topped in late winter with heads of lime-green bracts. The Mona Lavender as the name suggests is a shrub that blooms purple or blue-grey.

All are okay in semi-shade or full sun but will need support to get them started in their climb. Aucuba Japonica Variegated Japanese Laurel. Azalea Alphonse Anderson 150mm Pot Semi shade variety 995.

Finding plants that will survive and thrive in locations where little sun penetrates is one of the most difficult gardening dilemmas. If you love native plants then try the Australian native dusky coral pea Kennedia wonga wonga vine Pandorea jasminoides or bluebell creeper Sollya heterophylla. Adansonia gregorii A deciduous tree to approximately 20 from northern Australia where it lives.

Exotic shade shrubs. Asplenium australasicum - birds nest fern.

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