Plants for a Shady Herb Garden
Most herbs do like a bit of sun but if your place is in the shade then you can still grow herbs
successfully. Check out these suggestions for a shady herb garden.
Over 1metre
| Angelica | Angelica archangelica |
| Bog sage | Salvia uliginosis |
| Butterfly bush | Buddleia sp. |
| Elderberry | Sambucus nigra |
| Foxglove | Digitalis purpurea |
| Oyster Plant | Acanthus spp. |
| Wintergreen | Chimonanthus praecox |
Under 1 metre
| Alexanders | Smyrnium olusatrum |
| Alpine Strawberry | Fragaria vesca ‘semperflorens’ |
| Bergamot | Monarda didyma |
| Brooklime | Veronica beccabunga |
| Bugle | Ajuga spp. |
| Celery Herb | Apium graveolens |
| Chervil | Anthriscus cerefolium |
| Columbine | Aquilegia spp. |
| Feverfew | Chrysanthemum parthenium |
| Glossy Angelica | Angelica pachycharpa |
| Jacob’s Ladder | Polemonium spp |
| Lady’s Mantle | Alchemilla mollis |
| Land Cress | Barbarea vulgaris |
| Lemon Balm | |
| Lovage | Levisticum officinale |
| Lungwort | Pulmonaria spp |
| Mint | Mentha spp |
| Perennial Alkanet | Pentaglottis sempervirens |
| Periwinkle | Vinca minor |
| Salad Burnet | Poterium sanguisorba |
| Self-Heal | Prunella spp |
| Sneezewort | Achillea ptarmica |
| Swamp Pennywort | Centella cordifolia |
| Sweet Cicely | Myrrhis odorata |
| Sweet Woodruff | Galium odoratum |
| Valerian | Valeriana officinalis |
| Viola, Violet | Viola spp |
