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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

Melissa officinalis

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