Polystichum setiferum'Pulcherrimum Bevis' AGM: (soft shield fern) (e) rosettes of graceful, soft textured, lance-shaped mid-green fronds. Height and spread 80cm (32in). Galium odoratum: (sweet woodruff)wide mats bright green leaves, hay-scented when dry, with terminal clusters of small white, starry flowers from late spring. Height 50cm (20in). Spread 1.5m (5ft) or more in moist soil.

Darmera peltata AGM: (w) slowly spreading with large, rounded, deep green leaves to 60cm across, turning red in autumn. Clusters of pink flowers on long stalks in late spring. Height to 2m (6ft). Spread 1.2m (4ft)Viburnum opulus 'Xanthocarpum' AGM: (Guelder rose) maple-like dark green leaves, red in autumn and flat, lace-cap white flowers in early summer, followed by yellow fruits. Height and spread to 4m (12ft)

Fuchsia magellanica var. molinae: small, dark green leaves and delicate singlepale pinkflowers during summer. Height and spread to 1.2m (4ft) Disporopsis pernyi: glossy, dark green leaves, and lemon-scented white flowers in early summer. Height and spread 40cm (16in) Viola odorata: a rhizomatous perennial, forming a loose mat of heart-shaped leaves with fragrant violet or white flowers 2cm (¾in) across in late winter and early spring. Spread 10-50cm (4-20in). Ferns for shade Epimedium rubrum AGM: bright green leaves, red-tinted when young and colours in autumn. Crimson flowers with creamy-yellow spurs. Height 30cm (1ft). Spread 50cm (20in). Berberis × stenophylla 'Claret Cascade': young red shoots and bronze-red young leaves. Flowers clustered along the branches in late spring are deep yellow. Height and spread 1.2m (4ft)Tellima grandiflora: (se) (w)hairy kidney-shaped leaves andgreenish white flowers from spring to mid-summer. Self-seeds freely, especially in moist soils. Height 40cm (16in). Spread 25cm (10in). Spiraea japonica 'Goldflame': bronze-red young leaves, turning yellow then green, and pink flowers in mid- and late summer. Height and spread 75cm (30in) Cotoneaster salicifolius 'Gnom' AGM: (e) forms a wide mat of glossy, lance-shaped leaves, with small white flowers in summer followed by red berries. Height 30cm (1ft). Spread 2m (6½ft) Lonicera nitida: (e) pairs of small, dark green leaves;tiny white flowers from the leaf axils in spring, followed by purple berries. Height and spread 3m (10ft) Colchicum autumnale: (meadow saffron) showy flowers in autumn before the leaves, which are produced in spring. Height 5-15cm (2-6in), spread 5-10cm (2-4in).