Shade-loving plants
There’s a wonderful array of plants that enjoy the shade and shelter provided by taller trees or shrubs. The following are ideal if they suit your soil:
✣ Low-growing shrubs, like pieris, daphne and azalea.
✣ Herbaceous perennials, such as ferns, woodland phlox (Phlox divaricate), primrose and the native dog’s tooth violet. ✣ crocus However, Bulbs, and from camassia. if you bluebells have to mature or dense trees roots, with such shallow as birch or willow, the ground around them can be impenetrable. For this reason, when you plant new trees, it’s wise to add other plants at the same time, before the roots become too dense.