Real World Gardener Plants for Shady Side Passage in Design Elements

SHADY GARDENS Part 4 Plants for a Shady Side Passage   Often there's one side of the house which is quite neglected because it's cold and not much light gets there, and and as much as you've tried, no plants have survived. It's time to re-look at that side passage, usually the south side of the house, and give it another red hot go. Steve thinks these are 'little gems.' <a href='https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fvZ-5ngXxVI/YML5P1uQZQI/AAAAAAAAkng/_j8xnbw5_ZoX7ugQgk0jrwmUnwRMDajHgCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/HUN_8543.JPG'></a> <p> </p>   Treated in the right way, this could be a turned into a special place. One suggestion is stone flagging with border plants. What about some narrow plants? Viburnum Dense Fence and  Nandina domestica or sacred bamboo.; there are many varieties of this old favourite. Some trees will fit. Blueberry ash , (Eleaocarpus reticulatus) Steve likes the idea of Japanese maples, (Acer palmatum.) Being deciduous it can take the extra cold in winter especially if there's no light.   Let’s find more of what will grow there? I'm talking with Steve McGrane, agriculturalist and horticulturist.