FIVE SHADE-LOVING PERENNIALS 1

AJUGA REPTANS ‘CATLIN’S GIANT’

Spreading steadily, its large rosettes of glossy purplebronze are topped with 12in spires of blue flowers in spring.

2 EPIMEDIUM ‘SPINE TINGLER’

Introduced in 2008, this barrenwort has narrow, toothed leaves and yellow flowers in mid to late spring.

3 HEUCHERA ‘BLACK TAFFETA’

A mound-forming beauty with ruffled, purpleblack leaves and wiry stems carrying pale pink flowers in summer.

4 PULMONARIA SACCHARATA ‘LEOPARD’

Forming a tight clump of silver spotted leaves, its reddish-pink flowers, pictured above, are loved by bees in spring.

SAXIFRAGA ‘KINKI PURPLE’

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In summer, a carpet of attractively marked, purple-green leaves are topped with 12in tall spikes of white flowers.