South-facing gardens are best
In our warming climate, that blazing, south-facing garden may now seem less appealing than cooler, moisture-retaining shade. Woodland planting is lush and architectural, with many plants becoming drought-tolerant when established. Try Digitalis purpurea (foxglove) and Polypodium cambricum (creeping fern) alongside Eurybia divaricata (white wood aster), Brunnera macrophylla (siberian bugloss), Tiarella cordifolia (foam flower) and Viburnum tinus (French white shrub). Or for more colour, Geranium psilostemon (Armenian cranesbill) and Astrantia major ‘Ruby Star’.
