Shade Plants | The Diggers Club

If you are a member sign in, if you are not a member join today for discounts and free seeds

home
shop
flowers
shade plants

Shade Plants

Our selection of shade plants offer a beautiful solution to a common garden problem- what grows well in shade? Whether you have a dry, shady area that needs some colour or a damp boggy spot- we have the right plant for the right spot.

ANEMONE HONORINE JOBERT

ANEMONE HONORINE JOBERT

Pristine white flowers have been bringing joy to the hearts of gardeners in late summer for over 150 years. The simple beauty of the flowers belies the tough nature of these long-lasting flowers, known as 'wind-flowers' ...

Member $6.95
Non-Member $7.95

Checking stock, please wait..

BLUE HIMALAYAN POPPY

BLUE HIMALAYAN POPPY

Is there any flower more desirable as this poppy from Tibet? Planted en masse this legendary blue poppy is a breath-taking sight to behold. For cool cllimate gardens with moist soils and summers below 30 degrees.

Member $3.95
Non-Member $4.95

Checking stock, please wait..

CANTERBURY BELLS BLUE

CANTERBURY BELLS BLUE

One of the prettiest blues for cut flowers, Cantebury Bells is an old- fashioned favorite of experienced gardeners because they flower through mid-summer and are spectacular in a mixed border.

Member $2.95
Non-Member $3.95

Checking stock, please wait..

Recently imported from New Zealand breeders, this dazzling selection displays bunches of skyward facing tangerine flowers, each with an open golden throat. These are held on stout stems over mounds of strappy green ...

Member $12.95
Non-Member $15.95

Checking stock, please wait..

Clivia 'Towards White'

Clivia 'Towards White'

Yellow Clivias were until recently very rare; now they are more plentiful. Breeders are however always looking to further develop the flower. With yellows the quest is on to produce ever darker yellows at one end of the ...

Checking stock, please wait..

CLIVIA WOODLAND GLORY

CLIVIA WOODLAND GLORY

This wonderful new hybrid is a cross between two pendulous species of Clivia, C. gardenii and C. caulescens. Woodland Glory shows characteristics intermediate between its parents, producing full heads of ...

Member $16.95
Non-Member $19.95

Checking stock, please wait..

COLUMBINE RED HOBBIT

COLUMBINE RED HOBBIT

From the Rocky Mountains of North America comes this compact columbine. Over a mound of deeply lobed blue-green leaves, branching stems produce glistening white flowers, each adorned with red elongated spurs. From ...

Member $5.95
Non-Member $6.95

Checking stock, please wait..

A beautiful little alpine plant suited to cooler climates. Much loved for its unusual bright white star-shaped flowers above silvery green. One for the adventurous gardener keen to try something unique in ...

Member $3.95
Non-Member $4.95

Checking stock, please wait..

HELLEBORUS APRICOT PEACH

HELLEBORUS APRICOT PEACH

Coral peach petals unfurl to unveil a simple and elegant hellebore flower, glowing in the clear late afternoon winter sun.

Member $11.95
Non-Member $15.00

Checking stock, please wait..

HELLEBORUS ASHBOURNE SILVER

HELLEBORUS ASHBOURNE SILVER

Marbled silver leaves decorate this compact hybrid, each comprising of three jagged lobes. Stout stems produce clusters of soft pink cupped flowers during late winter. Tolerates dry soils once established, and ...

Member $11.95
Non-Member $15.00

Checking stock, please wait..

HELLEBORUS DOUBLE DELIGHT

HELLEBORUS DOUBLE DELIGHT

This dramatic hellebore has blood-red coloured margins and under the petals, with pale pink on the inside. The fully double flowers look like porcelain, almost too perfect to be true. Plant in a pot where it can ...

Member $11.95
Non-Member $15.00

Checking stock, please wait..

HELLEBORUS DOUBLE PINK

HELLEBORUS DOUBLE PINK

Another must-have for the hellebore collection. A delicately ruffled double pink hellebore with pale spots on gently nodding flowers. A cheerful harbinger of the coming spring.

Member $11.95
Non-Member $15.00

Checking stock, please wait..

HELLEBORUS DOUBLE WHITE SPOTTED

HELLEBORUS DOUBLE WHITE SPOTTED

Like an Elizabethan Ruff with spots, the bold flowers of this cheery hellebore display layers of petals that create an eye-catching winter highlight.

Member $11.95
Non-Member $15.00

Checking stock, please wait..

HELLEBORUS DOUBLE YELLOW

HELLEBORUS DOUBLE YELLOW

Beautiful double flowers of golden yellow that shine like stars in the woodland garden. During spring, the golden petals gracefully age to lime green. A new selection that is sure to impress.

Member $11.95
Non-Member $15.00

Checking stock, please wait..

HELLEBORUS PICOTEE

HELLEBORUS PICOTEE

Glistening soft pink or white flowers are edged in a subtle ruby margin, and delicately streaked with old rose in this carefully selected strain. The stunning result of a 12 year breeding program. These elegant flowers ...

Member $11.95
Non-Member $15.00

Checking stock, please wait..

Helleborus Snowflake

Helleborus Snowflake

Crystalline white petals arranged with the grace and intricacy of a snowflake! These delicate outward facing flowers contrast against leathery blue grey leaves, providing an elegant winter display. The winter rose, ...

Member $11.95
Non-Member $15.00

Checking stock, please wait..

NASTURTIUM ALASKA SCARLET

NASTURTIUM ALASKA SCARLET

Green splashed, white saucers of leaf make great foliage contrast even before they flower in post box red.

Member $2.95
Non-Member $3.95

Checking stock, please wait..

NASTURTIUM EMPRESS OF INDIA

NASTURTIUM EMPRESS OF INDIA

Dramatic dark green leaves are the perfect foil for brillant red flowers.

Member $2.95
Non-Member $3.95

Checking stock, please wait..

NASTURTIUM LADYBIRD

NASTURTIUM LADYBIRD

Nasturtiums are a wonderful plant to get children and beginners into the garden. So easy grow and with a name like Ladybird who could resist. Cheery yellow edible flowers spotted with large blotches of deep red. The ...

Member $2.95
Non-Member $3.95

Checking stock, please wait..

NASTURTIUM TRAILING MIX

NASTURTIUM TRAILING MIX

Perfect for those gardeners beginning their flower adventure because these are just so easy to grow. A brilliant mix of reds, yellows and oranges look wonderful cascading from hanging baskets and over garden edges.

Member $2.95
Non-Member $3.95

Checking stock, please wait..

NEW ZEALAND LILY

NEW ZEALAND LILY

As tough as they come. William Martin of ‘Wigandia’ cites this New Zealand Lily as one of his ‘desert island plants’. The arching leaves are topped by panicles of white flower from spring into summer.

Member $5.95
Non-Member $6.95

Checking stock, please wait..

NEW ZEALAND LILY 'MATAPOURI BAY'

NEW ZEALAND LILY 'MATAPOURI BAY'

Also known as the Renga Renga Lily, this robust variety was selected for its superior waxy blue green foliage, produced in dense clumps. During spring, branching flowerheads carry numerous white stars. A must plant for ...

Member $5.95
Non-Member $6.95

Checking stock, please wait..

Fuzzy lilac flowers and dark green, peppermint scented foliage which deters fleas. Can plant beside dog kennels. Covers 2.5m2.

Member $2.95
Non-Member $3.95

Checking stock, please wait..

PRIMULA CAPITATA

PRIMULA CAPITATA

If you've got a cool spot that you can keep moist, then you should have a go at this one. A soft and felty rosette of leaves gives rise to compact single head violet flowers with a ruff of large bracts below the ...

Member $5.95
Non-Member $6.95

Checking stock, please wait..

Member Exclusives

2 YEAR MEMBERSHIP AND FREE GARLIC

2 YEAR MEMBERSHIP AND FREE GARLIC

Membership: MNE2G

Join The Diggers Club for 2 years (@ $69...just $34.50 per year!) and you'll receive a FREE packet of Dynamite Purple garlic valued at $10.95. This is a great way to save and start growing your own delicious garlic. You'll also receive our 'Welcome to the Club' gift of 2 free packets of seeds as well as a copy of our Seed Annual and current Digg...

Member $69.00
Non-Member $69.00

Checking stock, please wait..

GAMBLER'S CHOICE BULBS

GAMBLER'S CHOICE BULBS

LIMITED NUMBERS REMAIN- We always have some surplus bulbs at the end of the season, so to save us planting them back we will give you twice as many bulbs. All gambler's choice so it's a surprise for you when we despatch in May. For members only this is a huge 65% saving off the regular price!

Checking stock, please wait..

CLUB COMBO POTATOES- Heirloom Collection

CLUB COMBO POTATOES- Heirloom Collection

Heirloom Collection-A Bumper crop of home grown spuds try our handpicked collection Includes one bag of each of the following for all your cooking needs: " Nicola - Great all rounder " KIPFLER - The best for salads " BINTJE - Great all rounder " Dutch Cream - Amazing creamy mash potato " Royal Blue - Crunchy Chips " KING EDWARD - Great all rounder

Checking stock, please wait..