North facing courtyard garden

All the plantings here were selected to look cool and green year round, especially in winter, as viewed at the house entry and from the basement level rooms at the left.

North facing garden tips - how to make the most of shade, make your garden feel bigger and choose shade loving plants, plus seating areas.

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Guide to some of the best plants for the north side of the house, including flowers, shrubs and ferns for north facing house walls.

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Simple ideas to make every centimetre of your courtyard work beautifully, from surfaces to seating

After: They transformed it into a green haven, replacing the flagstones and adding in huge amounts of lush plants around the borders

Pollyanna Wilkinson on Instagram: "This north facing London courtyard is in shade much of the day, so Astrantia Roma was the perfect choice to give a little colour, seen in the foreground here. Deriving from the Latin ‘aster’ meaning star - the little star-like pincushion flowers are a brilliant plant for shade, and if you go with a white option, they glow like fairy lights in the gloom 💡"

The courtyard patio just visible through the plants. The ferns planted underneath the tree fern are starting to fill their space, and the arching branches of