Where to buy a quality/large Rodgersia (white flowering)

[langlandgirl2]

I have a grim little corner of my garden that gets wet and boggy and have been advised to consider Rodgersia. Can anyone recommend places to buy 5-7litre ones please?

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I've been steadily buying plants for shade this last few weeks and have discovered since the sun has come out, that the area I though was partial shade is actually shaded in morning and partial/full sun in the afternoon and some of the plants are not liking it. The area is also very wet. I've decided on Rodgersia Podophylla Braunlaub for the wettest part and in front some hosta sieboldiana elegans. Can anyone offer any more suggestions please as this area is now very sparse of plants whereas the area under my tree is well stocked, given my gardening inexperience! Thanks

Rogersia will grow large and spread very quickly , so you don’t need to buy a big one. Just buy three small 2l ones.

Same with the hosta. There will be dozens of cultivars on your local garden centre and they usually look nice together. Just check the height as the little ones will get lost under ‘Elegans’.

Astilbe are also good in damp and will give you feathery foliage and flowers to contrast against the big leaves of hosta and rogersia.

Do you know that these are all perennials so the bed will be empty I’m the winter ( which means November to May in many parts of the UK)?

I’d think about adding some shrubs ( assuming the area is big enough).

Absolutely agree, buy several smaller ones and plant in a triangle about a foot apart.

For evergreen interest try Iris foetidissima which has lovely berries, Polystichum polyblepharum which always looks smart. Blechnum chilense if you can find it.

For ground cover /underplanting, try pulmonaria (lungwort) which is a woodland plant. Lovely green silver splotched leaves all year round, and pink/purple flowers in late winter early spring which is a boon to bumble bees.

www.bluestoneperennials.com/PUMM.html

A few damp loving plants:
Astilboides tabularis
Matteucia struthopteris
Osmunda regalis
Primula japonica

Shrubs will be trickier as not many like to be in wet ground. Is it wet but free draining? Or wet clay? There are some woodland shrubs eg corylopsis, fothergilla that will tolerate wet soil that’s free draining. Some viburnums will tolerate pretty damp soil as well.

If you’re down south, you could try growing tetrapanax- I’ve seen this grown successfully in damp ground in London and it looked amazing. It didnt cope with my cold northern garden though

Keep an eye on Morrisons- I’ve picked up rodgersia for £3 in mozzas!