What can I grow in a narrow bed next to the house under the guttering?

[LadyCustardCreme]

I have a narrow strip of bedding underneath quite wide guttering. It’s underneath the kitchen window so is next to the house and is east facing. It is SO dry. Planters don’t work as they don’t get any rain water.

I thought about putting in some Erigon or Phlox. Are there any other dry shade plants that would work in this patch? Lavender and rosemary might be too bushy for this particular area as it shares the space with the garden tap.

Please share your ideas. TIA.

Erigeron karvinskianus was my first thought although would flower more in a sunnier spot. Ajuga might work there too.

I haven’t heard of Ajuga before but I’ve just googled it on your rec and it’s so pretty!

Or put pots of aeoniums, they’d love the protection and dryness….

I've got lots of cyclamen in my shady dry bed. I'd try epimediums, pulmonaria, hardy geraniums and for height, foxgloves and Euonymus Emerald Gaiety which climbs walls if it's planted against them. Well, it sort of rears up against them, rather than actively climbing. For all of these I'd make sure I did water the bed now and again, can't hurt...

Pachysandra - Green Carpet. Completely bomb proof, so much so that it is often reccomended for planting under the dreaded conifer hedging.

Poppies, they grow anywhere and self seed every year

I’d love poppies but I have a dog.

Pachysandra sounds a good option - I’ll definitely look into it.

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