Ten dry shade loving plants recommended by John Lord

Lungwort (pulmonaria) pouts in the Sun, it's a Bangin plant for the shade!

I think most shade plants are ugly compared to sun loving plants. It’s such a dilemma, nice to have shade but hate the plants.

The RHS says Libertia Grandiflora are for full sun! Not even partial shade. Very confusing 😞

Thank you! I agree the plants ought to be happy where they are planted! It feels so much nicer in the garden that way. :)

Are these equally good under conifers? I'm zone 8b in the Pacific Northwest USA.

This easy to build trellis is perfect to offer support to melon and squash plants.

Thank you, John, for your insightful and entertaining videos. It's obvious that you love what you're doing. Greetings from Germany.

Empress Wu Hosta for the empty patch. Just love the Fatsia Japonia, saw an amazing specimen today.

I love all your videos!

Always enjoy your videos

Haha ! Made me laugh when he mentioned he doesn't particularly like Bergenia and Luzula, cause I'm the same. Love your informative and entertaining videos !! Thanks 👍

What are the fern plants behind you. The ones growing streight up?

Thank you for listing these. Utmost blessings!

What's the shrub behind the Bergenia?

My god John how do you remember all those names ,great stuff

I am looking for a tall plant to be at the back of a planting of hosta on the north facing wall. Some of my hostas are quite large so it has to be tall enough to show and a texture to compliment the hostas. My soil is sandy and so quite dry and am on a well so cant water a lot.
I live in Canada zone 4 so it does get very cold in winter. Do you have any suggestions. I do like the last plant you showed but would it survive zone 4 and how hard is it to get.

I hope I can be as knowledgeable and passionate about gardening as John one day.

Good stuff John...👍🏻

Thank you!

Great Video . . . "Loving the Shade, NOT Just Tolerant" . . . . have you also heard of Barrenwort/Epimedium? Considering planting this, along with evergreen ferns underneath pine trees very hard soil area and dry conditions. Not really sure if these will take and thrive as expected. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

What do you recommend for part- sun by a building front on clay soil in Essex, where it is dry for a long time, then has sudden deluges? Not sure whether to search for well drained or moist but well drained? Or possibly ones that are ok with either to hedge my bets....

So Christmas Fern should be in a pretty dry area?

That was very helpful. Thank you!

I love when I find an old vlog of John’s. Always informative and entertaining. Keep safe John. ☘️❤️🌈🇮🇪

😍 👍🌾Россия. Сибирь. 🖐️🌲

DON'T NEED TO SEE HIS FACE.......SHOW THE PLANTS

Nobody likeJohn !
A plaisir to see you

Love all your videos! You are full of great information! Thanks!

Hellebores for dry shade - wonderful

I love the way he says loving vs tolerates.
I guess it's like uh, ..............marriage.
LOL

wow learning so much..ty

The first two plants we see are "not right" ...finally we get to the epimediums...how can he not like them!!

Love the video, but from personal experience Anemone Wild Swan is certainly not fit for dry shade. It needs much more water than the ordinary Japanese anemones and won't flower if it doesn't get some sun... A great plant for dry shade is Geranium nodosum, it will grow happily in very dry shade and doesn't flower abundantly but does have a long flowering season. Try to find variety 'Svelte Lilac'.

Here in Canada I have been watching your videos for some time, and have learnt so much. You are brilliant and wonderfully entertaining.

If you have a spot where nothing grows try Mexican petunias, I can’t get rid of them and their drought tolerant

Like this film clip. No formal script and nicely conversational. Great looking guy too!

Dizzying, but great video. Love the humor and information.

The best video for this content. Great! Lovely greetings from Germany 👍

Good advice. Honest advice! You are so funny also!

Love how you clarify the catagory so there is no doubt that the plants will do well, not just survive in the conditions. So many nurseries get lazy and seek out nursery stock that is easy to find, grow and sell and don't require much research in order to have stuff to offer to the public. A true garden center has a honest gardener with a passion for growing a test garden to experiment with and test growing conditions besides planting a garden for showcasing their nursery stock. Thanks for your honesty!

Hi John! I have a question for you. Would all this plants grow under a very large magnolia tree? The tree is about 50 years old and it is south/west facing close to the house as well. We lifted up crazy paving that was underneath the tree and now we have a dilemma what to plant. I don't thin grass would grow underneath. What about hostas? Thank you, if you can help.

I'd like to ask, does John just not water at all, except when establishing a transplant? That's certainly one way to go -- picking plants that do well with your natural amount of rainfall. Just wondering if he's really that minimalist in that way? As well as no fertilizing or added compost as well? Meaning, all the plants have to do well with your heavy clay soil?

Bang on video mate!

Thank you so much for making these wonderful videos, John. I've just binge-watched all on your channel, and can't wait for you to make more. Here in the US, we have NOBODY like you! So inspiring, enthusiastic and wicked entertaining. I've learned so much, so thank you!!!!

Hi John, I love your videos, your enthusiasm for the plants is very engaging. It’s so helpful to see the plants growing in different conditions and also your honesty in showings when it doesn’t quite suit them. Keep up the good work! Amber :)

Great video, and good point plants need to love shade not just tolerate it

Very useful. I will definitely try the MALE fern under my apple tree.

As long as you keep making these videos I'll keep watching from here in the canyonlands USA

Thanks for really informative video. Just about to plant dry shade area.
Is this your own garden....it's stunning. How long has it taken you to get to this. Beautiful 🌳🌷x

Thank you for listing the names of the plants. Enjoy your videos!