Acanthus mollis 'Hollard's Gold' is a very special bear's breeches with new leaves emerging chartreuse to gold.

Ajuga 'Valfredda' Chocolate Chip has small, narrow, elongated leaves that are flushed with burgundy when young and in more sun.

Ajuga reptans 'Golden Glow' has gold and cream variegated foliage that is flushed with pink in cooler weather.

Ajuga reptans 'Pink Lightning' has bluish green and cream variegated foliage that is flushed with pink in cooler weather.

Asarum splendens is one of the finest wild gingers with glistening, broadly arrow-shaped, deep green leaves which flaunt dramatic silver marbling.

Aspidistra 'Hoshizora' is one of the hardiest and most vigorous cultivars with large leaves up to three feet tall with widely-spaced spots.

Asplenium scolopendrium 'Cristatum' makes a beautiful specimen with shiny, evergreen, tongue-like fronds with a crested tip.

Hart's tongue fern, Asplenium scolopendrium, makes a beautiful specimen with light green undissected foliage that looks like tongues.

Asplenium trichomanes is a darling little native fern that is incredibly tough with pure black stipes and bright green, oval shaped pinnae.

Astilboides tabularis is one of the best of all foliage plants for a dramatic focal point in the shade.

Astrantia major 'Hadspen Blood' is a masterwort with rich, deep pinkish red flowers that last for months.

Astrantia major 'Ruby Wedding' is a fabulous boldly coloured masterwort with rich ruby red umbels.

Astrantia major 'Sparkling Stars' forms clumps of palmate foliage topped with intriguing, bicolour pink and cream flowers.

Astrantia 'Star of Beauty' forms clumps of dark green foliage topped with branching stems of intriguing, deep pink flowers.

Astrantia 'Star of Billion' forms offers intriguing, white and green flowers with subtle pink highlights.

Astrantia 'Star of Magic' is a double duty masterwort with variegated foliage and months of deep red-pink flowers.

Athyrium 'Godzilla' is a giant Japanese painted fern growing 3 feet tall by 6 feet wide! Your shade garden will never be the same.

Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum 'Lady in Red' has lacy, light green, arching fronds with red to purple-red stipes.

Athyrium niponicum 'Burgundy Lace' is a top notch Japanese painted fern flushed with beautiful purple-pink tones on silver blades.

Athyrium niponicum 'Crested Surf' is a Japanese painted fern with lacey, silver-green fronds and red stems with double crested tips.

Athyrium 'Regal Red' forms intense silver fronds with a red flush in the centre of each leaf along with red stems. Gorgeous.

Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 'Pewter Lace' is a Japanese Painted fern with silvery-green fronds and dark maroon midribs.

Athyrium otophorum 'Limelight' is an eared lady fern that has red stems (stipes) and lime green foliage that matures to green.

Begonia grandis 'Heron's Pirouette' is a hardy, fall-blooming hardy begonia with bright pink flowers in larger clusters.

A huge Brunnera like 'Jack Frost' on steroids. 'Alexander's Great' has amazing size and presence in the shade garden.

Brunnera 'Alexandria' is the all-silver version of the giant 'Alexander's Great' with heart-shaped silver leaves and blue flowers.

Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack of Diamonds' is a giant version of 'Jack Frost' with leaves reaching 10 inches wide!

Brunnera macrophylla 'Queen of Hearts' is an extra large cultivar with bold silver colouration and thing green veins.

Brunnera 'Sterling Silver' is a Siberian bugloss with green veining on large, silver foliage and little blue  flowers in spring.

Brunnera 'Variegata' has ivory white variegated leaves and dainty blue flowers.