Q Do any shade-tolerant flowers attract wildlife?
A To help pollinating insects, aim to have flowers all year round, but avoid double blooms, which often have no nectar. Grow different flower shapes, so that insects of all types are catered for. To create a colourful spring carpet in shade, plant lots of white or pale pink wood anemones, such as ‘Allenii’. In summer, let free-flowering hardy geraniums and astrantias, such
