Hepatica nobilis: Pretty bowl shaped blue flowers in early spring.

Primula elatior (Oxslip): Pale yellow, primrose colour flowers in clusters on gently arching stems.

Tiarella 'Iron Butterfly' (PBR) (Foam flower 'Iron Butterfly'): Deeply cut green leaves with a purple-black centre. Long flowering spikes of pale-pink star-like flowers. Hardy. Up to 30cm.