Plants for a Sensory Garden

Whether filling your garden with perfume, creating a soft rustling sound every time the wind picks up, or producing tasty fruits, each of these plants has something to offer the senses.

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Connoisseurs collection (67)
Herbs (50)
Bedding plants (49)
Grasses (32)
Alpines & rockeries (26)
Vegetables (26)
Ferns garden (11)
Plants for gifts (10)
Trees (9)
Hedging (8)
Conifers (7)
Wildflowers (5)
Pond plants (2)
Bamboo (1)
Exotics (1)
Indoor plants (1)
Plant combinations (1)

Facing

East (377)
North (116)
South (717)
West (741)

How much sun

Light shade (284)
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Sun (761)

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Haven't a clue (563)
Heavy clay (605)
Light sandy (694)
Moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil, or peat-free general purpose compost (132)
Normal (752)
Peat-free general-purpose compost (97)
Prefers acid soil (12)
Reliably damp or boggy soil (1)

Special conditions

Boggy or damp shade (6)
Coastal conditions (30)
Dry shade (10)
Dry sun (74)
Exposed positions (13)
Tolerate air pollution (88)
Tolerates drought (72)

Ready made borders

Ready-made border Add some oomph (1)
Ready-made border Autumn colour (2)
Ready-made border Azure and gold border (2)
Ready-made border Bee and Butterfly (3)
Ready-made border Blending purples (1)
Ready-made border Blue and silver (1)
Ready-made border Brilliant orange (1)
Ready-made border Chalky soil (1)
Ready-made border Cool grasses and hot exotics (2)
Ready-made border Cottage garden scheme (2)
Ready-made border Divine summer (2)
Ready-made border Dry Mediterranean (1)
Ready-made border Elegant and architectural (1)
Ready-made border Good bedfellows (2)
Ready-made border Keep it cool (1)
Ready-made border Lady Marmalade (1)
Ready-made border Lime-green and orange (1)
Ready-made border Mediterranean (3)
Ready-made border Piet Oudolf Wisley (1)
Ready-made border Red summer (2)
Ready-made border Sandy soil (1)
Ready-made border Scented garden (4)
Ready-made border Shades of pink (2)
Ready-made border Shady pink (1)
Ready-made border Shady sanctuary (1)
Ready-made border Smoky (1)
Ready-made border Soft Summer (2)
Ready-made border Spring colour (2)
Ready-made border Stars of high summer (1)
Ready-made border Summer savanna (1)
Ready-made border Sun lovers (1)
Ready-made border The grand experience (2)
Ready-made border Woodland (1)

Planting combinations

Add some oomph plant combination (1)
Agastache and Angelica plant combination (2)
Agastache and Echinops plant combination (1)
Aquilegia and Anemanthele plant combination (1)
Attracting wildlife seed combination (1)
Blue and yellow plant combination (1)
Bold foliage for shade plant combination (1)
Contemporary plant combination (1)
Cutting garden plant combination (1)
Dazzling colour weed-smothering plant combination (1)
Dry sun plant combination (1)
Edible flowers plant and seed combination (1)
Golden prairie plant combination (1)
Green and white plant combination (2)
Long flowering plant combination (1)
Oenothera and Perovskia plant combination (1)
Opposites attract plant combination (1)
Plants for pollinators plant combination (2)
Prairie plant combination (1)
Purple and gold plant combination (1)
Sanguisorba and Calamagrostis plant combination (1)
Slug resistant plant combination for shade (1)
Spires and spots plant combination (2)
Sunny and dry plant combination (1)
The Highgrove Mediterranean Garden Collection (1)
Vibrant colour for bees plant combination (1)
Woodsmoke plant combination (1)

Flowering month

January (38)
February (42)
March (95)
April (187)
May (200)
June (268)
July (349)
August (316)
September (272)
October (94)
November (13)
December (23)

Flower colour

Colourful collections / bicolours (44)
Black (6)
Blue (44)
Green (10)
Orange (30)
Pink (183)
Purple (101)
Red (59)
White (292)
Yellow (84)

Evergreen / deciduous

Deciduous (559)
Evergreen (134)
Semi-evergreen (65)

Fragrance

All scented flowers (361)
Aromatic foliage (140)
Evening scent (43)
Highly scented (162)
Roses that are slightly scented (42)
Roses that are well scented (48)
Roses with a knockout scent (32)

Attractive to wildlife

Attractive to bees (264)
Attractive to birds (81)
Attractive to butterflies and moths (104)
Attractive to pollinators (253)
Attractive to wildlife (272)

Quick growing

No (30)
Quite (563)
Yes (238)

Eventual size

Large (179)
Medium (330)
Small (355)

Special features

Architectural silhouettes (76)
Attractive seedheads (26)
Autumn foliage colour (48)
Berries or fruit (197)
Coloured leaves (40)
Colourful bark or stems (2)
Columnar (5)
Deciduous (37)
Easy to grow (122)
Evergreen / semi evergreen (161)
Fast growing (85)
Flower spires (31)
Flowering (712)
Invasive (3)
Large leaved (22)
Long flowering (190)
Low maintenance (193)
Makes a good hedge or screen (56)
Non invasive bamboo (1)
Plants that are native (17)
Plants that don't need pruning (16)
Plants that help filter noise (3)
Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (144)
Plants that will cope with the odd football (188)
Plants to deter vandals and burglars (89)
Resistant to diseases (149)
Rose hips (43)
Scented Leaves (25)
Scented flowers (93)
Small leaved (17)
Stylish in the border (81)
Sublime umbelliferas (12)
Suitable for containers (422)
Suitable for hanging baskets (34)
Tough plants that are harder to kill (34)
Weeping (4)
Winter colour (112)

Bulb planting time

Autumn planting (89)
Spring planting (33)

Bulb divisions

Dahlia (Division 1) Single-flowered (1)
Dahlia (Division 11) Fimbriated (2)
Dahlia (Division 2) Anemone-flowered (1)
Dahlia (Division 5) Decorative (2)
Dahlia (Division 6) Ball (4)
Dahlia (Division 7) Pompon (1)
Dahlia (Division 8) Cactus (2)
Dahlia (Division 9) Semi cactus (6)
Lilium (Division 6) Trumpet and Aureelian hybrids (2)
Lilium (Division 7) Oriental hybrids (1)
Lilium (Division 9) True species & selected forms (3)
Narcissus (Division 10) Bulbocodium (1)
Narcissus (Division 11) Split-corona (3)
Narcissus (Division 2) Large-cupped (14)
Narcissus (Division 4) Double (8)
Narcissus (Division 5) Triandrus (3)
Narcissus (Division 7) Jonquilla (7)
Narcissus (Division 8) Tazetta (9)
Narcissus (Division 9) Poeticus (1)
Tulip (Division 15) Miscellaneous group (1)
Tulip (Division 6) Lily-flowered group (1)

Bedding planting time

Autumn & winter planting bedding (10)
Spring & summer planting bedding (34)

Fruit pollination group

Apple pollination group 2 (7)
Apple pollination group 3 (42)
Apple pollination group 4 (8)
Apple pollination group 5 (1)
Cherry pollination group 4 (1)
Pear pollination group 2 (3)
Pear pollination group 3 (6)
Pear pollination group 4 (1)
Plum pollination group 2 (2)
Plum pollination group 3 (1)
Plum pollination group 4 (2)
Self-fertile (74)

Sowing month inside or protected

January (52)
February (59)
March (47)
April (23)
May (12)
June (4)
August (1)
September (2)
October (46)
November (44)
December (44)

Sowing month outside

January (9)
February (9)
March (56)
April (30)
May (34)
June (5)
July (4)
August (4)
September (40)
October (54)
November (9)
December (9)

Vegetable harvesting month

June (10)
July (28)
August (29)
September (20)
October (5)

Vegetable groups

Other cooking vegetables (4)
Root vegetables (8)
Salad vegetables (16)

Multibuy packs

6 packs (6)
Multibuy offers (130)
Selected offers (64)

Gifts

For budding gardeners (2)
For experienced gardeners (2)
Under £20 (1)

Hardy

No (94)
Semi (120)
Yes (592)

Leaf colour

Blue (28)
Bronze (8)
Green (720)
Purple (7)
Red (11)
Silver (18)
Variegated (31)
Yellow (14)

Ground cover

No (406)
Yes (178)

Position

Arches & pergolas (33)
Back of border (102)
Bottom of hedges (8)
Conservatories (21)
Covering eyesores (25)
Front of border (291)
Middle of border (227)
Next to a patio (160)
Next to a pond (25)
Next to an entrance (325)
Next to seating areas (335)
Steep banks (80)
Through hedges (34)
Walls & fences (133)

Shape

Ball (5)
Bushy (3)
Fountain (23)
Hummock (8)
Pyramid (3)
Spiral (1)
Spreading (3)

Soil moisture

Damp (38)
Dry/Sandy (203)
Normal (772)

Used at Chelsea

2001 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2002 - HRH The Prince of Wales - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2003 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2005 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (9)
2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (5)
2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (9)
2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (6)
2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (7)
2011 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (14)
2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (3)
2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (9)
2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (2)
2015 - Dan Pearson - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (3)
2016 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (1)
2016 - Jekka McVicar - St John's Hospice (1)
2017 - James Basson - M & G (2)
2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (5)
2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (4)
2019 - Andy Sturgeon - M & G (3)
2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (4)
2022 - Andy Sturgeon - Mind Garden / Crocus (4)
2023 - Sarah Price - Nurture Garden (10)

Kitchen garden planting guidelines

Propagate in green house (21)
Suitable for compact container gardening (19)
Suitable for grow beds (42)
Suitable for large container gardening (95)
Suitable for window boxes (23)
Use cloche (21)

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