Plants that Flower in April

With a little planning there should be loads of colour in the garden now. Magnolias and ornamental cherries put on a fab display, while pulmonarias, periwinkles and early anemones will carpet the ground beneath.

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Planting combinations

Dry shade plant combination (3)
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Featured combinations (5)
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Pink and purple long-flowering plant combination (2)
Pinks and purple dry shade plant combination (3)
Pinks and purples plant combination (1)
Pulmonaria and Athyrium plant combination (2)
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Sun baked plant combination (2)
The Highgrove Mediterranean Garden Collection (2)
Tiarella and Brunnera plant combination (3)
Vibrant colour for bees plant combination (1)
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Yellow and gold plant combination (1)

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Fragrance

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Evening scent (9)
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Attractive to wildlife

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Attractive to butterflies and moths (46)
Attractive to pollinators (282)
Attractive to wildlife (409)

Quick growing

No (46)
Quite (990)
Yes (273)

Eventual size

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Medium (587)
Small (575)

Special features

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Attractive bark (3)
Attractive seedheads (27)
Autumn foliage colour (131)
Berries or fruit (275)
Coloured leaves (65)
Colourful bark or stems (9)
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Flowering (1101)
Large leaved (5)
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Low maintenance (468)
Makes a good hedge or screen (59)
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Plants that help filter noise (6)
Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (264)
Plants that will cope with the odd football (293)
Plants to deter vandals and burglars (23)
Resistant to diseases (159)
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Tough plants that are harder to kill (81)
Weeping (6)
Winter colour (243)

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Hallways and landings (6)
Home office (23)
Kitchens (43)
Living spaces (54)
Offices (10)

Bulb planting time

Autumn planting (383)
Spring planting (21)

Bulb divisions

Dahlia (Division 1) Single-flowered (1)
Narcissus (Division 1) Trumpet (3)
Narcissus (Division 10) Bulbocodium (7)
Narcissus (Division 11) Split-corona (7)
Narcissus (Division 12) Miscellaneous (3)
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Narcissus (Division 4) Double (15)
Narcissus (Division 5) Triandrus (7)
Narcissus (Division 6) Cyclamineus (5)
Narcissus (Division 7) Jonquilla (11)
Narcissus (Division 8) Tazetta (13)
Narcissus (Division 9) Poeticus (1)
Tulip (Division 1) Single early group (7)
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Tulip (Division 11) Double late group (15)
Tulip (Division 12) Kaufmanniana group (2)
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Tulip (Division 5) Single late group (6)
Tulip (Division 6) Lily-flowered group (8)
Tulip (Division 7) Fringed group (1)
Tulip (Division 8) Viridiflora group (3)

Bedding planting time

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Fruit pollination group

Apple pollination group 2 (11)
Apple pollination group 3 (62)
Apple pollination group 4 (16)
Apple pollination group 5 (2)
Cherry pollination group 2 (1)
Cherry pollination group 3 (6)
Cherry pollination group 4 (2)
Pear pollination group 2 (7)
Pear pollination group 3 (11)
Pear pollination group 4 (1)
Plum pollination group 1 (2)
Plum pollination group 2 (4)
Plum pollination group 3 (4)
Plum pollination group 4 (3)
Plum pollination group 5 (1)
Self-fertile (68)

Sowing month inside or protected

January (1)
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May (6)
June (2)
July (1)
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October (3)
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March (5)
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May (13)
June (11)
July (8)
August (6)
September (11)
October (8)
November (1)
December (1)

Vegetable harvesting month

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June (1)
July (1)
August (1)
September (1)
October (1)
November (1)

Multibuy packs

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Multibuy offers (147)
Selected offers (81)

Hardy

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Yes (1046)

Leaf colour

Blue (18)
Bronze (17)
Green (1135)
Purple (16)
Red (20)
Silver (9)
Variegated (38)
Yellow (12)

Ground cover

No (497)
Yes (325)

Position

Arches & pergolas (19)
Back of border (212)
Bottom of hedges (93)
Conservatories (31)
Covering eyesores (34)
Front of border (608)
Middle of border (170)
Next to a patio (103)
Next to a pond (42)
Next to an entrance (183)
Next to seating areas (164)
Steep banks (230)
Through hedges (22)
Walls & fences (115)

Shape

Bushy (10)
Columnar (2)
Fountain (7)
Hummock (3)
Pyramid (1)
Spreading (5)
Weeping (1)

Soil moisture

Damp (45)
Dry/Sandy (116)
Normal (1125)

Used at Chelsea

2002 - HRH The Prince of Wales - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2003 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2004 - Sir Terrance Conran - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (5)
2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (4)
2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (5)
2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (5)
2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (7)
2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (3)
2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (3)
2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (5)
2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (4)
2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (4)
2019 - Andy Sturgeon - M & G (5)
2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (2)
2022 - Andy Sturgeon - Mind Garden / Crocus (1)
2023 - Sarah Price - Nurture Garden (6)

Kitchen garden planting guidelines

Propagate in green house (1)
Suitable for compact container gardening (4)
Suitable for grow beds (6)
Suitable for large container gardening (53)
Suitable for window boxes (3)
Use cloche (1)

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