Plants that Grow in Most Soils

If you don’t know what kind of soil you have then you should choose one of the plants on the list below. These plants don’t really care what soil they are growing in - provided they are kept reasonably well fed and watered.

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Perennials (246)
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Large plants for instant impact (109)
Connoisseurs collection (104)
Trees (88)
Seeds (85)
Bedding plants (81)
Roses (45)
Hedging (40)
Alpines & rockeries (36)
Fruit (33)
Herbs (26)
Grasses (19)
Vegetables (16)
Ferns garden (15)
Plants for gifts (14)
Wildflowers (13)
Conifers (11)
Bamboo (10)
Exotics (7)
Plants & pots (4)
Pond plants (2)

Facing

East (855)
North (305)
South (1078)
West (1129)

How much sun

Bright light (1)
Bright, indirect light (1)
Indirect light (1)
Light shade (802)
Shade (59)
Sun (1078)

Special conditions

Boggy or damp shade (36)
Coastal conditions (63)
Dry shade (77)
Dry sun (64)
Exposed positions (71)
Tolerate air pollution (186)
Tolerates drought (80)

Ready made borders

Ready-made border Add some oomph (1)
Ready-made border Autumn colour (4)
Ready-made border Blending purples (1)
Ready-made border Blue and silver (1)
Ready-made border Budget (4)
Ready-made border Chalky soil (6)
Ready-made border Clay soil (9)
Ready-made border Cool grasses and hot exotics (2)
Ready-made border Cool shade (2)
Ready-made border Cottage garden scheme (8)
Ready-made border Dark and light (1)
Ready-made border Dry Mediterranean (2)
Ready-made border Elegant and architectural (2)
Ready-made border Fiery summer (3)
Ready-made border Flowers for pollinators (1)
Ready-made border Fresh and wild (2)
Ready-made border Good bedfellows (4)
Ready-made border Gravel garden (1)
Ready-made border Jewel border (1)
Ready-made border Keep it cool (5)
Ready-made border Lush shade (1)
Ready-made border Planting the woodland edge (3)
Ready-made border Red summer (1)
Ready-made border Scented garden (3)
Ready-made border Shady pink (3)
Ready-made border Soft Summer (2)
Ready-made border Soothing green and white (4)
Ready-made border Spring colour (7)
Ready-made border Stars of high summer (2)
Ready-made border Steamy jungle (4)
Ready-made border Summer savanna (1)
Ready-made border Sun lovers (1)
Ready-made border The grand experience (2)
Ready-made border Woodland (5)

Planting combinations

Acid shade plant combination (1)
Acid sun plant combination (1)
Add some oomph plant combination (1)
Agastache and Helenium plant combination (1)
Aquilegia and Anemanthele plant combination (1)
Astrantia and Digitalis plant combination (2)
Astrantia and Dryopteris plant combination (2)
Astrantia and Geranium plant combination (1)
Attracting wildlife seed combination (3)
Blue and silver plant combination (1)
Blue and yellow plant combination (1)
Bold foliage for shade plant combination (1)
Brazen plant combination (1)
Contemporary plant combination (1)
Cutting garden plant combination (1)
Damp shade plant combination (3)
Dazzling colour weed-smothering plant combination (2)
Dry sun plant combination (1)
Edible flowers plant and seed combination (4)
Evergreen groundcover plant combination (1)
Foeniculum and Astrantia plant combination (1)
Golden prairie plant combination (2)
Green and gold for damp shade plant combination (1)
Green and white plant combination (1)
Heliopsis and Miscanthus plant combination (1)
Iris and Trollius plant combination (1)
Less is more plant combination (2)
Long flowering plant combination (1)
Low maintenance gems plant combination (1)
Low maintenance plant combination (summer) (1)
Lythrum and Campanula plant combination (1)
Pinks and purples plant combination (4)
Plants for pollinators plant combination (2)
Prairie plant combination (1)
Purple and gold plant combination (1)
Red and orange plant combination (1)
Rich tones slug resistant plant combination (2)
Sanguisorba and Calamagrostis plant combination (1)
Shady chalk plant combination (2)
Shady clay plant combination (1)
Shady lady plant combination (2)
Slug resistant plant combination for shade (3)
Slug resistant plant combination (1)
Stars of the show plant combination (2)
Structural green and white plant combination (2)
Summer sizzlers plant combination (1)
Sunny chalk plant combination (1)
Thalictrum and Astrantia plant combination (1)
The Highgrove Hosta Collection (2)
The Highgrove Kitchen Garden Collection (4)
Tiarella and Brunnera plant combination (4)
Vibrant colour seed combination (1)
White flowering seed combination (1)
Year round groundcover plant combination (1)
Yellow and gold plant combination (1)

Flowering month

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February (74)
March (150)
April (241)
May (408)
June (445)
July (469)
August (411)
September (349)
October (166)
November (25)
December (47)

Flower colour

Colourful collections / bicolours (138)
Black (8)
Blue (116)
Green (28)
Orange (50)
Pink (279)
Purple (159)
Red (100)
White (349)
Yellow (108)

Evergreen / deciduous

Deciduous (866)
Evergreen (227)
Semi-evergreen (61)

Fragrance

All scented flowers (234)
Aromatic foliage (76)
Evening scent (31)
Highly scented (101)
Roses that are slightly scented (10)
Roses that are well scented (19)
Roses with a knockout scent (10)

Attractive to wildlife

Attractive to bees (361)
Attractive to birds (136)
Attractive to butterflies and moths (147)
Attractive to pollinators (304)
Attractive to wildlife (404)

Quick growing

No (50)
Quite (851)
Yes (404)

Eventual size

Large (238)
Medium (629)
Small (456)

Special features

Architectural silhouettes (147)
Attractive bark (3)
Attractive seedheads (64)
Autumn foliage colour (83)
Berries or fruit (221)
Coloured leaves (73)
Colourful bark or stems (21)
Columnar (11)
Deciduous (147)
Dinner plate dahlias (2)
Easy to grow (216)
Evergreen / semi evergreen (284)
Fast growing (166)
Flower spires (60)
Flowering (1049)
Invasive (3)
Large leaved (21)
Long flowering (219)
Low maintenance (381)
Makes a good hedge or screen (153)
Non invasive bamboo (8)
Plants that are native (34)
Plants that don't need pruning (44)
Plants that help filter noise (27)
Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (338)
Plants that will cope with the odd football (270)
Plants to deter vandals and burglars (58)
Resistant to diseases (150)
Rose hips (13)
Scented Leaves (12)
Scented flowers (65)
Small leaved (46)
Stylish in the border (269)
Sublime umbelliferas (20)
Suitable for containers (512)
Suitable for hanging baskets (54)
Tough plants that are harder to kill (145)
Weeping (11)
Winter colour (223)

Indoor plants by room

Bathrooms (2)
Hallways and landings (2)
Home office (1)
Living spaces (1)
Offices (2)

Bulb planting time

Autumn planting (167)
Spring planting (73)

Bulb divisions

Dahlia (Division 1) Single-flowered (2)
Dahlia (Division 2) Anemone-flowered (2)
Dahlia (Division 3) Collerette (2)
Dahlia (Division 4) Waterlily (1)
Dahlia (Division 5) Decorative (17)
Dahlia (Division 6) Ball (5)
Dahlia (Division 8) Cactus (1)
Lilium (Division 1) Asiatic hybrids (1)
Lilium (Division 2) Martagon (1)
Lilium (Division 6) Trumpet and Aureelian hybrids (1)
Lilium (Division 7) Oriental hybrids (2)
Narcissus (Division 1) Trumpet (1)
Narcissus (Division 10) Bulbocodium (2)
Narcissus (Division 11) Split-corona (3)
Narcissus (Division 12) Miscellaneous (1)
Narcissus (Division 2) Large-cupped (12)
Narcissus (Division 4) Double (6)
Narcissus (Division 5) Triandrus (3)
Narcissus (Division 6) Cyclamineus (1)
Narcissus (Division 7) Jonquilla (2)
Narcissus (Division 8) Tazetta (10)
Tulip (Division 1) Single early group (1)
Tulip (Division 10) Parrot group (1)
Tulip (Division 11) Double late group (4)
Tulip (Division 15) Miscellaneous group (2)
Tulip (Division 2) Double early group (7)
Tulip (Division 3) Triumph group (7)
Tulip (Division 4) Darwin hybrid group (1)
Tulip (Division 5) Single late group (1)

Bedding planting time

Autumn & winter planting bedding (19)
Spring & summer planting bedding (53)

Chelsea plant of year

2011 (1)
2013 (1)
2015 (1)
2021 (1)
Centenary (1)
Plant of the Decade (1)

Fruit pollination group

Apple pollination group 3 (1)
Plum pollination group 2 (1)
Plum pollination group 3 (1)
Self-fertile (14)

Sowing month inside or protected

January (18)
February (34)
March (51)
April (36)
May (19)
June (3)
July (1)
August (7)
September (10)
October (25)
November (20)
December (16)

Sowing month outside

February (1)
March (29)
April (39)
May (46)
June (15)
July (8)
August (8)
September (32)
October (26)
November (3)

Vegetable harvesting month

January (1)
February (1)
March (1)
April (1)
May (3)
June (7)
July (11)
August (8)
September (6)
October (6)
November (2)
December (2)

Vegetable groups

Other cooking vegetables (1)
Root vegetables (8)
Salad vegetables (7)

Multibuy packs

6 packs (3)
Multibuy offers (204)
Selected offers (34)

Gifts

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

Pot size

30cm - 39cm (1)
60cm - 69cm (2)

Pot colour

Grey (1)
Terracotta (2)

Pot material

Metal (1)
Terracotta (2)

Hardy

No (72)
Semi (164)
Yes (939)

Leaf colour

Blue (28)
Bronze (22)
Green (1059)
Purple (32)
Red (11)
Silver (5)
Variegated (57)
Yellow (22)

Ground cover

No (766)
Yes (243)

Position

Arches & pergolas (117)
Back of border (244)
Bottom of hedges (65)
Conservatories (17)
Covering eyesores (98)
Front of border (463)
Middle of border (433)
Next to a patio (213)
Next to a pond (57)
Next to an entrance (305)
Next to seating areas (323)
Steep banks (164)
Through hedges (121)
Walls & fences (244)

Shape

Ball (3)
Bushy (21)
Columnar (3)
Fountain (20)
Hummock (10)
Pyramid (5)
Spiral (1)
Spreading (9)

Soil moisture

Damp (80)
Dry/Sandy (204)
Normal (1148)

Used at Chelsea

2001 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (6)
2002 - HRH The Prince of Wales - Laurent-Perrier (8)
2003 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (11)
2004 - Sir Terrance Conran - Laurent-Perrier (5)
2005 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (11)
2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (10)
2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (12)
2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (9)
2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (13)
2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (10)
2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (11)
2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (4)
2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (14)
2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (12)
2011 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (6)
2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (10)
2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (11)
2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (19)
2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (5)
2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (5)
2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (10)
2015 - Dan Pearson - Laurent-Perrier (9)
2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (13)
2016 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (2)
2016 - Jekka McVicar - St John's Hospice (1)
2017 - James Basson - M & G (1)
2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (1)
2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (22)
2019 - Andy Sturgeon - M & G (9)
2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (12)
2022 - Andy Sturgeon - Mind Garden / Crocus (17)
2023 - Sarah Price - Nurture Garden (16)

Kitchen garden planting guidelines

Propagate in green house (18)
Suitable for compact container gardening (11)
Suitable for grow beds (26)
Suitable for large container gardening (36)
Suitable for window boxes (12)
Use cloche (28)

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Lamium maculatum 'Beacon Silver'

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