Perennials

By type

Geraniums (hardy) (19)
Other perennials (12)
Digitalis plants (11)
Astrantia plants (7)
Sanguisorba plants (6)
Nepeta plants (4)
Salvia plants (4)
Campanula plants (3)
Echinacea plants (3)
Persicaria plants (3)
Ajuga plants (2)
Aquilegia plants (2)
Euphorbia plants (2)
Geum plants (2)
Leucanthemum (2)
Aster plants (1)
Bergenia plants (1)
Dahlia plants (1)
Heuchera & Heucherella (1)
Iris plants (1)
Penstemon plants (1)
Phlox plants (1)
Primula plants (1)
Thalictrum plants (1)
Veronicas & Veronicastrum (1)

Soil type

Acid (73)
Chalky (88)
Haven't a clue (65)
Heavy clay (74)
Light sandy (85)
Moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil, or peat-free general purpose compost (8)
Normal (94)
Peat-free general-purpose compost (3)
Prefers acid soil (1)

Special conditions

Boggy or damp shade (4)
Coastal conditions (7)
Dry shade (11)
Dry sun (23)
Exposed positions (10)
Tolerate air pollution (1)
Tolerates drought (25)

Ready made borders

Ready-made border Add some oomph (2)
Ready-made border Autumn colour (1)
Ready-made border Budget (1)
Ready-made border Chalky soil (1)
Ready-made border Clay soil (2)
Ready-made border Cool grasses and hot exotics (1)
Ready-made border Cool shade (1)
Ready-made border Cottage garden scheme (3)
Ready-made border Dark and light (1)
Ready-made border Dry Mediterranean (1)
Ready-made border Elegant and architectural (1)
Ready-made border Flowers for pollinators (1)
Ready-made border Fresh and wild (1)
Ready-made border Good bedfellows (1)
Ready-made border Gravel garden (1)
Ready-made border Keep it cool (2)
Ready-made border Sandy soil (1)
Ready-made border Shady pink (3)
Ready-made border Shady sanctuary (1)
Ready-made border Soft Summer (3)
Ready-made border Soothing green and white (1)
Ready-made border Spring colour (3)
Ready-made border Steamy jungle (1)
Ready-made border The grand experience (1)

Planting combinations

Add some oomph plant combination (2)
Agastache and Angelica plant combination (1)
Astrantia and Digitalis plant combination (2)
Astrantia and Dryopteris plant combination (1)
Astrantia and Geranium plant combination (2)
Attracting wildlife seed combination (1)
Blue and silver plant combination (1)
Contemporary plant combination (1)
Cool tones plant combination (1)
Cutting garden plant combination (1)
Damp shade plant combination (1)
Dazzle plant combination (1)
Dazzling colour weed-smothering plant combination (2)
Drought tolerant plant combination (1)
Dry shade plant combination (1)
Evergreen groundcover plant combination (1)
Foeniculum and Astrantia plant combination (1)
Golden prairie plant combination (1)
Long flowering plant combination (1)
Low maintenance plant combination (summer) (1)
Lythrum and Campanula plant combination (1)
Pink and purple long-flowering plant combination (1)
Pinks and purples plant combination (1)
Plants for pollinators plant combination (1)
Prairie plant combination (1)
Rich tones slug resistant plant combination (1)
Sanguisorba and Calamagrostis plant combination (1)
Shade lovers plant combination (3)
Shady lady plant combination (1)
Slug resistant plant combination for shade (1)
Slug resistant plant combination (2)
Stars of the show plant combination (1)
Structured shade plant combination (1)
Sunny chalk plant combination (1)
Thalictrum and Astrantia plant combination (2)
The Highgrove Kitchen Garden Collection (2)
The Highgrove Mediterranean Garden Collection (1)
Year round groundcover plant combination (1)

Flower colour

Colourful collections / bicolours (2)
Black (1)
Blue (17)
Green (3)
Orange (5)
Pink (33)
Purple (15)
Red (10)
White (23)
Yellow (15)

Evergreen / deciduous

Deciduous (82)
Evergreen (15)
Semi-evergreen (11)

Fragrance

All scented flowers (7)
Aromatic foliage (18)
Evening scent (1)

Quick growing

Quite (79)
Yes (34)

Eventual size

Large (13)
Medium (54)
Small (45)

Special features

Architectural silhouettes (7)
Attractive seedheads (4)
Berries or fruit (1)
Coloured leaves (5)
Deciduous (1)
Easy to grow (12)
Evergreen / semi evergreen (20)
Fast growing (5)
Flower spires (20)
Flowering (87)
Long flowering (32)
Low maintenance (35)
Plants that are native (6)
Plants that don't need pruning (2)
Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (28)
Plants that will cope with the odd football (2)
Resistant to diseases (18)
Scented Leaves (1)
Scented flowers (1)
Small leaved (2)
Stylish in the border (16)
Sublime umbelliferas (9)
Suitable for containers (11)
Tough plants that are harder to kill (5)
Winter colour (10)

Bulb divisions

Dahlia (Division 5) Decorative (1)
Normal (1)

Sowing month inside or protected

January (1)
March (5)
April (7)
May (5)
September (1)
October (1)

Sowing month outside

March (3)
April (5)
May (5)
June (2)
July (2)
August (3)
September (3)
October (3)

Multibuy packs

Multibuy offers (72)
Selected offers (2)

Hardy

Semi (4)
Yes (94)

Leaf colour

Blue (6)
Bronze (3)
Green (88)
Purple (3)
Red (1)
Silver (2)
Variegated (1)

Ground cover

No (65)
Yes (33)

Position

Back of border (15)
Bottom of hedges (12)
Front of border (43)
Middle of border (50)
Next to a patio (7)
Next to a pond (11)
Next to an entrance (6)
Next to seating areas (17)
Steep banks (24)

Used at Chelsea

2001 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2002 - HRH The Prince of Wales - Laurent-Perrier (7)
2003 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (6)
2004 - Sir Terrance Conran - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2005 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (6)
2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (6)
2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (1)
2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (4)
2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (3)
2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (5)
2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (7)
2011 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (9)
2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (2)
2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (7)
2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (2)
2015 - Dan Pearson - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (7)
2016 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (1)
2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (1)
2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (3)
2019 - Andy Sturgeon - M & G (2)
2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (3)
2022 - Andy Sturgeon - Mind Garden / Crocus (3)
2023 - Sarah Price - Nurture Garden (2)

Kitchen garden planting guidelines

Propagate in green house (4)
Suitable for grow beds (5)
Suitable for large container gardening (6)
Use cloche (4)

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Showing Perennials How much sun : Light shade Facing : West Flowering month : June Attractive to wildlife : Attractive to wildlife Soil moisture : Normal clear all

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