Purple Flowers

Purple is one of the most popular colours in the garden because it goes with everything. It ranges in tone from soft lavender to regal purple and plum.

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Facing

East (331)
North (145)
South (523)
West (545)

How much sun

Bright, indirect light (15)
Indirect light (2)
Light shade (299)
Shade (27)
Sun (518)

Soil type

Acid (272)
Aquatic (7)
Chalky (424)
Haven't a clue (331)
Heavy clay (405)
Light sandy (485)
Moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil, or peat-free general purpose compost (123)
Moderately fertile, moist, but well-drained soil, or general-purpose loam-based potting compost (1)
Normal (565)
Peat-free general-purpose compost (49)
Prefers acid soil (11)
Reliably damp or boggy soil (7)
Specialist compost (11)

Special conditions

Boggy or damp shade (28)
Coastal conditions (31)
Dry shade (25)
Dry sun (93)
Exposed positions (22)
Tolerate air pollution (65)
Tolerates drought (99)

Flowering month

January (20)
February (48)
March (67)
April (97)
May (177)
June (300)
July (362)
August (349)
September (285)
October (124)
November (33)
December (15)

Evergreen / deciduous

Deciduous (455)
Evergreen (81)
Semi-evergreen (60)

Fragrance

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Evening scent (5)
Highly scented (28)
Roses that are slightly scented (1)
Roses that are well scented (9)
Roses with a knockout scent (2)

Attractive to wildlife

Attractive to bees (218)
Attractive to birds (12)
Attractive to butterflies and moths (92)
Attractive to pollinators (199)
Attractive to wildlife (229)

Quick growing

No (17)
Quite (446)
Yes (194)

Eventual size

Large (113)
Medium (288)
Small (247)

Special features

Architectural silhouettes (90)
Attractive seedheads (52)
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Columnar (4)
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Dinner plate dahlias (2)
Easy to grow (78)
Evergreen / semi evergreen (114)
Fast growing (73)
Flower spires (73)
Flowering (569)
Large leaved (12)
Long flowering (149)
Low maintenance (148)
Makes a good hedge or screen (39)
Plants that are native (12)
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Plants that help filter noise (1)
Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (130)
Plants that will cope with the odd football (36)
Plants to deter vandals and burglars (8)
Resistant to diseases (82)
Rose hips (2)
Scented Leaves (5)
Scented flowers (20)
Small leaved (22)
Stylish in the border (143)
Sublime umbelliferas (33)
Suitable for containers (259)
Suitable for hanging baskets (33)
Tough plants that are harder to kill (26)
Weeping (1)
Winter colour (67)

Indoor plants by room

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Hallways and landings (5)
Home office (19)
Kitchens (22)
Living spaces (27)
Offices (14)

Bulb planting time

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Spring planting (34)

Bulb divisions

Dahlia (Division 1) Single-flowered (1)
Dahlia (Division 10) Miscellaneous (2)
Dahlia (Division 11) Fimbriated (1)
Dahlia (Division 12) Star (1)
Dahlia (Division 2) Anemone-flowered (2)
Dahlia (Division 4) Waterlily (1)
Dahlia (Division 5) Decorative (8)
Dahlia (Division 6) Ball (3)
Dahlia (Division 7) Pompon (3)
Dahlia (Division 8) Cactus (2)
Dahlia (Division 9) Semi cactus (1)
Normal (1)
Tulip (Division 1) Single early group (1)
Tulip (Division 10) Parrot group (2)
Tulip (Division 11) Double late group (2)
Tulip (Division 15) Miscellaneous group (1)
Tulip (Division 2) Double early group (3)
Tulip (Division 3) Triumph group (13)
Tulip (Division 5) Single late group (1)
Tulip (Division 6) Lily-flowered group (2)
Tulip (Division 7) Fringed group (2)
Tulip (Division 8) Viridiflora group (2)

Bedding planting time

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Sowing month inside or protected

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March (35)
April (28)
May (19)
June (4)
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September (7)
October (21)
November (18)
December (16)

Sowing month outside

January (1)
February (3)
March (30)
April (29)
May (33)
June (11)
July (2)
August (4)
September (25)
October (25)
November (2)
December (1)

Multibuy packs

6 packs (2)
Multibuy offers (153)
Selected offers (37)

Ready made borders

Ready-made border Add some oomph (1)
Ready-made border Autumn colour (1)
Ready-made border Azure and gold border (1)
Ready-made border Bee and Butterfly (2)
Ready-made border Blending purples (3)
Ready-made border Blue and silver (1)
Ready-made border Budget (2)
Ready-made border Chalky soil (4)
Ready-made border Clay soil (3)
Ready-made border Cool shade (1)
Ready-made border Cottage garden scheme (3)
Ready-made border Dark and light (2)
Ready-made border Divine summer (1)
Ready-made border Dry Mediterranean (1)
Ready-made border Early colour (2)
Ready-made border Elegant and architectural (1)
Ready-made border Fiery summer (1)
Ready-made border Flowers for pollinators (2)
Ready-made border Fresh and wild (1)
Ready-made border Good bedfellows (3)
Ready-made border Gravel garden (1)
Ready-made border Keep it cool (8)
Ready-made border Lush shade (1)
Ready-made border Mediterranean (3)
Ready-made border Planting the woodland edge (1)
Ready-made border Red summer (3)
Ready-made border Sandy soil (3)
Ready-made border Scented garden (2)
Ready-made border Shades of pink (3)
Ready-made border Shady pink (2)
Ready-made border Shady sanctuary (1)
Ready-made border Soothing green and white (1)
Ready-made border Spring colour (1)
Ready-made border Stars of high summer (1)
Ready-made border Steamy jungle (1)
Ready-made border Summer savanna (1)
Ready-made border Sun lovers (1)
Ready-made border Sunny pink (2)
Ready-made border The grand experience (2)
Ready-made border Woodland (1)

Planting combinations

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Attracting wildlife seed combination (2)
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Create a praire plant combination (1)
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Dazzle plant combination (1)
Dazzling colour weed-smothering plant combination (1)
Dry shade plant combination (1)
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Echinops and Salvia plant combination (1)
Edible flowers plant and seed combination (2)
Evergreen groundcover plant combination (1)
Low maintenance plant combination (summer) (1)
Lythrum and Campanula plant combination (1)
Pink and purple long-flowering plant combination (2)
Pink and purple plant combination (1)
Pinks and purples plant combination (2)
Plants for pollinators plant combination (2)
Purple and gold plant combination (3)
Rich tones slug resistant plant combination (1)
Self seeding seed combination (3)
Slug resistant plant combination for shade (2)
Slug resistant plant combination (1)
Spires and spots plant combination (2)
Stars of the show plant combination (1)
Structured shade plant combination (1)
Sunny and dry plant combination (2)
Sunny chalk plant combination (1)
Thalictrum and Astrantia plant combination (1)
The Highgrove Hosta Collection (5)
The Highgrove Kitchen Garden Collection (2)
The Highgrove Mediterranean Garden Collection (1)
The Highgrove Mixed Delphinium Collection (2)
The Highgrove Purple Delphinium Collection (2)
Vibrant colour for bees plant combination (1)
White flowering seed combination (1)
Year round groundcover plant combination (1)

Hardy

No (75)
Semi (105)
Yes (412)

Leaf colour

Blue (20)
Bronze (6)
Green (566)
Purple (14)
Red (5)
Silver (10)
Variegated (24)
Yellow (6)

Ground cover

No (409)
Yes (113)

Position

Arches & pergolas (47)
Back of border (77)
Bottom of hedges (22)
Conservatories (27)
Covering eyesores (21)
Front of border (254)
Middle of border (258)
Next to a patio (90)
Next to a pond (35)
Next to an entrance (120)
Next to seating areas (159)
Steep banks (44)
Through hedges (49)
Walls & fences (89)

Shape

Bushy (2)
Fountain (12)

Soil moisture

Damp (38)
Dry/Sandy (184)
Normal (562)

Used at Chelsea

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2003 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2004 - Sir Terrance Conran - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2005 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (7)
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2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (2)
2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (5)
2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (5)
2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (9)
2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (6)
2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (6)
2011 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (8)
2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (11)
2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (1)
2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (4)
2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (2)
2015 - Dan Pearson - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (2)
2016 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (1)
2017 - James Basson - M & G (2)
2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (2)
2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (8)
2019 - Andy Sturgeon - M & G (4)
2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (6)
2022 - Andy Sturgeon - Mind Garden / Crocus (7)
2023 - Sarah Price - Nurture Garden (8)
2024 - Tom Stuart-Smith - National Garden Scheme (4)
2024 - Ula Maria - Muscular Dystrophy (3)

Kitchen garden planting guidelines

Propagate in green house (8)
Suitable for compact container gardening (1)
Suitable for grow beds (19)
Suitable for large container gardening (19)
Suitable for window boxes (4)
Use cloche (13)

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Magnolia 'Susan'

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