Plants for a Town Garden
Town gardens tend to be small, but that doesn’t mean they should be short on style. Even if there is just enough space for a pot or two, you can make a big impact with the right plants.
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- Perennials (185)
- Shrubs (143)
- Seeds (69)
- Hedging (26)
- Conifers (25)
- Climbers (24)
- Bulbs (21)
- Alpines & rockeries (19)
- Large shrubs for instant impact (13)
- Trees (13)
- Grasses (11)
- Pond plants (11)
- Bedding plants (10)
- Wildflowers (9)
- Fruit (7)
- Roses (6)
- Herbs (5)
- Plants for gifts (4)
- Plants & pots (2)
- Bamboo (1)
- Exotics (1)
- Ferns (1)
- Houseplants (1)
- Vegetables (1)
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Special features
- Architectural silhouettes (81)
- Attractive seedheads (27)
- Autumn foliage colour (32)
- Berries or fruit (58)
- Coloured leaves (55)
- Colourful bark or stems (2)
- Deciduous (25)
- Easy to grow (55)
- Evergreen / semi evergreen (180)
- Fast growing (12)
- Flowering (415)
- Large leaved (3)
- Long flowering (60)
- Low maintenance (164)
- Makes a good hedge or screen (51)
- Non invasive (1)
- Non poisonous (320)
- Plants that are native (11)
- Plants that don't need pruning (16)
- Plants that help filter noise (19)
- Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (104)
- Plants that will cope with the odd football (88)
- Plants to deter vandals and burglars (10)
- Resistant to diseases (68)
- Stylish in the border (32)
- Sublime umbelliferas (16)
- Suitable for containers (176)
- Suitable for hanging baskets (8)
- Tough plants that are harder to kill (72)
- Winter colour (135)
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- Tulip (Division 1) Single early group (3)
- Tulip (Division 11) Double late group (1)
- Tulip (Division 13) Fosteriana group (1)
- Tulip (Division 15) Miscellaneous group (1)
- Tulip (Division 2) Double early group (1)
- Tulip (Division 3) Triumph group (1)
- Tulip (Division 4) Darwin hybrid group (4)
- Tulip (Division 5) Single late group (1)
- Tulip (Division 6) Lily-flowered group (1)
- Tulip (Division 8) Viridiflora group (1)
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Used at Chelsea
- 2001 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (3)
- 2002 - HRH The Prince of Wales - Laurent-Perrier (8)
- 2003 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (11)
- 2005 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (6)
- 2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (7)
- 2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (10)
- 2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (5)
- 2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (6)
- 2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (3)
- 2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (7)
- 2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (6)
- 2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (8)
- 2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (8)
- 2011 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (3)
- 2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (13)
- 2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (1)
- 2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (6)
- 2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (2)
- 2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (5)
- 2015 - Dan Pearson - Laurent-Perrier (1)
- 2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (7)
- 2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (4)
- 2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (9)
- 2019 - Andy Sturgeon - M & G (4)
- 2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (7)
Kitchen garden planting guidelines
Laurus nobilis
£89.99
Rosa 'Penelope'
£19.99
Laurus nobilis
£149.99
Phormium 'Jester'
£79.99
Phormium 'Jester'
£24.99
lemon 'Vulcan'
£79.99
Prunus 'Shirotae'
£79.99
Tulipa 'Slawa' (PBR)
£11.97
£7.98
Buxus sempervirens
£69.99
£40.00
Viburnum opulus 'Roseum'
£20.97
£18.00
Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant'
£35.94
£17.97
Primula vialii
£47.94
£23.97
Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote'
£35.94
£17.97
Lavandula 'Regal Splendour' (PBR)
£20.97
£18.00
Perovskia 'Blue Spire'
£41.94
£20.97
Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'
£26.97
£17.98
Vinca minor
£41.94
£20.97
Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low'
£35.94
£17.97
Tulipa 'Apeldorn'
£11.97
£7.98
Tulipa Candy Prince (PBR)
£11.97
£7.98
Tulipa Salmon Prince - 20+10 Free bulbs
£17.97
£11.98
Tulipa 'Van Eijk' (PBR)
£14.97
£9.98
Tulipa 'Sunny Prince' (PBR)
£20.97
£13.98
Ilex crenata 'Convexa'
£41.94
£24.99
Vinca minor 'Ralph Shugert'
£20.97
£18.00
Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead'
£41.94
£20.97
Iris 'Harmony' (Reticulata)
£14.97
£9.98
Digitalis × mertonensis
£47.94
£20.97
Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan'
£53.94
£35.96
Digitalis purpurea f. albiflora
£41.94
£27.96
Vinca minor f. alba 'Gertrude Jekyll'
£20.97
£18.00
Nepeta × faassenii
£41.94
£27.96
Digitalis purpurea
£47.94
£31.96
Ranunculus aviv collection - 72+36 Free bulbs
£44.97
£29.98
Tulipa humilis 'Persian Pearl'
£20.97
£13.98
Ilex crenata
£41.94
£24.99
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