Plants for a Seaside Garden
Plants in coastal gardens often face their own set of challenges. One day they can be buffeted by a salt-laden wind and the next baked by a hot seaside sun. Some however (like the ones listed below) will take everything in their stride and thrive.
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- Architectural silhouettes (23)
- Attractive seedheads (23)
- Autumn foliage colour (4)
- Berries or fruit (47)
- Coloured leaves (28)
- Colourful bark or stems (1)
- Deciduous (11)
- Easy to grow (23)
- Evergreen / semi evergreen (124)
- Fast growing (4)
- Flowering (254)
- Large leaved (1)
- Long flowering (63)
- Low maintenance (115)
- Makes a good hedge or screen (47)
- Non poisonous (225)
- Plants that are native (4)
- Plants that don't need pruning (11)
- Plants that help filter noise (8)
- Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (93)
- Plants that will cope with the odd football (67)
- Plants to deter vandals and burglars (7)
- Resistant to diseases (52)
- Rose hips (2)
- Stylish in the border (4)
- Sublime umbelliferas (25)
- Suitable for containers (84)
- Tough plants that are harder to kill (69)
- Winter colour (77)
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Used at Chelsea
- 2001 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (3)
- 2002 - HRH The Prince of Wales - Laurent-Perrier (4)
- 2003 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (3)
- 2005 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (1)
- 2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (7)
- 2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (4)
- 2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (4)
- 2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (3)
- 2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (2)
- 2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (4)
- 2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (9)
- 2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (2)
- 2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (5)
- 2011 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (3)
- 2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (5)
- 2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (4)
- 2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (1)
- 2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (1)
- 2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (1)
- 2015 - Dan Pearson - Laurent-Perrier (2)
- 2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (3)
- 2016 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (1)
- 2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (1)
- 2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (1)
- 2019 - Andy Sturgeon - M & G (1)
- 2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (1)
Kitchen garden planting guidelines
Buddleja davidii 'White Profusion'
£17.99
£12.59
Buddleja davidii 'Black Knight'
£17.99
£14.39
Buddleja 'Pink Delight'
£17.99
£12.59
Buddleja davidii 'Royal Red'
£17.99
£12.59
Hedera hibernica
£14.99
£10.49
Lonicera japonica 'Halliana'
£16.99
£11.89
Lonicera japonica Hall's Prolific
£16.99
£11.89
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