Plants For North-facing Gardens

North-facing gardens tend to get the least amount of sun. That doesn’t mean your garden will be boring though as there are loads of shade-loving plants that will thrive.

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Planting combinations

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Attracting wildlife seed combination (1)
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Featured combinations (4)
Green and gold for damp shade plant combination (2)
Green and white plant combination (3)
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Pimpinella and Pennisetum plant combination (1)
Pinks and purple dry shade plant combination (2)
Pinks and purples plant combination (4)
Pulmonaria and Athyrium plant combination (2)
Red and orange plant combination (1)
Rich tones slug resistant plant combination (1)
Sedum and Aster plant combination (1)
Shady clay plant combination (1)
Shady lady plant combination (2)
Slug resistant plant combination for shade (3)
Slug resistant plant combination (1)
Spires and spots plant combination (1)
Structured shade plant combination (3)
Sun baked plant combination (2)
Thalictrum and Astrantia plant combination (1)
The Highgrove Hosta Collection (6)
The Highgrove Kitchen Garden Collection (2)
Tiarella and Brunnera plant combination (4)
Vibrant colour for bees plant combination (1)
Vibrant colour seed combination (1)
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Yes (929)

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Variegated (65)
Yellow (21)

Ground cover

No (533)
Yes (407)

Position

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Back of border (157)
Bottom of hedges (171)
Conservatories (10)
Covering eyesores (65)
Front of border (469)
Middle of border (409)
Next to a patio (108)
Next to a pond (96)
Next to an entrance (155)
Next to seating areas (169)
Steep banks (143)
Through hedges (91)
Walls & fences (177)

Shape

Ball (3)
Bushy (37)
Columnar (2)
Fountain (6)
Hummock (6)
Pyramid (2)
Spreading (9)
Weeping (4)

Soil moisture

Damp (132)
Dry/Sandy (250)
Normal (975)

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2002 - HRH The Prince of Wales - Laurent-Perrier (13)
2003 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (10)
2004 - Sir Terrance Conran - Laurent-Perrier (5)
2005 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (4)
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2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (12)
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2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (16)
2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (19)
2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (13)
2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (8)
2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (4)
2015 - Dan Pearson - Laurent-Perrier (13)
2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (7)
2016 - Jekka McVicar - St John's Hospice (3)
2017 - James Basson - M & G (1)
2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (1)
2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (21)
2019 - Andy Sturgeon - M & G (21)
2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (17)
2022 - Andy Sturgeon - Mind Garden / Crocus (19)
2023 - Sarah Price - Nurture Garden (20)
2024 - Tom Stuart-Smith - National Garden Scheme (20)
2024 - Ula Maria - Muscular Dystrophy (17)

Kitchen garden planting guidelines

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