Plants for a Gravel Garden

Being low maintenance and often drought tolerant once established, the plants that make up a gravel garden will often have a Mediterranean feel.

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Perennials (335)
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Plants & pots (10)
Large plants for instant impact (9)
Fruit (6)
Plant combinations (6)
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Indoor plants (3)
Exotics (2)
Hedging (2)
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Climbers (1)
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Pond plants (1)
Trees (1)

Facing

East (293)
North (105)
South (660)
West (669)

How much sun

Bright light (1)
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Light shade (231)
Shade (13)
Sun (674)

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Acid (305)
Chalky (531)
Haven't a clue (356)
Heavy clay (403)
Light sandy (651)
Moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil, or peat-free general purpose compost (117)
Moderately fertile, moist, but well-drained soil, or general-purpose loam-based potting compost (3)
Normal (683)
Peat-free general-purpose compost (38)
Prefers acid soil (15)
Specialist compost (1)

Special conditions

Boggy or damp shade (13)
Coastal conditions (100)
Dry shade (29)
Dry sun (287)
Exposed positions (56)
Tolerate air pollution (41)
Tolerates drought (273)

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January (12)
February (20)
March (62)
April (94)
May (201)
June (379)
July (424)
August (410)
September (274)
October (100)
November (3)

Flower colour

Colourful collections / bicolours (77)
Black (6)
Blue (108)
Brown (1)
Green (21)
Orange (33)
Pink (146)
Purple (121)
Red (69)
White (133)
Yellow (60)

Evergreen / deciduous

Deciduous (483)
Evergreen (144)
Semi-evergreen (73)

Fragrance

All scented flowers (47)
Aromatic foliage (124)
Evening scent (11)
Highly scented (5)
Roses that are slightly scented (3)
Roses that are well scented (1)

Attractive to wildlife

Attractive to bees (333)
Attractive to birds (18)
Attractive to butterflies and moths (171)
Attractive to pollinators (343)
Attractive to wildlife (350)

Quick growing

No (18)
Quite (558)
Yes (205)

Eventual size

Large (45)
Medium (295)
Small (425)

Special features

Architectural silhouettes (144)
Attractive seedheads (102)
Autumn foliage colour (7)
Berries or fruit (11)
Coloured leaves (59)
Colourful bark or stems (2)
Columnar (5)
Deciduous (32)
Easy to grow (117)
Evergreen / semi evergreen (159)
Fast growing (66)
Flower spires (71)
Flowering (652)
Invasive (1)
Large leaved (6)
Long flowering (197)
Low maintenance (281)
Makes a good hedge or screen (22)
Plants that are native (21)
Plants that don't need pruning (43)
Plants that help filter noise (1)
Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (184)
Plants that will cope with the odd football (52)
Plants to deter vandals and burglars (9)
Resistant to diseases (134)
Rose hips (1)
Scented Leaves (7)
Scented flowers (5)
Small leaved (35)
Stylish in the border (95)
Sublime umbelliferas (97)
Suitable for containers (351)
Suitable for hanging baskets (47)
Tough plants that are harder to kill (40)
Weeping (1)
Winter colour (119)

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Hallways and landings (1)
Home office (2)
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Living spaces (2)
Offices (1)

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Autumn planting (120)
Spring planting (31)

Bulb divisions

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Narcissus (Division 12) Miscellaneous (2)
Narcissus (Division 2) Large-cupped (1)
Narcissus (Division 4) Double (1)
Narcissus (Division 8) Tazetta (1)
Tulip (Division 12) Kaufmanniana group (2)
Tulip (Division 14) Greigii group (2)
Tulip (Division 15) Miscellaneous group (11)
Tulip (Division 3) Triumph group (1)
Tulip (Division 5) Single late group (1)

Bedding planting time

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Spring & summer planting bedding (60)

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April (25)
May (14)
June (2)
August (1)
September (10)
October (13)
November (4)
December (2)

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February (2)
March (39)
April (43)
May (51)
June (17)
July (4)
August (9)
September (27)
October (21)
November (1)

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March (1)
April (1)
May (1)
June (1)
July (2)
August (2)
September (2)
October (1)
November (1)
December (1)

Vegetable groups

Other cooking vegetables (1)
Salad vegetables (3)

Multibuy packs

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Multibuy offers (270)
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Ready made borders

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Ready-made border Azure and gold border (2)
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Ready-made border Blue and silver (4)
Ready-made border Brilliant orange (2)
Ready-made border Budget (12)
Ready-made border Chalky soil (7)
Ready-made border Clay soil (7)
Ready-made border Cool grasses and hot exotics (5)
Ready-made border Cottage garden scheme (8)
Ready-made border Dark and light (1)
Ready-made border Divine summer (2)
Ready-made border Dry Mediterranean (11)
Ready-made border Early colour (3)
Ready-made border Elegant and architectural (3)
Ready-made border Fiery summer (3)
Ready-made border Flowers for pollinators (5)
Ready-made border Fresh and wild (1)
Ready-made border Good bedfellows (3)
Ready-made border Gravel garden (2)
Ready-made border Jewel border (1)
Ready-made border Keep it cool (9)
Ready-made border Lady Marmalade (2)
Ready-made border Lime-green and orange (2)
Ready-made border Mediterranean (5)
Ready-made border Piet Oudolf Wisley (1)
Ready-made border Planting the woodland edge (2)
Ready-made border Red summer (5)
Ready-made border Sandy soil (10)
Ready-made border Shades of pink (3)
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Ready-made border Shady sanctuary (1)
Ready-made border Smoky (2)
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Ready-made border Soothing green and white (1)
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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 (3)
Ready-made border Sunny pink (3)
Ready-made border The grand experience (4)
Ready-made border Woodland (1)

Planting combinations

Acid sun plant combination (2)
Add some oomph plant combination (1)
Agastache and Angelica plant combination (2)
Agastache and Echinops plant combination (2)
Aquilegia and Anemanthele plant combination (2)
Astrantia and Digitalis plant combination (1)
Astrantia and Dryopteris plant combination (1)
Astrantia and Geranium plant combination (3)
Attracting wildlife seed combination (1)
Blue and silver plant combination (2)
Blue and yellow plant combination (1)
Contemporary plant combination (3)
Cool tones plant combination (1)
Cutting garden plant combination (1)
Damp shade plant combination (2)
Dazzling colour weed-smothering plant combination (5)
Drought tolerant plant combination (2)
Dry sun plant combination (2)
Echinops and Achillea plant combination (3)
Echinops and Salvia plant combination (2)
Edible flowers plant and seed combination (4)
Evergreen groundcover plant combination (1)
Featured combinations (2)
Foeniculum and Astrantia plant combination (1)
Golden prairie plant combination (1)
Kniphofia and Achillea plant combination (1)
Long flowering plant combination (1)
Low maintenance gems plant combination (2)
Low maintenance plant combination (summer) (4)
Lythrum and Campanula plant combination (1)
Oenothera and Perovskia plant combination (1)
Opposites attract plant combination (1)
Pink and purple long-flowering plant combination (2)
Plants for pollinators plant combination (3)
Prairie plant combination (1)
Purple and gold plant combination (3)
Red and orange plant combination (1)
Rich tones slug resistant plant combination (2)
Sanguisorba and Calamagrostis plant combination (1)
Sedum and Aster plant combination (2)
Shade lovers plant combination (2)
Shady lady plant combination (1)
Slug resistant plant combination for shade (2)
Slug resistant plant combination (3)
Spires and spots plant combination (2)
Stars of the show plant combination (1)
Summer sizzlers plant combination (2)
Sun baked plant combination (4)
Sunny and dry plant combination (3)
Sunny chalk plant combination (2)
Sunny clay plant combination (1)
Thalictrum and Astrantia plant combination (1)
The Highgrove Kitchen Garden Collection (3)
The Highgrove Mediterranean Garden Collection (4)
Tiarella and Brunnera plant combination (3)
Vibrant colour for bees plant combination (2)
Vibrant colour seed combination (1)
Woodsmoke plant combination (1)
Yellow and gold plant combination (3)

Hardy

No (69)
Semi (132)
Yes (498)

Leaf colour

Blue (27)
Bronze (13)
Green (600)
Purple (24)
Red (14)
Silver (32)
Variegated (37)
Yellow (11)

Ground cover

No (435)
Yes (273)

Position

Back of border (34)
Bottom of hedges (28)
Conservatories (13)
Covering eyesores (4)
Front of border (445)
Middle of border (267)
Next to a patio (85)
Next to a pond (23)
Next to an entrance (77)
Next to seating areas (150)
Steep banks (155)
Through hedges (1)
Walls & fences (3)

Shape

Ball (7)
Bushy (1)
Fountain (21)
Hummock (9)
Spreading (6)

Soil moisture

Damp (25)
Dry/Sandy (412)
Normal (671)

Used at Chelsea

2001 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (7)
2002 - HRH The Prince of Wales - Laurent-Perrier (13)
2003 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (14)
2004 - Sir Terrance Conran - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2005 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (11)
2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (15)
2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (13)
2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (6)
2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (9)
2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (6)
2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (9)
2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (18)
2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (11)
2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (24)
2011 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (17)
2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (5)
2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (15)
2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (6)
2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (7)
2015 - Dan Pearson - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (22)
2016 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (1)
2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (10)
2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (12)
2019 - Andy Sturgeon - M & G (3)
2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (10)
2022 - Andy Sturgeon - Mind Garden / Crocus (15)
2023 - Sarah Price - Nurture Garden (26)
2024 - Tom Stuart-Smith - National Garden Scheme (4)
2024 - Ula Maria - Muscular Dystrophy (6)

Kitchen garden planting guidelines

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Suitable for compact container gardening (10)
Suitable for grow beds (25)
Suitable for large container gardening (26)
Suitable for window boxes (11)
Use cloche (20)

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Cistus × pulverulentus 'Sunset'

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