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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- Architectural silhouettes (51)
- Attractive seedheads (47)
- Autumn foliage colour (1)
- Berries or fruit (2)
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- Makes a good hedge or screen (16)
- Non poisonous (275)
- Plants that are native (9)
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- Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (73)
- Plants that will cope with the odd football (25)
- Plants to deter vandals and burglars (7)
- Resistant to diseases (80)
- Small leaved (1)
- Stylish in the border (1)
- Sublime umbelliferas (41)
- Suitable for containers (109)
- Suitable for hanging baskets (1)
- Tough plants that are harder to kill (39)
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Used at Chelsea
- 2001 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (5)
- 2002 - HRH The Prince of Wales - Laurent-Perrier (10)
- 2003 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (10)
- 2004 - Sir Terrance Conran - Laurent-Perrier (3)
- 2005 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (10)
- 2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (15)
- 2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (13)
- 2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (4)
- 2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (7)
- 2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (5)
- 2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (8)
- 2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (14)
- 2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (7)
- 2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (18)
- 2011 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (5)
- 2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (14)
- 2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (6)
- 2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (10)
- 2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (6)
- 2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (4)
- 2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (6)
- 2015 - Dan Pearson - Laurent-Perrier (2)
- 2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (18)
- 2016 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (4)
- 2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (12)
- 2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (11)
- 2019 - Andy Sturgeon - M & G (5)
- 2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (10)
Kitchen garden planting guidelines
Agapanthus africanus
£14.99
£10.49
Carex testacea
£11.99
£9.59
Cistus × hybridus
£13.99
Rosa Surrey ('Korlanum')
£19.99
£14.99
Rosa Pink Flower Carpet ('Noatraum') (PBR)
£19.99
£14.99
Rosa Flower Carpet White ('Noaschnee') (PBR)
£19.99
£14.99
Rosa Flower Carpet Sunshine ('Noason') (PBR)
£19.99
£14.99
Rosa Sweet Dream ('Fryminicot')
£19.99
£14.99
Anthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenswing'
£11.99
£8.39
Artemisia 'Powis Castle'
£12.99
£10.39
Artemisia ludoviciana 'Silver Queen'
£11.99
£8.39
Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue'
£11.99
£8.39
Euphorbia amygdaloides 'Purpurea'
£11.99
£8.39
Geranium macrorrhizum 'Bevan's Variety'
£11.99
£8.39
Geranium pratense 'Mrs Kendall Clark'
£11.99
£8.39
Geranium × magnificum 'Rosemoor'
£11.99
£8.39
Hebe albicans
£14.99
Hebe 'Caledonia'
£14.99
Hebe 'Red Edge'
£14.99
Lavandula angustifolia 'Rosea'
£14.99
£10.49
Phlomis italica
£17.99
Rosa 'Happy Birthday'
£19.99
£14.99
Rosa Flower Carpet Amber ('Noa97400a') (PBR)
£19.99
£14.99
Hebe 'Champagne'
£14.99
Papaver rhoeas
£2.79
£2.23
Centaurea cyanus
£2.49
£1.99
Knautia arvensis
£2.49
£1.99
Leucanthemum vulgare
£2.49
£1.99
Briza media
£11.99
£9.59
Geranium phaeum 'Album'
£11.99
£8.39
Geranium sanguineum var. striatum
£11.99
£8.39
Agapanthus 'Black Pantha' (PBR)
£17.99
£12.59
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