Plants for a Roof Garden
Being so open and exposed, it can be quite difficult to find the right plants for a roof garden, terrace or balcony. Provided they are kept well fed and watered however, these plants should all flourish.
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- Architectural silhouettes (24)
- Attractive seedheads (26)
- Autumn foliage colour (13)
- Berries or fruit (15)
- Coloured leaves (48)
- Colourful bark or stems (5)
- Deciduous (1)
- Easy to grow (7)
- Evergreen / semi evergreen (109)
- Flowering (162)
- Long flowering (35)
- Low maintenance (112)
- Makes a good hedge or screen (25)
- Non poisonous (130)
- Plants that are native (10)
- Plants that don't need pruning (5)
- Plants that help filter noise (2)
- Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (79)
- Plants that will cope with the odd football (75)
- Plants to deter vandals and burglars (11)
- Resistant to diseases (44)
- Sublime umbelliferas (6)
- Suitable for containers (72)
- Tough plants that are harder to kill (76)
- Winter colour (88)
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Used at Chelsea
- 2002 - HRH The Prince of Wales - Laurent-Perrier (3)
- 2004 - Sir Terrance Conran - Laurent-Perrier (1)
- 2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (8)
- 2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (7)
- 2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (6)
- 2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (7)
- 2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (6)
- 2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (5)
- 2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (10)
- 2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (7)
- 2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (13)
- 2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (3)
- 2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (1)
- 2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (1)
- 2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (1)
- 2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (2)
- 2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (5)
- 2016 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (3)
- 2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (3)
- 2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (8)
Berberis darwinii
£17.99
Betula pendula
£69.99
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
Erica × darleyensis 'Ghost Hills'
£5.99
£4.19
Erica × darleyensis 'Furzey'
£5.99
£4.19
Carex testacea
£11.99
£9.59
Cistus × hybridus
£13.99
Hedera hibernica
£14.99
£10.49
Artemisia 'Powis Castle'
£12.99
£10.39
Artemisia ludoviciana 'Silver Queen'
£11.99
£8.39
Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue'
£11.99
£8.39
Hebe albicans
£14.99
Hebe 'Caledonia'
£14.99
Hebe 'Red Edge'
£14.99
Lavandula angustifolia 'Rosea'
£14.99
£10.49
Hebe 'Champagne'
£14.99
Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea
£59.99
£47.99
Buddleja davidii 'Black Knight'
£54.99
£43.99
Ajuga reptans
£2.99
£2.39
common lavender
£5.99
£4.19
Hebe 'Youngii'
£14.99
Hebe 'Pascal'
£14.99
Aubrieta 'Royal Series'
£2.35
£1.88
Artemisia ludoviciana 'Silver Queen'
£6.99
£5.59
Buxus sempervirens
£44.99
£31.49
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