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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Tolerate air pollution (78)
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Echinops and Salvia plant combination (1)
Edible flowers plant and seed combination (2)
Evergreen groundcover plant combination (1)
Golden prairie plant combination (1)
Kniphofia and Achillea plant combination (1)
Low maintenance gems plant combination (1)
Low maintenance plant combination (summer) (2)
Plants for pollinators plant combination (1)
Purple and gold plant combination (1)
Sedum and Aster plant combination (1)
Slug resistant plant combination for shade (1)
Summer sizzlers plant combination (2)
Sun baked plant combination (3)
Sunny and dry plant combination (3)
Sunny chalk plant combination (1)
The Highgrove Kitchen Garden Collection (1)
Vibrant colour for bees plant combination (1)
Yellow and gold plant combination (2)

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November (17)
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Red (12)
White (64)
Yellow (39)

Evergreen / deciduous

Deciduous (119)
Evergreen (130)
Semi-evergreen (37)

Fragrance

All scented flowers (49)
Aromatic foliage (38)
Evening scent (2)
Highly scented (10)

Attractive to wildlife

Attractive to bees (132)
Attractive to birds (30)
Attractive to butterflies and moths (114)
Attractive to pollinators (160)
Attractive to wildlife (161)

Quick growing

No (21)
Quite (188)
Yes (100)

Eventual size

Large (7)
Medium (69)
Small (209)

Special features

Architectural silhouettes (28)
Attractive bark (1)
Attractive seedheads (26)
Autumn foliage colour (12)
Berries or fruit (26)
Coloured leaves (53)
Colourful bark or stems (6)
Deciduous (6)
Easy to grow (68)
Evergreen / semi evergreen (145)
Fast growing (16)
Flower spires (10)
Flowering (237)
Long flowering (69)
Low maintenance (179)
Makes a good hedge or screen (23)
Plants that are native (11)
Plants that don't need pruning (21)
Plants that help filter noise (2)
Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (116)
Plants that will cope with the odd football (87)
Plants to deter vandals and burglars (9)
Resistant to diseases (49)
Scented Leaves (5)
Small leaved (27)
Stylish in the border (7)
Sublime umbelliferas (8)
Suitable for containers (169)
Suitable for hanging baskets (34)
Tough plants that are harder to kill (79)
Weeping (1)
Winter colour (124)

Indoor plants by room

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

Bulb planting time

Autumn planting (29)
Spring planting (2)

Bulb divisions

Narcissus (Division 1) Trumpet (2)
Narcissus (Division 10) Bulbocodium (5)
Narcissus (Division 12) Miscellaneous (2)
Narcissus (Division 13) Distinguished by name (1)
Narcissus (Division 2) Large-cupped (1)
Narcissus (Division 6) Cyclamineus (3)
Narcissus (Division 8) Tazetta (2)

Bedding planting time

Autumn & winter planting bedding (15)
Spring & summer planting bedding (6)

Sowing month inside or protected

February (11)
March (15)
April (12)
May (11)
June (1)
August (4)
September (7)
October (4)

Sowing month outside

March (2)
April (6)
May (12)
June (4)
July (2)
August (3)
September (6)
October (6)

Vegetable harvesting month

July (3)
August (3)
September (3)
October (3)

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Multibuy offers (92)
Selected offers (9)

Hardy

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Semi (29)
Yes (235)

Leaf colour

Blue (11)
Bronze (6)
Green (199)
Purple (14)
Red (9)
Silver (20)
Variegated (29)
Yellow (10)

Ground cover

No (140)
Yes (123)

Position

Arches & pergolas (1)
Back of border (5)
Bottom of hedges (42)
Conservatories (1)
Covering eyesores (2)
Front of border (197)
Middle of border (43)
Next to a patio (27)
Next to a pond (18)
Next to an entrance (58)
Next to seating areas (65)
Steep banks (110)
Through hedges (1)
Walls & fences (12)

Shape

Ball (1)
Bushy (6)
Columnar (1)
Fountain (4)
Hummock (7)
Pyramid (4)
Spreading (7)
Weeping (1)

Soil moisture

Damp (26)
Dry/Sandy (189)
Normal (264)

Used at Chelsea

2002 - HRH The Prince of Wales - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2004 - Sir Terrance Conran - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (5)
2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (3)
2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (5)
2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (4)
2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (9)
2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (6)
2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (8)
2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (2)
2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (3)
2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (1)
2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (4)
2016 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (1)
2016 - Jekka McVicar - St John's Hospice (1)
2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (1)
2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (6)
2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (1)
2022 - Andy Sturgeon - Mind Garden / Crocus (3)
2023 - Sarah Price - Nurture Garden (3)

Kitchen garden planting guidelines

Propagate in green house (4)
Suitable for compact container gardening (11)
Suitable for grow beds (10)
Suitable for large container gardening (11)
Suitable for window boxes (11)
Use cloche (4)

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Achillea 'Summerwine'

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Artemisia 'Powis Castle'

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Artemisia ludoviciana 'Silver Queen'

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Lamium maculatum 'Beacon Silver'

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Hylotelephium (Herbstfreude Group) 'Herbstfreude'

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Hylotelephium 'Matrona'

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Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald 'n' Gold'

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Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety'

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Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote'

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Potentilla fruticosa Abbotswood

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Carex elata 'Aurea'

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Lewisia cotyledon

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Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead'

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Lavandula angustifolia Melissa Lilac ('Dow4') (PBR)

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Achillea millefolium 'Red Velvet'

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Lavandula angustifolia 'Imperial Gem'

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Hylotelephium telephium (Atropurpureum Group) 'Karfunkelstein'

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Lavandula angustifolia 'Rosea'

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Achillea 'Walther Funcke'

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Echinops bannaticus 'Taplow Blue'

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