Plants For East-facing Gardens

East-facing gardens usually catch the early morning sun, so are perfect for plants that prefer a bit of protection from the baking hot late afternoon sun.

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Bulbs (441)
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Plants & pots (14)
Plant combinations (6)
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Sun (1344)

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Acid (583)
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Haven't a clue (1039)
Heavy clay (1271)
Light sandy (1279)
Moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil, or peat-free general purpose compost (317)
Moderately fertile, moist, but well-drained soil, or general-purpose loam-based potting compost (28)
Normal (1425)
Peat-free general-purpose compost (96)
Prefers acid soil (34)
Reliably damp or boggy soil (29)
Specialist compost (2)

Special conditions

Boggy or damp shade (99)
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Tolerate air pollution (250)
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October (123)
November (26)
December (34)

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Green (47)
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Fragrance

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Attractive to wildlife

Attractive to bees (506)
Attractive to birds (132)
Attractive to butterflies and moths (189)
Attractive to pollinators (467)
Attractive to wildlife (600)

Quick growing

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Yes (540)

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Large (240)
Medium (914)
Small (651)

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Architectural silhouettes (311)
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Attractive seedheads (75)
Autumn foliage colour (100)
Berries or fruit (190)
Climate resilient (374)
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Evergreen / semi evergreen (296)
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Flowering (1341)
Invasive (4)
Large leaved (58)
Long flowering (277)
Low maintenance (666)
Makes a good hedge or screen (92)
Non invasive bamboo (1)
Plants that are native (75)
Plants that don't need pruning (144)
Plants that help filter noise (25)
Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (432)
Plants that will cope with the odd football (217)
Plants to deter vandals and burglars (21)
Resistant to diseases (334)
Rose hips (3)
Scented Leaves (25)
Scented flowers (82)
Small leaved (106)
Stylish in the border (479)
Sublime umbelliferas (28)
Suitable for containers (718)
Suitable for hanging baskets (30)
Tough plants that are harder to kill (134)
Weeping (5)
Winter colour (252)

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Home office (3)
Living spaces (3)
Offices (1)

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Spring planting (38)

Bulb divisions

Dahlia (Division 1) Single-flowered (2)
Dahlia (Division 8) Cactus (1)
Dahlia (Division 9) Semi cactus (1)
Lilium (Division 1) Asiatic hybrids (3)
Lilium (Division 5) Longiflorum hybrids (1)
Narcissus (Division 1) Trumpet (6)
Narcissus (Division 10) Bulbocodium (6)
Narcissus (Division 11) Split-corona (4)
Narcissus (Division 12) Miscellaneous (3)
Narcissus (Division 13) Distinguished by name (1)
Narcissus (Division 2) Large-cupped (19)
Narcissus (Division 3) Small-cupped (1)
Narcissus (Division 4) Double (15)
Narcissus (Division 5) Triandrus (6)
Narcissus (Division 6) Cyclamineus (4)
Narcissus (Division 7) Jonquilla (11)
Narcissus (Division 8) Tazetta (11)
Narcissus (Division 9) Poeticus (1)
Tulip (Division 1) Single early group (6)
Tulip (Division 10) Parrot group (9)
Tulip (Division 11) Double late group (19)
Tulip (Division 13) Fosteriana group (4)
Tulip (Division 14) Greigii group (3)
Tulip (Division 15) Miscellaneous group (18)
Tulip (Division 2) Double early group (14)
Tulip (Division 3) Triumph group (53)
Tulip (Division 4) Darwin hybrid group (17)
Tulip (Division 5) Single late group (10)
Tulip (Division 6) Lily-flowered group (13)
Tulip (Division 7) Fringed group (7)
Tulip (Division 8) Viridiflora group (8)

Bedding planting time

Autumn & winter planting bedding (18)
Spring & summer planting bedding (22)

Chelsea plant of year

2011 (1)
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Centenary (1)

Fruit pollination group

Apple pollination group 2 (2)
Apple pollination group 3 (8)
Apple pollination group 4 (5)
Cherry pollination group 2 (1)
Cherry pollination group 3 (4)
Cherry pollination group 4 (1)
Self-fertile (20)

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February (43)
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June (10)
July (4)
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September (23)
October (30)
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December (11)

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February (4)
March (56)
April (88)
May (136)
June (35)
July (18)
August (23)
September (70)
October (53)
November (5)
December (1)

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February (4)
March (3)
April (5)
May (10)
June (12)
July (19)
August (21)
September (22)
October (9)
November (5)
December (4)

Vegetable groups

Brassicas (2)
Legumes (4)
Other cooking vegetables (11)
Root vegetables (9)
Salad vegetables (10)

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Ready-made border Azure and gold border (2)
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Ready-made border Blue and silver (1)
Ready-made border Budget (8)
Ready-made border Chalky soil (6)
Ready-made border Clay soil (11)
Ready-made border Cool grasses and hot exotics (4)
Ready-made border Cool shade (2)
Ready-made border Cottage garden scheme (7)
Ready-made border Dark and light (1)
Ready-made border Divine summer (2)
Ready-made border Dry Mediterranean (3)
Ready-made border Early colour (2)
Ready-made border Elegant and architectural (3)
Ready-made border Fiery summer (1)
Ready-made border Flowers for pollinators (3)
Ready-made border Fresh and wild (1)
Ready-made border Good bedfellows (2)
Ready-made border Gravel garden (2)
Ready-made border Keep it cool (5)
Ready-made border Lime-green and orange (1)
Ready-made border Lush shade (3)
Ready-made border Piet Oudolf Wisley (1)
Ready-made border Planting the woodland edge (3)
Ready-made border Red summer (3)
Ready-made border Sandy soil (1)
Ready-made border Scented garden (4)
Ready-made border Shady pink (4)
Ready-made border Shady sanctuary (3)
Ready-made border Soft Summer (2)
Ready-made border Soothing green and white (3)
Ready-made border Spring colour (7)
Ready-made border Stars of high summer (4)
Ready-made border Steamy jungle (8)
Ready-made border Summer savanna (1)
Ready-made border Sun lovers (2)
Ready-made border Sunny pink (1)
Ready-made border The grand experience (1)
Ready-made border Woodland (4)

Planting combinations

Acid shade plant combination (1)
Agastache and Angelica plant combination (1)
Astrantia and Digitalis plant combination (2)
Astrantia and Dryopteris plant combination (1)
Astrantia and Geranium plant combination (1)
Attracting wildlife seed combination (2)
Blue and silver plant combination (1)
Bold foliage for shade plant combination (3)
Cool tones plant combination (1)
Create a praire plant combination (1)
Create a prairie plant combination (1)
Cutting garden plant combination (1)
Damp shade plant combination (3)
Dazzling colour weed-smothering plant combination (2)
Drought tolerant plant combination (2)
Dry shade plant combination (3)
Dry sun plant combination (2)
Echinops and Salvia plant combination (1)
Edible flowers plant and seed combination (4)
Evergreen groundcover plant combination (4)
Golden prairie plant combination (2)
Green and gold for damp shade plant combination (2)
Green and white plant combination (3)
Henry Agg Dog friendly plants (5)
Less is more plant combination (1)
Long flowering plant combination (1)
Low maintenance gems plant combination (2)
Low maintenance plant combination (summer) (1)
Lythrum and Campanula plant combination (1)
Pimpinella and Pennisetum plant combination (1)
Pink and purple long-flowering plant combination (2)
Pinks and purple dry shade plant combination (4)
Pinks and purples plant combination (4)
Plants for pollinators plant combination (1)
Prairie plant combination (2)
Pulmonaria and Athyrium plant combination (1)
Purple and gold plant combination (1)
Red and orange plant combination (1)
Rich tones slug resistant plant combination (1)
Sanguisorba and Calamagrostis plant combination (2)
Self seeding seed combination (1)
Shade lovers plant combination (3)
Shady chalk plant combination (3)
Shady clay plant combination (1)
Shady lady plant combination (2)
Slug resistant plant combination for shade (3)
Slug resistant plant combination (1)
Structured shade plant combination (3)
Sun baked plant combination (1)
Sunny chalk plant combination (1)
Thalictrum and Astrantia plant combination (1)
The Highgrove Hosta Collection (6)
The Highgrove Kitchen Garden Collection (4)
The Highgrove Mediterranean Garden Collection (1)
Tiarella and Brunnera plant combination (4)
Vibrant colour for bees plant combination (1)
Vibrant colour seed combination (7)
White flowering seed combination (8)
Year round groundcover plant combination (4)
Yellow and gold plant combination (1)

Hardy

No (85)
Semi (127)
Yes (1346)

Leaf colour

Blue (51)
Bronze (36)
Green (1392)
Purple (48)
Red (32)
Silver (21)
Variegated (77)
Yellow (26)

Ground cover

No (848)
Yes (503)

Position

Arches & pergolas (36)
Back of border (212)
Bottom of hedges (98)
Conservatories (12)
Covering eyesores (64)
Front of border (773)
Middle of border (601)
Next to a patio (279)
Next to a pond (148)
Next to an entrance (316)
Next to seating areas (354)
Steep banks (267)
Through hedges (49)
Walls & fences (134)

Shape

Ball (4)
Bushy (39)
Columnar (3)
Fountain (18)
Hummock (11)
Lollipop (2)
Pyramid (2)
Spreading (4)
Weeping (3)

Soil moisture

Damp (189)
Dry/Sandy (296)
Normal (1453)
Red (1)

Used at Chelsea

2001 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2002 - HRH The Prince of Wales - Laurent-Perrier (16)
2003 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (15)
2004 - Sir Terrance Conran - Laurent-Perrier (7)
2005 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (11)
2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (9)
2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (18)
2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (12)
2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (9)
2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (15)
2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (11)
2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (10)
2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (14)
2011 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (12)
2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (19)
2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (17)
2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (22)
2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (7)
2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (8)
2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (8)
2015 - Dan Pearson - Laurent-Perrier (14)
2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (19)
2016 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (1)
2016 - Jekka McVicar - St John's Hospice (2)
2017 - James Basson - M & G (2)
2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (4)
2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (22)
2019 - Andy Sturgeon - M & G (23)
2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (16)
2022 - Andy Sturgeon - Mind Garden / Crocus (20)
2023 - Sarah Price - Nurture Garden (24)
2024 - Tom Stuart-Smith - National Garden Scheme (14)
2024 - Ula Maria - Muscular Dystrophy (20)

Kitchen garden planting guidelines

Propagate in green house (53)
Suitable for compact container gardening (24)
Suitable for grow beds (69)
Suitable for large container gardening (79)
Suitable for window boxes (25)
Use cloche (58)

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