Plants for the Back of the Border
Taller plants sit well towards the back of the border, adding height as well as providing a backdrop for the front-runners.
By type
- Shrubs (144)
- Perennials (90)
- Climbers (44)
- Hedging (36)
- Large shrubs for instant impact (36)
- Conifers (25)
- Trees (23)
- Bulbs (18)
- Seeds (16)
- Bamboo (14)
- Grasses (14)
- Exotics (7)
- Roses (7)
- Ferns (5)
- Plants & pots (5)
- Herbs (4)
- Plants for gifts (3)
- Pond plants (3)
- Wildflowers (3)
- Bedding plants (2)
- Fruit (2)
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Special features
- Architectural silhouettes (117)
- Attractive seedheads (31)
- Autumn foliage colour (39)
- Berries or fruit (71)
- Coloured leaves (46)
- Colourful bark or stems (12)
- Columnar (1)
- Deciduous (16)
- Easy to grow (28)
- Evergreen / semi evergreen (139)
- Fast growing (16)
- Flowering (317)
- Large leaved (3)
- Long flowering (34)
- Low maintenance (132)
- Makes a good hedge or screen (58)
- Non invasive (4)
- Non poisonous (261)
- Plants that are native (15)
- Plants that don't need pruning (2)
- Plants that help filter noise (44)
- Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (90)
- Plants that will cope with the odd football (117)
- Plants to deter vandals and burglars (14)
- Resistant to diseases (89)
- Stylish in the border (1)
- Sublime umbelliferas (13)
- Suitable for containers (55)
- Tough plants that are harder to kill (52)
- Winter colour (106)
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Used at Chelsea
- 2002 - HRH The Prince of Wales - Laurent-Perrier (4)
- 2003 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (4)
- 2004 - Sir Terrance Conran - Laurent-Perrier (1)
- 2005 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (6)
- 2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (7)
- 2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (16)
- 2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (8)
- 2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (10)
- 2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (9)
- 2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (13)
- 2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (10)
- 2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (8)
- 2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (16)
- 2011 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (7)
- 2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (5)
- 2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (4)
- 2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (11)
- 2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (5)
- 2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (5)
- 2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (2)
- 2015 - Dan Pearson - Laurent-Perrier (2)
- 2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (5)
- 2016 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (5)
- 2016 - Jekka McVicar - St John's Hospice (4)
- 2017 - James Basson - M & G (2)
- 2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (6)
- 2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (11)
- 2019 - Andy Sturgeon - M & G (3)
- 2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (8)
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