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.
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- Architectural silhouettes (93)
- Attractive seedheads (26)
- Autumn foliage colour (38)
- Berries or fruit (63)
- Coloured leaves (41)
- Colourful bark or stems (7)
- Deciduous (13)
- Easy to grow (21)
- Evergreen / semi evergreen (109)
- Fast growing (12)
- Flowering (254)
- Long flowering (32)
- Low maintenance (112)
- Makes a good hedge or screen (47)
- Non invasive (3)
- Non poisonous (208)
- Plants that are native (15)
- Plants that don't need pruning (2)
- Plants that help filter noise (33)
- Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (76)
- Plants that will cope with the odd football (96)
- Plants to deter vandals and burglars (12)
- Resistant to diseases (70)
- Stylish in the border (1)
- Sublime umbelliferas (8)
- Suitable for containers (36)
- Tough plants that are harder to kill (41)
- Winter colour (86)
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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 (5)
- 2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (6)
- 2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (16)
- 2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (6)
- 2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (9)
- 2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (8)
- 2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (10)
- 2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (7)
- 2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (8)
- 2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (15)
- 2011 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (6)
- 2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (5)
- 2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (4)
- 2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (10)
- 2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (3)
- 2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (4)
- 2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (2)
- 2015 - Dan Pearson - Laurent-Perrier (2)
- 2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (6)
- 2016 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (5)
- 2016 - Jekka McVicar - St John's Hospice (3)
- 2017 - James Basson - M & G (2)
- 2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (5)
- 2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (10)
- 2019 - Andy Sturgeon - M & G (4)
- 2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (8)
Kitchen garden planting guidelines
Carex testacea
£11.99
angelica
£7.99
Stipa gigantea
£12.99
Angelica gigas
£12.99
Gunnera manicata
£14.99
sweet cicely
£1.99
Halesia carolina
£79.99
Hamamelis × intermedia 'Diane'
£39.99
£29.99
Hamamelis × intermedia 'Jelena'
£39.99
£29.99
Rhus typhina
£17.99
Taxus baccata
£14.99
Itea ilicifolia
£19.99
Crambe cordifolia
£11.99
Salvia uliginosa
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Ligularia 'The Rocket'
£8.99
£6.99
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