Plants that Flower in May
Longer days and warmer nights mean that plants are bursting with energy. Zesty colours will come from spurges, rhododendrons and the early-flowering geraniums.
By type
- Shrubs (276)
- Perennials (192)
- Fruit (70)
- Climbers (62)
- Large shrubs for instant impact (50)
- Alpines & rockeries (49)
- Seeds (44)
- Trees (35)
- Bulbs (33)
- Wildflowers (33)
- Hedging (32)
- House plants (32)
- Bedding plants (30)
- Plants & pots (20)
- Herbs (10)
- Plants for gifts (8)
- Grasses (7)
- Pond plants (2)
- Roses (2)
- Exotics (1)
Facing
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Special conditions
Soil type
Flower colour
Evergreen / deciduous
Fragrance
Attractive to wildlife
Quick growing
Eventual size
Special features
- Architectural silhouettes (71)
- Attractive seedheads (11)
- Autumn foliage colour (78)
- Berries or fruit (161)
- Coloured leaves (78)
- Colourful bark or stems (10)
- Deciduous (30)
- Easy to grow (22)
- Evergreen / semi evergreen (255)
- Fast growing (12)
- Flowering (699)
- Long flowering (67)
- Low maintenance (353)
- Makes a good hedge or screen (81)
- Non poisonous (561)
- Plants that are native (22)
- Plants that don't need pruning (6)
- Plants that help filter noise (21)
- Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (154)
- Plants that will cope with the odd football (181)
- Plants to deter vandals and burglars (27)
- Resistant to diseases (78)
- Stylish in the border (10)
- Sublime umbelliferas (7)
- Suitable for containers (191)
- Suitable for hanging baskets (42)
- Tough plants that are harder to kill (73)
- Winter colour (206)
House plants by room
Bulb planting time
Bulb type
Chelsea plant of year
Fruit pollination group
Sowing month inside or protected
Sowing month outside
Multibuy packs
Hardy
Leaf colour
Ground cover
Position
- Arches & pergolas (9)
- Back of border (71)
- Bottom of hedges (80)
- Conservatories (9)
- Covering eyesores (16)
- Front of border (300)
- Middle of border (200)
- Next to a patio (6)
- Next to a pond (46)
- Next to an entrance (100)
- Next to seating areas (99)
- Steep banks (126)
- Through hedges (15)
- Walls & fences (64)
Shape
Soil moisture
Used at Chelsea
- 2001 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (5)
- 2002 - HRH The Prince of Wales - Laurent-Perrier (15)
- 2003 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (19)
- 2004 - Sir Terrance Conran - Laurent-Perrier (5)
- 2005 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (10)
- 2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (5)
- 2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (20)
- 2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (8)
- 2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (8)
- 2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (4)
- 2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (20)
- 2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (5)
- 2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (13)
- 2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (9)
- 2011 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (5)
- 2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (22)
- 2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (10)
- 2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (15)
- 2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (9)
- 2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (6)
- 2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (9)
- 2015 - Dan Pearson - Laurent-Perrier (6)
- 2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (11)
- 2016 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (1)
- 2016 - Jekka McVicar - St John's Hospice (1)
- 2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (5)
- 2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (23)
- 2019 - Andy Sturgeon - M & G (13)
- 2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (17)
Kitchen garden planting guidelines
Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Pink Beauty'
£19.99
£15.99
Viburnum × juddii
£19.99
Vinca major
£12.99
Prunus 'Shirotae'
£79.99
Clematis 'Freda'
£14.99
Rhododendron 'Princess Anne'
£17.99
£12.59
Spiraea 'Arguta'
£14.99
Iris 'Butter and Sugar'
£11.99
£8.39
Agrostemma githago
£2.49
£1.99
Papaver rhoeas
£2.79
£2.23
Centaurea cyanus
£2.49
£1.99
Leucanthemum vulgare
£2.49
£1.99
Silene dioica
£2.49
£1.99
Poppy field collection of annuals
£3.99
£3.19
Summer glory collection
£3.99
£3.19
Cornfield seed collection
£3.99
£3.19
Briza media
£11.99
£9.59
Geranium phaeum 'Album'
£11.99
£8.39
heartease
£1.99
£1.59
Fragaria vesca
£8.99
£6.29
Primula veris
£2.79
£2.23
Salvia verticillata 'Purple Rain'
£11.99
£8.39
Iris 'Black Swan'
£12.99
Deutzia pulchra
£16.99
Gaura lindheimeri
£5.99
£4.79
Wisteria sinensis 'Amethyst'
£29.99
£20.99
Magnolia 'Susan'
£79.99
Cornus alba 'Sibirica'
£59.99
£47.99
Cornus florida
£79.99
Syringa vulgaris 'Madame Lemoine'
£79.99
£63.99
Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Mariesii'
£74.99
£59.99
Osmanthus × burkwoodii
£74.99
£59.99
Photinia × fraseri 'Red Robin'
£69.99
£55.99
Rhododendron 'Cunningham's White'
£79.99
£63.99
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