Plants that Flower in August
Make sure the display in the borders does not start to fade by adding dahlias, penstemons and hydrangeas.
By type
Facing
How much sun
Special conditions
Depth of water
Chelsea plant of year
Soil type
Evergreen / deciduous
Quick growing
Flower colour
Fragrance
Eventual size
Attractive to wildlife
Special features
- Architectural silhouettes (70)
- Attractive seedheads (56)
- Autumn foliage colour (12)
- Berries or fruit (31)
- Coloured leaves (40)
- Colourful bark or stems (1)
- Deciduous (10)
- Easy to grow (34)
- Evergreen / semi evergreen (130)
- Fast growing (7)
- Flowering (610)
- Long flowering (141)
- Low maintenance (155)
- Makes a good hedge or screen (23)
- Non poisonous (492)
- Plants that are native (18)
- Plants that don't need pruning (2)
- Plants that help filter noise (1)
- Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (123)
- Plants that will cope with the odd football (46)
- Plants to deter vandals and burglars (2)
- Resistant to diseases (113)
- Stylish in the border (24)
- Sublime umbelliferas (40)
- Suitable for containers (125)
- Suitable for hanging baskets (8)
- Tough plants that are harder to kill (54)
- Winter colour (75)
Sowing month inside or protected
Sowing month outside
Plant me now
Hardy
Soil moisture
Ground cover
Leaf colour
Position
- Arches & pergolas (4)
- Back of border (70)
- Bottom of hedges (26)
- Conservatories (10)
- Covering eyesores (7)
- Front of border (235)
- Middle of border (246)
- Next to a patio (18)
- Next to a pond (46)
- Next to an entrance (53)
- Next to seating areas (97)
- Steep banks (58)
- Through hedges (17)
- Walls & fences (31)
Used at Chelsea
- 2001 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (8)
- 2002 - HRH The Prince of Wales - Laurent-Perrier (8)
- 2003 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (9)
- 2004 - Sir Terrance Conran - Laurent-Perrier (1)
- 2005 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (15)
- 2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (21)
- 2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (17)
- 2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (4)
- 2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (10)
- 2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (8)
- 2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (12)
- 2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (19)
- 2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (8)
- 2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (19)
- 2011 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (10)
- 2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (16)
- 2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (8)
- 2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (11)
- 2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (5)
- 2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (4)
- 2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (12)
- 2015 - Dan Pearson - Laurent-Perrier (5)
- 2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (18)
- 2016 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (2)
- 2017 - James Basson - M & G (5)
- 2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (11)
- 2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (12)
Shape
Seed planting guidelines
Achillea 'Moonshine'
£9.99
£7.99
Anchusa azurea 'Dropmore'
£2.49
£1.99
Buddleja davidii 'Black Knight'
£17.99
£14.39
Buddleja 'Pink Delight'
£17.99
£14.39
Buddleja davidii 'Royal Red'
£17.99
£14.39
Carex testacea
£9.99
£8.99
chives
£5.99
Nymphaea alba
£29.99
Nymphaea 'Aurora'
£29.99
Parthenocissus henryana
£14.99
£11.99
Trachelospermum jasminoides
£29.99
£19.99
Hakonechloa macra 'Alboaurea'
£12.99
£9.99
Panicum virgatum 'Rehbraun'
£11.99
£8.99
Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus'
£11.99
£8.99
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln'
£11.99
£8.99
Anemone × hybrida 'September Charm'
£11.99
£8.99
Aster × frikartii 'Mönch'
£9.99
£8.99
Hosta 'Sum and Substance'
£11.99
£8.99
Knautia macedonica
£5.99
£3.99
Liatris spicata 'Kobold'
£9.99
£8.99
Linaria purpurea 'Canon Went'
£2.99
£2.09
Liriope muscari
£11.99
£8.99
Nepeta × faassenii
£9.99
£7.99
Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'
£6.99
£4.99
Penstemon 'White Bedder'
£11.99
£8.99
Salvia nemorosa 'Ostfriesland'
£9.99
£7.99
Hylotelephium 'Matrona'
£9.99
£8.99
Hydrangea serrata 'Bluebird'
£14.99
£11.99
Rhus typhina
£17.99
Vinca major
£12.99
Yucca filamentosa
£17.99
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