Plants that Flower in October
The garden is lit up like a torch as as the leaves turn fiery shades, but there are still flowers to be had too. The ornamental grasses are often at their best now, but if you want something a little more exotic, try a nerine.
By type
Facing
How much sun
Special conditions
Soil type
Flower colour
Evergreen / deciduous
Fragrance
Attractive to wildlife
Quick growing
Eventual size
Special features
- Architectural silhouettes (9)
- Attractive seedheads (26)
- Autumn foliage colour (6)
- Berries or fruit (13)
- Coloured leaves (14)
- Colourful bark or stems (1)
- Deciduous (3)
- Easy to grow (11)
- Evergreen / semi evergreen (38)
- Flowering (207)
- Long flowering (76)
- Low maintenance (59)
- Makes a good hedge or screen (4)
- Non poisonous (156)
- Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (39)
- Plants that will cope with the odd football (9)
- Resistant to diseases (31)
- Stylish in the border (2)
- Sublime umbelliferas (3)
- Suitable for containers (54)
- Suitable for hanging baskets (7)
- Tough plants that are harder to kill (25)
- Winter colour (34)
House plants by room
Chelsea plant of year
Sowing month inside or protected
Sowing month outside
Christmas
Plant Seasons
Hardy
Leaf colour
Ground cover
Position
Shape
Soil moisture
Used at Chelsea
- 2002 - HRH The Prince of Wales - Laurent-Perrier (1)
- 2003 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (2)
- 2005 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (1)
- 2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (3)
- 2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (3)
- 2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (1)
- 2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (2)
- 2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (3)
- 2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (3)
- 2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (7)
- 2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (2)
- 2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (6)
- 2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (3)
- 2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (1)
- 2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (4)
- 2015 - Dan Pearson - Laurent-Perrier (1)
- 2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (3)
- 2016 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (1)
- 2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (1)
- 2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (3)
Seed planting guidelines
Liriope muscari
£11.99
Fatsia japonica
£24.99
Arbutus unedo
£11.99
Crocus sativus
£3.99
£2.00
Crocus speciosus
£3.99
£2.00
Crocus speciosus 'Conqueror'
£3.99
£2.00
Hibiscus syriacus 'Oiseau Bleu'
£79.99
£71.99
Crocus speciosus 'Albus'
£3.99
£2.00
Heather collection (6 mixed heathers)
£41.94
£20.97
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