Plants For West-facing Gardens

If your garden faces west, the chances are it will not get much sun in the morning, but it will be bathed in it all afternoon - and into the evening.

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Foeniculum and Astrantia plant combination (1)
Golden prairie plant combination (1)
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Henry Agg Dog friendly plants (9)
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Pink and purple long-flowering plant combination (3)
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Pinks and purple dry shade plant combination (4)
Pinks and purples plant combination (2)
Plants for pollinators plant combination (4)
Prairie plant combination (1)
Pulmonaria and Athyrium plant combination (1)
Purple and gold plant combination (2)
Rich tones slug resistant plant combination (1)
Sanguisorba and Calamagrostis plant combination (1)
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The Highgrove Hosta Collection (1)
The Highgrove Kitchen Garden Collection (3)
The Highgrove Mediterranean Garden Collection (1)
Tiarella and Brunnera plant combination (4)
Vibrant colour for bees plant combination (2)
Year round groundcover plant combination (4)
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Ground cover

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Position

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Bottom of hedges (98)
Conservatories (2)
Covering eyesores (3)
Front of border (786)
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Next to a patio (197)
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Steep banks (172)
Through hedges (1)
Walls & fences (3)

Shape

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Hummock (21)
Spreading (5)

Soil moisture

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Used at Chelsea

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2002 - HRH The Prince of Wales - Laurent-Perrier (9)
2003 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (10)
2004 - Sir Terrance Conran - Laurent-Perrier (4)
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2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (8)
2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (16)
2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (14)
2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (10)
2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (12)
2011 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (5)
2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (17)
2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (10)
2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (13)
2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (6)
2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (5)
2015 - Dan Pearson - Laurent-Perrier (5)
2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (14)
2017 - James Basson - M & G (1)
2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (8)
2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (20)
2019 - Andy Sturgeon - M & G (14)
2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (13)
2022 - Andy Sturgeon - Mind Garden / Crocus (10)
2023 - Sarah Price - Nurture Garden (20)
2024 - Tom Stuart-Smith - National Garden Scheme (9)
2024 - Ula Maria - Muscular Dystrophy (10)

Kitchen garden planting guidelines

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Suitable for compact container gardening (15)
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Suitable for large container gardening (18)
Suitable for window boxes (14)
Use cloche (8)

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Viola × wittrockiana Frizzle Sizzle Blue F1 (Frizzle Sizzle Series)

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pansy 'Frizzle Sizzle Blue' (Frizzle Sizzle Series) F1

£2.62 - £32.99

approx 25 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

20 seedlings Delivered mid September

40 + 20 FREE seedlings Delivered mid September

9cm pot available to order from autumn

2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots available to order from autumn

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Viola odorata

£2.47 - £34.99

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

approx 50 seeds available to order from autumn

1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 1

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Stachys officinalis

~~£3.29~~ £2.47

approx 150 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

Thymus 'Thyme of Provence'

~~£3.19~~ £2.39

approx 6000 seeds available to order from autumn

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Primula vulgaris

£2.24 - £18.99

approx 30 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 9

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lemon balm

£2.24 - £15.98

approx 500 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 1

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Galium verum

£2.24 - £18.99

approx 250 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 1

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Gaillardia × grandiflora 'Burgunder'

£2.24 - £19.99

approx 20 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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Primula veris

£2.24 - £34.99

approx 50 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 8

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fennel - Foeniculum vulgare

£2.24 - £15.98

approx 200 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 1

Silene uniflora

~~£2.99~~ £2.24

approx 100 seeds available to order from autumn

25% off

comfrey - common

~~£2.99~~ £2.24

approx 40 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

25% off

Papaver nudicaule

~~£2.99~~ £2.24

approx 300 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

25% off

Welsh onion

£2.24 - £15.98

approx 250 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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Papaver rhoeas 'Amazing Grey'

£2.24 - £19.99

approx 250 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot available to order from autumn

3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn

0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.5 5 2

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catnip / Nepeta cataria

£2.24 - £15.98

approx 150 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot available to order from autumn

2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots available to order from autumn

1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 1

25% off

common chamomile

£2.24 - £15.98

approx 400 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 1

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Papaver dubium subsp. lecoqii 'Albiflorum'

£2.24 - £17.99

approx 50 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

3 × packets | approx 150 seeds in total In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot available to order from autumn

3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn

25% off

Allium ursinum

£2.24 - £17.99

approx 40 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot available to order from autumn

3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn

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Verbena rigida 'Santos'

£2.24 - £19.99

approx 40 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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Lythrum salicaria

£2.24 - £39.99

approx 250 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

3 × 9cm pots Delivery by trusted supplier within 1 week

1 litre aquatic pot available to order from summer

3 litre aquatic pot available to order from summer

5 litre aquatic pot available to order from summer

3 × 1 litre aquatic pots available to order from summer

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Viola 'Tiger Eyes'

£2.24 - £13.98

approx 25 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot available to order from autumn

2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots available to order from autumn

25% off

rue

~~£2.99~~ £2.24

approx 250 seeds shipped within 2 weeks

25% off

Hordeum jubatum

~~£2.89~~ £2.17

approx 100 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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sage common (organic)

£2.09 - £15.98

approx 35 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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thyme common | thymus vulgaris

£2.09 - £15.98

approx 200 organic seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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oregano - Greek

~~£2.79~~ £2.09

approx 1000 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star

25% off

Lychnis flos-cuculi

£2.09 - £39.99

approx 1000 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

1 litre aquatic pot Delivery by trusted supplier within 1 week

3 litre aquatic pot Delivery by trusted supplier within 1 week

3 × 1 litre aquatic pots Delivery by trusted supplier within 1 week

3 × 9cm pots available to order from summer

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Lychnis coronaria

£1.87 - £19.99

approx 50 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot available to order from autumn

3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn

1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star

25% off

Phlox drummondii 'Crème Brûlée'

~~£2.49~~ £1.87

approx 200 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star

25% off

New Zealand spinach

~~£2.20~~ £1.65

approx 50 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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heartease

~~£2.19~~ £1.64

approx 75 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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