Plants that Grow in Most Soils

If you don’t know what kind of soil you have then you should choose one of the plants on the list below. These plants don’t really care what soil they are growing in - provided they are kept reasonably well fed and watered.

By type

Bulbs (89)
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Seeds (35)
Fruit (30)
Vegetables (26)
Trees (22)
Connoisseurs collection (19)
Shrubs (14)
Large plants for instant impact (11)
Climbers (9)
Roses (8)
Grasses (4)
Alpines & rockeries (3)
Bedding plants (2)
Hedging (2)
Herbs (2)
Wildflowers (2)
Plant combinations (1)
Plants & pots (1)

Facing

East (150)
North (29)
South (221)
West (228)

How much sun

Light shade (83)
Shade (1)
Sun (221)

Special conditions

Coastal conditions (8)
Dry shade (13)
Dry sun (16)
Exposed positions (12)
Tolerate air pollution (37)
Tolerates drought (10)

Flowering month

January (10)
February (18)
March (47)
April (89)
May (93)
June (37)
July (51)
August (56)
September (48)
October (21)
November (1)
December (8)

Flower colour

Black (4)
Blue (10)
Colourful collections / bicolours (45)
Green (4)
Orange (12)
Pink (38)
Purple (25)
Red (16)
White (63)
Yellow (18)

Evergreen / deciduous

Deciduous (197)
Evergreen (10)

Fragrance

All scented flowers (34)
Aromatic foliage (14)
Highly scented (16)
Roses that are slightly scented (6)
Roses that are well scented (1)
Roses with a knockout scent (1)

Attractive to wildlife

Attractive to bees (73)
Attractive to birds (20)
Attractive to butterflies and moths (21)
Attractive to pollinators (81)
Attractive to wildlife (92)

Quick growing

No (3)
Quite (176)
Yes (71)

Eventual size

Large (26)
Medium (132)
Small (91)

Special features

Architectural silhouettes (47)
Attractive bark (3)
Attractive seedheads (13)
Autumn foliage colour (26)
Berries or fruit (36)
Climate resilient (37)
Coloured leaves (9)
Colourful bark or stems (10)
Columnar (2)
Deciduous (35)
Dinner plate dahlias (1)
Easy to grow (67)
Evergreen / semi evergreen (8)
Fast growing (34)
Flower spires (12)
Flowering (198)
Invasive (1)
Large leaved (6)
Long flowering (27)
Low maintenance (69)
Makes a good hedge or screen (5)
Plants that are native (11)
Plants that don't need pruning (12)
Plants that help filter noise (1)
Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (55)
Plants that will cope with the odd football (29)
Plants to deter vandals and burglars (9)
Resistant to diseases (48)
Rose hips (3)
Scented Leaves (1)
Scented flowers (17)
Small leaved (14)
Stylish in the border (77)
Sublime umbelliferas (8)
Suitable for containers (138)
Suitable for hanging baskets (1)
Tough plants that are harder to kill (12)
Weeping (2)
Winter colour (20)

Bulb planting time

Autumn planting (87)
Spring planting (3)

Bulb divisions

Dahlia (Division 1) Single-flowered (1)
Dahlia (Division 5) Decorative (1)
Narcissus (Division 11) Split-corona (1)
Narcissus (Division 12) Miscellaneous (1)
Narcissus (Division 2) Large-cupped (1)
Narcissus (Division 4) Double (4)
Narcissus (Division 5) Triandrus (1)
Narcissus (Division 7) Jonquilla (1)
Narcissus (Division 8) Tazetta (8)
Tulip (Division 10) Parrot group (2)
Tulip (Division 11) Double late group (6)
Tulip (Division 14) Greigii group (1)
Tulip (Division 15) Miscellaneous group (3)
Tulip (Division 2) Double early group (1)
Tulip (Division 3) Triumph group (8)
Tulip (Division 4) Darwin hybrid group (1)
Tulip (Division 5) Single late group (2)
Tulip (Division 6) Lily-flowered group (2)
Tulip (Division 8) Viridiflora group (2)

Fruit pollination group

Apple pollination group 2 (5)
Apple pollination group 3 (10)
Apple pollination group 4 (3)
Cherry pollination group 3 (1)
Cherry pollination group 4 (1)
Pear pollination group 3 (1)
Self-fertile (16)

Sowing month inside or protected

January (10)
February (13)
March (17)
April (4)
May (4)
June (3)
July (1)
August (1)
September (1)
October (4)
November (4)
December (4)

Sowing month outside

February (4)
March (15)
April (14)
May (12)
June (2)
July (2)
August (2)
September (12)
October (8)
November (1)

Vegetable harvesting month

January (2)
February (2)
March (3)
April (2)
May (6)
June (3)
July (14)
August (14)
September (15)
October (7)
November (2)
December (2)

Vegetable groups

Legumes (1)
Other cooking vegetables (11)
Root vegetables (4)
Salad vegetables (10)

Multibuy packs

6 packs (1)
Multibuy offers (101)
Multibuy vegetables (1)
Selected offers (26)

Ready made borders

Ready-made border Autumn colour (1)
Ready-made border Brilliant orange (2)
Ready-made border Budget (2)
Ready-made border Chalky soil (1)
Ready-made border Cool grasses and hot exotics (2)
Ready-made border Cottage garden scheme (2)
Ready-made border Fiery summer (2)
Ready-made border Flowers for pollinators (1)
Ready-made border Fresh and wild (1)
Ready-made border Good bedfellows (1)
Ready-made border Jewel border (1)
Ready-made border Keep it cool (2)
Ready-made border Lime-green and orange (1)
Ready-made border Planting the woodland edge (1)
Ready-made border Red summer (2)
Ready-made border Sandy soil (1)
Ready-made border Woodland (1)

Planting combinations

Agastache and Helenium plant combination (1)
Contemporary plant combination (1)
Create a praire plant combination (1)
Create a prairie plant combination (1)
Edible flower seed combination (1)
Edible flowers plant and seed combination (2)
Henry Agg Dog friendly plants (1)
Purple and gold plant combination (3)
Red and orange plant combination (1)
Summer sizzlers plant combination (1)
Sunny clay plant combination (1)
The Highgrove Kitchen Garden Collection (2)

Hardy

No (13)
Semi (13)
Yes (204)

Leaf colour

Blue (2)
Green (209)
Purple (5)
Red (1)
Variegated (3)
Yellow (2)

Ground cover

No (135)
Yes (44)

Position

Arches & pergolas (8)
Back of border (22)
Bottom of hedges (6)
Conservatories (6)
Covering eyesores (3)
Front of border (110)
Middle of border (84)
Next to a patio (49)
Next to a pond (3)
Next to an entrance (52)
Next to seating areas (49)
Steep banks (33)
Through hedges (6)
Walls & fences (14)

Shape

Ball (1)
Bushy (6)
Fountain (3)
Lollipop (6)
Pyramid (1)
Weeping (2)

Soil moisture

Damp (3)
Dry/Sandy (38)
Normal (227)

Used at Chelsea

2001 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (2)
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 (1)
2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (1)
2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (2)
2011 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (3)
2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (2)
2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (1)
2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (3)
2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (2)
2022 - Andy Sturgeon - Mind Garden / Crocus (3)
2023 - Sarah Price - Nurture Garden (2)
2024 - Ula Maria - Muscular Dystrophy (2)

Kitchen garden planting guidelines

Propagate in green house (14)
Suitable for compact container gardening (4)
Suitable for grow beds (17)
Suitable for large container gardening (38)
Suitable for window boxes (3)
Use cloche (15)

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Tulipa 'Pretty Lady'

£7.99 - £21.00

7 × bulbs Delivered during September

21 × bulbs Delivered during September

Tulipa 'Queen of Night'

£6.99 - £22.00

7 × bulbs Delivered during September

14 + 7 FREE bulbs Delivered during September

12cm pot | 5 per pot available to order from winter

3 × 12cm pots available to order from winter

0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.6 5 28

Tulipa 'White Parrot'

£8.99 - £25.00

7 × bulbs Delivered during September

21 × bulbs Delivered during September

1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 2

Tulipa 'Île de France'

£7.99 - £21.00

7 × bulbs Delivered during September

21 × bulbs Delivered during September

0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.8 5 5

Tulipa saxatilis

£4.99 - £9.98

7 × bulbs Delivered during September

14 + 7 FREE bulbs Delivered during September

asparagus 'Gijnlim'

£7.99 - £15.98

2 × crowns Delivered during October

4 + 2 FREE crowns Delivered during October

0.25 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.3 5 3

garlic 'Carcassonne Wight'

£4.99 - £13.50

1 × head/bulb Delivered during October

3 × heads/bulbs Delivered during October

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

Novelty hedgehog planter

£11.99

gift set Delivered during October

Paeonia 'Coral Charm'

£11.99 - £79.99

1 × bare root plant Delivered during October

3 × bare root plants Delivered during October

4 litre pot available to order from autumn

3 × 4 litre pots available to order from autumn

0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.4 5 15