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.

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How much sun

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Sun (218)

Special conditions

Boggy or damp shade (10)
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Tolerate air pollution (46)
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October (34)
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Blue (83)
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Red (4)
White (33)
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Attractive to wildlife

Attractive to bees (89)
Attractive to birds (12)
Attractive to butterflies and moths (41)
Attractive to pollinators (90)
Attractive to wildlife (98)

Quick growing

No (9)
Quite (195)
Yes (68)

Eventual size

Large (30)
Medium (130)
Small (114)

Special features

Architectural silhouettes (56)
Attractive seedheads (14)
Autumn foliage colour (10)
Berries or fruit (17)
Climate resilient (70)
Coloured leaves (23)
Colourful bark or stems (5)
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Easy to grow (53)
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Fast growing (29)
Flower spires (31)
Flowering (211)
Large leaved (6)
Long flowering (63)
Low maintenance (92)
Makes a good hedge or screen (6)
Plants that are native (14)
Plants that don't need pruning (18)
Plants that help filter noise (1)
Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (59)
Plants that will cope with the odd football (25)
Plants to deter vandals and burglars (2)
Resistant to diseases (55)
Rose hips (1)
Scented Leaves (7)
Scented flowers (4)
Small leaved (15)
Stylish in the border (78)
Sublime umbelliferas (19)
Suitable for containers (105)
Suitable for hanging baskets (6)
Tough plants that are harder to kill (23)
Winter colour (39)

Bulb planting time

Autumn planting (56)
Spring planting (5)

Bulb divisions

Dahlia (Division 5) Decorative (2)
Narcissus (Division 12) Miscellaneous (1)
Narcissus (Division 8) Tazetta (1)
Tulip (Division 1) Single early group (2)
Tulip (Division 10) Parrot group (1)
Tulip (Division 11) Double late group (3)
Tulip (Division 12) Kaufmanniana group (1)
Tulip (Division 13) Fosteriana group (1)
Tulip (Division 14) Greigii group (1)
Tulip (Division 15) Miscellaneous group (2)
Tulip (Division 2) Double early group (1)
Tulip (Division 3) Triumph group (12)
Tulip (Division 4) Darwin hybrid group (2)
Tulip (Division 6) Lily-flowered group (1)

Bedding planting time

Autumn & winter planting bedding (4)
Spring & summer planting bedding (9)

Fruit pollination group

Apple pollination group 3 (1)
Self-fertile (5)

Sowing month inside or protected

January (1)
February (4)
March (7)
April (5)
May (3)
August (1)
September (3)
October (4)
November (1)
December (1)

Sowing month outside

March (12)
April (14)
May (13)
June (3)
July (1)
August (1)
September (10)
October (10)

Vegetable groups

Other cooking vegetables (1)
Root vegetables (1)
Salad vegetables (1)

Multibuy packs

6 packs (1)
Multibuy offers (127)
Selected offers (18)

Ready made borders

Ready-made border Autumn colour (4)
Ready-made border Budget (2)
Ready-made border Chalky soil (1)
Ready-made border Clay soil (3)
Ready-made border Cool grasses and hot exotics (2)
Ready-made border Cool shade (1)
Ready-made border Cottage garden scheme (3)
Ready-made border Dry Mediterranean (5)
Ready-made border Early colour (1)
Ready-made border Fiery summer (1)
Ready-made border Flowers for pollinators (2)
Ready-made border Fresh and wild (1)
Ready-made border Gravel garden (1)
Ready-made border Keep it cool (2)
Ready-made border Piet Oudolf Wisley (1)
Ready-made border Sandy soil (3)
Ready-made border Scented garden (1)
Ready-made border Soft Summer (1)
Ready-made border Spring colour (1)
Ready-made border Woodland (1)

Planting combinations

Acid shade plant combination (1)
Astrantia and Geranium plant combination (1)
Blue and silver plant combination (1)
Bold foliage for shade plant combination (1)
Brazen plant combination (2)
Cool tones plant combination (1)
Cutting garden plant combination (1)
Dazzling colour weed-smothering plant combination (2)
Drought tolerant plant combination (1)
Edible flowers plant and seed combination (1)
Evergreen groundcover plant combination (1)
Golden prairie plant combination (1)
Henry Agg Dog friendly plants (2)
Long flowering plant combination (1)
Lythrum and Campanula plant combination (1)
Pinks and purples plant combination (1)
Plants for pollinators plant combination (2)
Prairie plant combination (1)
Purple and gold plant combination (1)
Sanguisorba and Calamagrostis plant combination (1)
Slug resistant plant combination for shade (1)
Slug resistant plant combination (1)
Sunny chalk plant combination (2)
The Highgrove Hosta Collection (1)
The Highgrove Kitchen Garden Collection (2)
The Highgrove Mixed Delphinium Collection (1)
Tiarella and Brunnera plant combination (2)
Vibrant colour seed combination (1)
Year round groundcover plant combination (1)

Hardy

No (11)
Semi (22)
Yes (205)

Leaf colour

Blue (46)
Bronze (4)
Green (210)
Purple (3)
Red (3)
Silver (5)
Variegated (14)

Ground cover

No (157)
Yes (66)

Position

Arches & pergolas (1)
Back of border (20)
Bottom of hedges (13)
Conservatories (2)
Covering eyesores (10)
Front of border (141)
Middle of border (108)
Next to a patio (38)
Next to a pond (14)
Next to an entrance (40)
Next to seating areas (49)
Steep banks (36)
Through hedges (9)
Walls & fences (15)

Shape

Fountain (5)
Hummock (2)

Soil moisture

Damp (14)
Dry/Sandy (80)
Normal (233)

Used at Chelsea

2001 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2002 - HRH The Prince of Wales - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2003 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2004 - Sir Terrance Conran - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2005 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (2)
2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (1)
2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (2)
2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (2)
2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (1)
2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (2)
2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (8)
2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (3)
2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (1)
2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (5)
2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (2)
2022 - Andy Sturgeon - Mind Garden / Crocus (2)
2023 - Sarah Price - Nurture Garden (1)
2024 - Tom Stuart-Smith - National Garden Scheme (1)
2024 - Ula Maria - Muscular Dystrophy (1)

Kitchen garden planting guidelines

Propagate in green house (2)
Suitable for compact container gardening (3)
Suitable for grow beds (4)
Suitable for large container gardening (6)
Suitable for window boxes (3)
Use cloche (3)

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Tulipa 'Blue Spectacle'

£9.99 - £29.00

7 × bulbs Delivered during September

21 × bulbs Delivered during September

Tulipa 'Don Quichotte'

£6.99 - £19.00

7 × bulbs Delivered during September

21 × bulbs Delivered during September

0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.9 5 7

Tulipa 'Green Power'

£7.99 - £21.00

7 × bulbs available to order from winter

21 × bulbs available to order from winter

Tulipa 'Happy People'

£7.99 - £21.00

7 × bulbs Delivered during September

21 × bulbs Delivered during September

Tulipa 'Jimmy'

£5.99 - £17.00

7 × bulbs Delivered during September

21 × bulbs Delivered during September

Tulipa 'Johann Strauss'

£6.99 - £13.98

7 × bulbs Delivered during September

14 + 7 FREE bulbs Delivered during September

Tulipa 'Light and Dreamy'

£5.99 - £15.00

5 × bulbs Delivered during September

15 × bulbs Delivered during September

0 star 0 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 3.0 5 1

Tulipa 'Little Beauty'

£3.99 - £17.50

7 × bulbs Delivered during September

7 × bulbs | organic Delivered during September

14 + 7 FREE bulbs Delivered during September

21 × bulbs | organic Delivered during September

0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.8 5 6

Tulipa 'Margarita'

£7.99 - £21.00

7 × bulbs Delivered during September

21 × bulbs Delivered during September

0.25 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.3 5 8

Tulipa 'Mary Ann'

£6.99 - £18.00

7 × bulbs Delivered during September

21 × bulbs Delivered during September

Tulipa 'Orange Brilliant'

£6.99 - £13.98

7 × bulbs Delivered during September

14 + 7 FREE bulbs Delivered during September

Tulipa 'Passionale'

£7.99 - £21.00

7 × bulbs Delivered during September

21 × bulbs Delivered during September

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

New

Tulipa 'Pink Jimmy'

£7.99 - £21.00

7 × bulbs available to order from winter

21 × bulbs available to order from winter

Tulipa 'Pretty Woman'

£8.99 - £17.98

7 × bulbs Delivered during September

14 + 7 FREE bulbs Delivered during September

0 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.0 5 1

Tulipa 'Purple Flag'

£7.99 - £15.98

7 × bulbs Delivered during September

14 + 7 FREE bulbs Delivered during September

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

Tulipa 'Purple Prince'

£7.99 - £15.98

7 × bulbs Delivered during September

14 + 7 FREE bulbs Delivered during September

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

New

Tulipa 'Raspberry Jimmy'

£7.99 - £21.00

7 × bulbs available to order from winter

21 × bulbs available to order from winter

Tulipa 'Rococo'

£6.99 - £18.00

7 × bulbs Delivered during September

21 × bulbs Delivered during September

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

Tulipa 'Salmon Prince'

£6.99 - £19.00

7 × bulbs Delivered during September

21 × bulbs Delivered during September

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

Tulipa humilis var. pulchella Albocaerulea Oculata Group

£11.99 - £33.00

5 × bulbs Delivered during September

15 × bulbs Delivered during September

Tulipa linifolia (Batalinii Group) 'Red Hunter'

£5.99 - £16.00

7 × bulbs Delivered during September

21 × bulbs Delivered during September

Valeriana officinalis

£8.99 - £44.99

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

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1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star

Veronica 'Margret'

£19.99

2 litre pot available to order from autumn

Veronica 'Silver Dollar'

£19.99

2 litre pot available to order from autumn

Veronica 'Youngii'

£19.99

2 litre pot available to order from autumn

0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star

40% off

Viburnum nudum 'Pink Beauty'

~~£27.99~~ £16.79

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

Viburnum tinus

£6.99 - £89.99

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

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

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

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

12 litre pot | 60 - 80cm tall In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star

Viburnum tinus 'Eve Price'

£24.99 - £89.99

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

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

9 litre pot | 60 - 80cm tall available to order from autumn

1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star

Vinca minor 'Ralph Shugert'

£7.99 - £79.99

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

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

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

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

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

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

Viola 'Belmont Blue'

£7.99 - £29.99

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

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

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

0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star

Viola Sorbet F1 Midnight Glow (Sorbet Series)

£6.99 - £13.98

9cm pot available to order from autumn

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

Viola Sorbet XP Delft Blue (Sorbet XP Series)

£6.99 - £13.98

9cm pot available to order from autumn

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

Vitis coignetiae

£29.99

3 litre pot | 60cm cane available to order from autumn

1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star

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)

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

1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star

Wisteria floribunda 'Yae-Kokuryū'

£42.99 - £129.99

3 litre pot | 1m cane | grafted available to order from autumn

5 litre pot | 1.5m cane | grafted available to order from autumn

0 star 0.25 star 1 star 1 star 1 star

Wisteria sinensis 'Amethyst'

£36.95

3 litre pot | 1m cane | grafted available to order from autumn

0 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star

30% off

Wisteria × valderi 'Burford'

~~£42.99~~ £30.09

3 litre pot | 1m cane | grafted In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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