Plants for Normal Soil

Soils that fall under the ‘normal’ banner contain a balanced mix of sand and clay particles, along with a good dash of organic matter. Their pH is relatively neutral, so they are ideal for growing a wide range of plants.

By type

Perennials (145)
Bulbs (68)
Shrubs (42)
Seeds (40)
Connoisseurs collection (31)
Alpines & rockeries (26)
Grasses (17)
Herbs (17)
Plant combinations (15)
Wildflowers (15)
Conifers (12)
Large plants for instant impact (11)
Trees (10)
Fruit (7)
Bedding plants (4)
Climbers (4)
Hedging (4)
Ferns garden (2)
Vegetables (2)
Exotics (1)
Plants & pots (1)

Facing

East (163)
North (90)
South (277)
West (294)

How much sun

Light shade (133)
Shade (19)
Sun (285)

Special conditions

Boggy or damp shade (16)
Coastal conditions (26)
Dry shade (15)
Dry sun (75)
Exposed positions (12)
Tolerate air pollution (24)
Tolerates drought (63)

Flowering month

January (8)
February (13)
March (37)
April (69)
May (106)
June (133)
July (158)
August (151)
September (114)
October (32)
November (3)
December (3)

Flower colour

Black (3)
Blue (116)
Colourful collections / bicolours (52)
Green (9)
Orange (8)
Pink (26)
Purple (64)
Red (10)
White (49)
Yellow (18)

Evergreen / deciduous

Deciduous (216)
Evergreen (86)
Semi-evergreen (23)

Fragrance

All scented flowers (38)
Aromatic foliage (91)
Highly scented (10)

Attractive to wildlife

Attractive to bees (151)
Attractive to birds (14)
Attractive to butterflies and moths (65)
Attractive to pollinators (128)
Attractive to wildlife (132)

Quick growing

No (16)
Quite (258)
Yes (100)

Eventual size

Large (38)
Medium (152)
Small (177)

Special features

Architectural silhouettes (57)
Attractive seedheads (20)
Autumn foliage colour (14)
Berries or fruit (18)
Climate resilient (115)
Coloured leaves (35)
Colourful bark or stems (3)
Columnar (3)
Deciduous (24)
Easy to grow (64)
Evergreen / semi evergreen (75)
Fast growing (24)
Flower spires (42)
Flowering (265)
Large leaved (6)
Long flowering (61)
Low maintenance (114)
Makes a good hedge or screen (21)
Plants that are native (20)
Plants that don't need pruning (17)
Plants that help filter noise (5)
Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (66)
Plants that will cope with the odd football (32)
Resistant to diseases (71)
Scented Leaves (9)
Scented flowers (3)
Small leaved (17)
Stylish in the border (64)
Sublime umbelliferas (20)
Suitable for containers (112)
Suitable for hanging baskets (2)
Tough plants that are harder to kill (30)
Winter colour (71)

Bulb planting time

Autumn planting (68)
Spring planting (6)

Bulb divisions

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 (2)
Tulip (Division 12) Kaufmanniana group (1)
Tulip (Division 13) Fosteriana group (1)
Tulip (Division 14) Greigii group (3)
Tulip (Division 15) Miscellaneous group (2)
Tulip (Division 2) Double early group (1)
Tulip (Division 3) Triumph group (7)
Tulip (Division 4) Darwin hybrid group (2)
Tulip (Division 6) Lily-flowered group (1)

Bedding planting time

Autumn & winter planting bedding (3)
Spring & summer planting bedding (2)

Fruit pollination group

Apple pollination group 3 (1)
Self-fertile (4)

Sowing month inside or protected

January (1)
February (6)
March (15)
April (13)
May (8)
August (1)
September (3)
October (3)

Sowing month outside

March (20)
April (23)
May (26)
June (7)
July (3)
August (5)
September (18)
October (16)

Vegetable groups

Other cooking vegetables (1)
Salad vegetables (2)

Multibuy packs

6 packs (6)
Multibuy offers (206)
Selected offers (33)

Ready made borders

Ready-made border Add some oomph (1)
Ready-made border Autumn colour (5)
Ready-made border Azure and gold border (2)
Ready-made border Bee and Butterfly (1)
Ready-made border Blending purples (1)
Ready-made border Blue and silver (2)
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 (3)
Ready-made border Cool shade (1)
Ready-made border Cottage garden scheme (5)
Ready-made border Divine summer (2)
Ready-made border Dry Mediterranean (4)
Ready-made border Fiery summer (3)
Ready-made border Flowers for pollinators (2)
Ready-made border Fresh and wild (1)
Ready-made border Good bedfellows (1)
Ready-made border Gravel garden (1)
Ready-made border Jewel border (1)
Ready-made border Keep it cool (5)
Ready-made border Mediterranean (1)
Ready-made border Piet Oudolf Wisley (1)
Ready-made border Red summer (3)
Ready-made border Sandy soil (4)
Ready-made border Scented garden (1)
Ready-made border Shades of pink (1)
Ready-made border Shady pink (1)
Ready-made border Soft Summer (1)
Ready-made border Spring colour (2)
Ready-made border Stars of high summer (1)
Ready-made border Sun lovers (1)
Ready-made border The grand experience (1)
Ready-made border Woodland (1)

Planting combinations

Acid shade plant combination (1)
Add some oomph plant combination (1)
Agastache and Angelica plant combination (2)
Agastache and Echinops plant combination (1)
Astrantia and Geranium plant combination (1)
Blue and silver plant combination (3)
Bold foliage for shade plant combination (1)
Brazen plant combination (2)
Cool tones plant combination (2)
Cutting garden plant combination (1)
Dazzling colour weed-smothering plant combination (1)
Drought tolerant plant combination (2)
Dry shade plant combination (1)
Dry sun plant combination (3)
Echinops and Achillea plant combination (1)
Edible flowers plant and seed combination (1)
Evergreen groundcover plant combination (1)
Featured combinations (2)
Golden prairie plant combination (1)
Green and gold for damp shade plant combination (1)
Henry Agg Dog friendly plants (6)
Long flowering plant combination (1)
Lythrum and Campanula plant combination (2)
Oenothera and Perovskia plant combination (1)
Opposites attract plant combination (2)
Pink and purple long-flowering plant combination (1)
Pinks and purples plant combination (1)
Plants for pollinators plant combination (1)
Prairie plant combination (1)
Pulmonaria and Athyrium plant combination (1)
Purple and gold plant combination (2)
Sanguisorba and Calamagrostis plant combination (2)
Shady clay plant combination (1)
Slug resistant plant combination for shade (1)
Spires and spots plant combination (1)
Stars of the show plant combination (1)
Sunny and dry plant combination (1)
Sunny chalk plant combination (2)
Thalictrum and Astrantia plant combination (1)
The Highgrove Hosta Collection (4)
The Highgrove Kitchen Garden Collection (3)
The Highgrove Mediterranean Garden Collection (3)
The Highgrove Purple Delphinium Collection (1)
Tiarella and Brunnera plant combination (3)
Vibrant colour for bees plant combination (1)
Vibrant colour seed combination (1)
Woodsmoke plant combination (2)
Year round groundcover plant combination (1)
Yellow and gold plant combination (1)

Hardy

No (11)
Semi (42)
Yes (272)

Leaf colour

Blue (83)
Bronze (9)
Green (239)
Purple (9)
Red (5)
Silver (16)
Variegated (22)
Yellow (5)

Ground cover

No (201)
Yes (110)

Position

Arches & pergolas (1)
Back of border (38)
Bottom of hedges (16)
Conservatories (2)
Covering eyesores (8)
Front of border (182)
Middle of border (115)
Next to a patio (24)
Next to a pond (22)
Next to an entrance (38)
Next to seating areas (62)
Steep banks (49)
Through hedges (3)
Walls & fences (6)

Shape

Ball (1)
Bushy (2)
Columnar (1)
Fountain (5)
Hummock (5)

Soil moisture

Damp (24)
Dry/Sandy (133)
Normal (296)

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 (4)
2004 - Sir Terrance Conran - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2005 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (1)
2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (5)
2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (7)
2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (3)
2011 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (5)
2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (1)
2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (4)
2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (9)
2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (3)
2017 - James Basson - M & G (1)
2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (3)
2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (5)
2019 - Andy Sturgeon - M & G (1)
2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (3)
2022 - Andy Sturgeon - Mind Garden / Crocus (6)
2023 - Sarah Price - Nurture Garden (7)
2024 - Tom Stuart-Smith - National Garden Scheme (4)

Kitchen garden planting guidelines

Propagate in green house (5)
Suitable for compact container gardening (6)
Suitable for grow beds (15)
Suitable for large container gardening (16)
Suitable for window boxes (10)
Use cloche (5)

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