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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Bamboo (1)
Exotics (1)
Plant combinations (1)

Facing

East (706)
North (138)
South (974)
West (1003)

How much sun

Light shade (418)
Shade (30)
Sun (966)

Special conditions

Boggy or damp shade (22)
Coastal conditions (49)
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Exposed positions (20)
Tolerate air pollution (148)
Tolerates drought (78)

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January (33)
February (47)
March (148)
April (356)
May (375)
June (286)
July (305)
August (277)
September (226)
October (90)
November (20)
December (31)

Flower colour

Black (14)
Blue (61)
Colourful collections / bicolours (166)
Green (21)
Orange (63)
Pink (173)
Purple (109)
Red (89)
White (250)
Yellow (114)

Evergreen / deciduous

Deciduous (769)
Evergreen (111)
Semi-evergreen (28)

Fragrance

All scented flowers (156)
Aromatic foliage (111)
Evening scent (8)
Highly scented (38)
Roses that are slightly scented (5)
Roses with a knockout scent (1)

Attractive to wildlife

Attractive to bees (337)
Attractive to birds (50)
Attractive to butterflies and moths (107)
Attractive to pollinators (339)
Attractive to wildlife (343)

Quick growing

No (37)
Quite (728)
Yes (310)

Eventual size

Large (121)
Medium (562)
Small (414)

Special features

Architectural silhouettes (204)
Attractive seedheads (66)
Autumn foliage colour (35)
Berries or fruit (124)
Climate resilient (154)
Coloured leaves (46)
Colourful bark or stems (4)
Columnar (8)
Deciduous (143)
Easy to grow (371)
Evergreen / semi evergreen (139)
Fast growing (151)
Flower spires (62)
Flowering (862)
Invasive (2)
Large leaved (43)
Long flowering (150)
Low maintenance (379)
Makes a good hedge or screen (29)
Non invasive bamboo (1)
Plants that are native (25)
Plants that don't need pruning (82)
Plants that help filter noise (6)
Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (258)
Plants that will cope with the odd football (75)
Plants to deter vandals and burglars (9)
Resistant to diseases (205)
Rose hips (3)
Scented Leaves (17)
Scented flowers (58)
Small leaved (72)
Stylish in the border (349)
Sublime umbelliferas (50)
Suitable for containers (774)
Suitable for hanging baskets (21)
Tough plants that are harder to kill (53)
Weeping (1)
Winter colour (102)

Bulb planting time

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Bulb divisions

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Lilium (Division 2) Martagon (1)
Lilium (Division 5) Longiflorum hybrids (2)
Narcissus (Division 1) Trumpet (6)
Narcissus (Division 10) Bulbocodium (6)
Narcissus (Division 11) Split-corona (4)
Narcissus (Division 12) Miscellaneous (3)
Narcissus (Division 13) Distinguished by name (1)
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Narcissus (Division 4) Double (15)
Narcissus (Division 5) Triandrus (7)
Narcissus (Division 6) Cyclamineus (4)
Narcissus (Division 7) Jonquilla (10)
Narcissus (Division 8) Tazetta (10)
Narcissus (Division 9) Poeticus (1)
Tulip (Division 1) Single early group (6)
Tulip (Division 10) Parrot group (9)
Tulip (Division 11) Double late group (20)
Tulip (Division 12) Kaufmanniana group (1)
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Tulip (Division 14) Greigii group (3)
Tulip (Division 15) Miscellaneous group (17)
Tulip (Division 2) Double early group (14)
Tulip (Division 3) Triumph group (55)
Tulip (Division 4) Darwin hybrid group (16)
Tulip (Division 5) Single late group (9)
Tulip (Division 6) Lily-flowered group (14)
Tulip (Division 7) Fringed group (7)
Tulip (Division 8) Viridiflora group (9)

Bedding planting time

Autumn & winter planting bedding (9)
Spring & summer planting bedding (35)

Chelsea plant of year

2017 (1)
2024 (1)
Centenary (1)

Fruit pollination group

Apple pollination group 2 (6)
Apple pollination group 3 (24)
Apple pollination group 4 (6)
Cherry pollination group 4 (1)
Pear pollination group 3 (4)
Pear pollination group 4 (1)
Plum pollination group 2 (1)
Self-fertile (40)

Sowing month inside or protected

January (45)
February (90)
March (131)
April (95)
May (49)
June (11)
July (1)
August (13)
September (13)
October (34)
November (27)
December (26)

Sowing month outside

January (1)
February (5)
March (75)
April (105)
May (135)
June (50)
July (26)
August (16)
September (65)
October (55)
November (3)
December (1)

Vegetable harvesting month

January (5)
February (3)
March (4)
April (6)
May (16)
June (31)
July (73)
August (75)
September (79)
October (40)
November (10)
December (6)

Vegetable groups

Brassicas (5)
Legumes (3)
Other cooking vegetables (30)
Root vegetables (28)
Salad vegetables (39)

Multibuy packs

6 packs (3)
Multibuy offers (553)
Multibuy vegetables (6)
Selected offers (130)

Ready made borders

Ready-made border Autumn colour (3)
Ready-made border Blending purples (1)
Ready-made border Brilliant orange (3)
Ready-made border Budget (4)
Ready-made border Chalky soil (3)
Ready-made border Clay soil (2)
Ready-made border Cool grasses and hot exotics (4)
Ready-made border Cool shade (2)
Ready-made border Cottage garden scheme (5)
Ready-made border Dark and light (1)
Ready-made border Dry Mediterranean (5)
Ready-made border Elegant and architectural (1)
Ready-made border Fiery summer (3)
Ready-made border Flowers for pollinators (2)
Ready-made border Good bedfellows (2)
Ready-made border Gravel garden (1)
Ready-made border Keep it cool (4)
Ready-made border Lime-green and orange (1)
Ready-made border Mediterranean (1)
Ready-made border Planting the woodland edge (1)
Ready-made border Red summer (2)
Ready-made border Sandy soil (3)
Ready-made border Scented garden (1)
Ready-made border Shady pink (1)
Ready-made border Smoky (1)
Ready-made border Soft Summer (1)
Ready-made border Soothing green and white (1)
Ready-made border Spring colour (2)
Ready-made border Steamy jungle (2)
Ready-made border Summer savanna (1)
Ready-made border The grand experience (2)
Ready-made border Woodland (3)

Planting combinations

Acid shade plant combination (1)
Astrantia and Digitalis plant combination (1)
Attracting wildlife seed combination (2)
Blue and silver plant combination (1)
Blue and yellow plant combination (1)
Bold foliage for shade plant combination (1)
Brazen plant combination (1)
Contemporary plant combination (1)
Cool tones plant combination (1)
Create a praire plant combination (1)
Create a prairie plant combination (1)
Dazzling colour weed-smothering plant combination (2)
Drought tolerant plant combination (1)
Edible flower seed combination (3)
Edible flowers plant and seed combination (4)
Evergreen groundcover plant combination (2)
Heliopsis and Miscanthus plant combination (1)
Henry Agg Dog friendly plants (5)
Iris and Trollius plant combination (1)
Long flowering plant combination (1)
Low maintenance gems plant combination (1)
Pink and purple long-flowering plant combination (1)
Pinks and purples plant combination (2)
Plants for pollinators plant combination (2)
Prairie plant combination (1)
Purple and gold plant combination (1)
Red and orange plant combination (1)
Sanguisorba and Calamagrostis plant combination (1)
Self seeding seed combination (1)
Slug resistant plant combination for shade (2)
Stipa and Verbascum plant combination (1)
Sun baked plant combination (1)
Sunny clay plant combination (1)
The Highgrove Hosta Collection (1)
The Highgrove Kitchen Garden Collection (3)
Tiarella and Brunnera plant combination (3)
Vibrant colour seed combination (7)
White flowering seed combination (7)
Year round groundcover plant combination (1)
Yellow and gold plant combination (1)

Hardy

No (116)
Semi (96)
Yes (816)

Leaf colour

Blue (25)
Bronze (9)
Green (901)
Purple (15)
Red (13)
Silver (6)
Variegated (27)
Yellow (10)

Ground cover

No (601)
Yes (290)

Position

Arches & pergolas (23)
Back of border (61)
Bottom of hedges (37)
Conservatories (31)
Covering eyesores (32)
Front of border (569)
Middle of border (353)
Next to a patio (215)
Next to a pond (41)
Next to an entrance (214)
Next to seating areas (231)
Steep banks (193)
Through hedges (22)
Walls & fences (64)

Shape

Ball (6)
Bushy (2)
Columnar (2)
Fountain (17)
Hummock (12)
Lollipop (5)
Spreading (1)

Soil moisture

Damp (41)
Dry/Sandy (190)
Normal (1000)
Red (1)

Used at Chelsea

2001 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2002 - HRH The Prince of Wales - Laurent-Perrier (5)
2003 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (7)
2004 - Sir Terrance Conran - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2005 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (10)
2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (9)
2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (10)
2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (7)
2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (6)
2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (8)
2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (6)
2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (8)
2011 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (9)
2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (5)
2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (6)
2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (6)
2015 - Dan Pearson - Laurent-Perrier (5)
2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (10)
2017 - James Basson - M & G (1)
2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (2)
2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (7)
2019 - Andy Sturgeon - M & G (4)
2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (8)
2022 - Andy Sturgeon - Mind Garden / Crocus (6)
2023 - Sarah Price - Nurture Garden (12)
2024 - Tom Stuart-Smith - National Garden Scheme (3)
2024 - Ula Maria - Muscular Dystrophy (5)

Kitchen garden planting guidelines

Propagate in green house (100)
Suitable for compact container gardening (46)
Suitable for grow beds (130)
Suitable for large container gardening (182)
Suitable for window boxes (46)
Use cloche (108)

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Corylus avellana 'Contorta'

£49.99 - £99.99

12 litre pot | 80 - 125cm tall | grafted In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

5 litre pot available to order from autumn

9 litre pot | 1.2m tall | tree available to order from autumn

0 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.0 5 2

mulberry dwarf Mojo Berry ('Matsunaga') (PBR)

New

dwarf mulberry Mojo Berry ('Matsunaga') (PBR)

£29.99 - £199.99

9 litre pot | 0.8 - 1.2m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

3 litre pot available to order from autumn

12 litre pot | 60 - 100cm tall available to order from autumn

12 litre pot | top worked at 70cm available to order from autumn

Escallonia laevis Pink Elle ('Lades') (PBR)

£24.75 - £79.99

7.5 litre pot | 40 - 60cm tall In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

2 litre pot available to order from autumn

0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.8 5 8

Geranium × johnsonii 'Johnson's Blue'

£8.99 - £44.99

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)

2 litre pot available to order from autumn

3 × 2 litre pots available to order from autumn

0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.4 5 49

Hakonechloa macra Sunflare ('Habsfl007') (PBR)

£12.99 - £64.99

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

3 × 2 litre pots 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 5.0 5 2

25% off

Linaria purpurea 'Canon Went'

£2.24 - £39.99

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)

approx 100 seeds available to order from autumn

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

Luzula nivea

£8.99 - £52.99

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

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

9cm pot available to order from autumn

3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn

6 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn

0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.7 5 15

Miscanthus sinensis 'Malepartus'

£11.99 - £49.99

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)

2 litre pot available to order from autumn

3 × 2 litre pots available to order from autumn

0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.6 5 8

pear 'Concorde'

£34.99 - £149.99

12 litre pot | QE root stock | 1m In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

bare root | QA root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn

9 litre pot | QA root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn

12 litre pot | QA root stock | 1m available to order from autumn

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

plum 'Victoria'

£27.99 - £124.99

9 litre pot | SJA root stock | 1 - 1.5m In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

12 litre pot | SJA root stock | 1m In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

bare root | Pixy root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn

bare root | SJA root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn

bare root | VVA-1 root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn

12 litre pot | VVA-1 root stock | 1.5m available to order from autumn

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Prunus 'Little Pink Perfection'

£49.99 - £139.99

9 litre pot | 1.5 - 2m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

bare root | 1 - 1.5m tall available to order from autumn

12 litre pot | top worked at 45cm available to order from autumn

Prunus 'Snow Goose'

£39.99 - £129.99

9 litre pot | 1.8 - 2m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn

12 litre pot | 1.6m tall available to order from autumn

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

Prunus 'The Bride'

£39.99 - £159.99

9 litre pot | 2 - 2.5m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn

12 litre pot | top worked at 45cm available to order from autumn

12 litre pot | 1.6m tall available to order from autumn

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

New

quince 'Leskovac'

£34.99 - £59.99

9 litre pot | QA root stock | 1.2 - 1.5m In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

bare root | QA root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn

50% off

Rosa White Patio | Patio Rose

£26.99 - £45.00

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

4 litre pot available to order from autumn

25% off

tomato (cherry) 'Tumbling Tom Red'

£2.24 - £13.98

approx 12 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

8.5cm pot available to order from autumn

2 + 1 FREE 8.5cm pots available to order from autumn

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

25% off

Viola odorata

£2.47 - £34.99

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)

approx 50 seeds available to order from autumn

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

Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora 'Carmin Brilliant'

£5.99 - £39.99

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)

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

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

10 × corms available to order from winter

30 × corms available to order from winter

0 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.0 5 6

potato 'Charlotte'

£3.49 - £9.00

5 × seed potatoes | summer planting In stock (shipped within 1-2 working days)

10 + 5 FREE seed potatoes | summer In stock (shipped within 1-2 working days)

5 × seed potatoes available to order from winter

2kg bag | seed potatoes available to order from winter

15 × seed potatoes available to order from winter

0 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.0 5 2

Carex oshimensis 'Eversheen' (PBR) (Evercolor Series)

£12.99 - £52.99

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)

2 litre pot sold out

3 × 2 litre pots sold out

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