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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Boggy or damp shade (5)
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Red (55)
White (119)
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All scented flowers (84)
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Highly scented (33)
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Attractive to wildlife

Attractive to birds (31)
Attractive to butterflies and moths (53)
Attractive to pollinators (126)
Attractive to wildlife (140)
RHS Plants for pollinators (131)

Quick growing

No (9)
Quite (266)
Yes (170)

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Large (121)
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Small (130)

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Autumn foliage colour (32)
Berries or fruit (84)
Climate resilient (121)
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Long flowering (90)
Low maintenance (174)
Makes a good hedge or screen (39)
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Plants that don't need pruning (15)
Plants that help filter noise (8)
Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (117)
Plants that will cope with the odd football (110)
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Resistant to diseases (73)
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Sublime umbelliferas (18)
Suitable for containers (173)
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Tulip (Division 4) Darwin hybrid group (5)
Tulip (Division 5) Single late group (2)
Tulip (Division 6) Lily-flowered group (4)
Tulip (Division 8) Viridiflora group (1)

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January (1)
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March (4)
April (5)
May (1)
October (2)
November (2)
December (1)

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March (6)
April (6)
May (9)
June (3)
July (2)
August (2)
September (6)
October (6)
November (1)

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Ready made borders

Ready-made border Autumn colour (3)
Ready-made border Brilliant orange (1)
Ready-made border Budget (1)
Ready-made border Chalky soil (5)
Ready-made border Cottage garden scheme (2)
Ready-made border Dry Mediterranean (1)
Ready-made border Fiery summer (2)
Ready-made border Good bedfellows (1)
Ready-made border Keep it cool (2)
Ready-made border Lime-green and orange (1)
Ready-made border Lush shade (1)
Ready-made border Planting the woodland edge (1)
Ready-made border Red summer (3)
Ready-made border Sandy soil (4)
Ready-made border Scented garden (1)
Ready-made border Shady pink (1)
Ready-made border Smoky (1)
Ready-made border Spring colour (2)
Ready-made border Steamy jungle (3)

Planting combinations

Dry shade plant combination (1)
Edible flowers plant and seed combination (1)
Golden prairie plant combination (1)
Green and white plant combination (1)
Henry Agg Dog friendly plants (2)
Pink and purple long-flowering plant combination (1)
Pinks and purple dry shade plant combination (1)
Pinks and purples plant combination (1)
Plants for pollinators plant combination (1)
Red and orange plant combination (2)
Shady clay plant combination (2)
Stipa and Verbascum plant combination (1)
Sun baked plant combination (1)
Sunny chalk plant combination (1)
Vibrant colour seed combination (1)
Year round groundcover plant combination (1)
Yellow and gold plant combination (1)

Hardy

No (19)
Semi (138)
Yes (281)

Leaf colour

Blue (2)
Bronze (9)
Green (379)
Purple (13)
Red (6)
Silver (3)
Variegated (24)
Yellow (9)

Ground cover

No (332)
Yes (76)

Position

Back of border (49)
Bottom of hedges (30)
Conservatories (9)
Covering eyesores (14)
Front of border (167)
Middle of border (187)
Next to a patio (39)
Next to a pond (26)
Next to an entrance (87)
Next to seating areas (88)
Steep banks (70)
Through hedges (2)
Walls & fences (19)

Shape

Ball (1)
Bushy (3)
Fountain (6)
Hummock (1)
Lollipop (3)
Spreading (1)
Weeping (1)

Soil moisture

Damp (32)
Dry/Sandy (118)
Normal (427)

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2002 - HRH The Prince of Wales - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2003 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (2)
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2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (4)
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2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (1)
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2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (9)
2011 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (6)
2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (6)
2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (6)
2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (6)
2015 - Dan Pearson - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (6)
2016 - Jekka McVicar - St John's Hospice (1)
2017 - James Basson - M & G (1)
2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (3)
2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (8)
2019 - Andy Sturgeon - M & G (4)
2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (5)
2022 - Andy Sturgeon - Mind Garden / Crocus (22)
2023 - Sarah Price - Nurture Garden (7)
2024 - Tom Stuart-Smith - National Garden Scheme (6)
2024 - Ula Maria - Muscular Dystrophy (2)

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Tulipa turkestanica

£4.99 - £12.00

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Ugni molinae 'Flambeau'

£24.99

2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

Valeriana officinalis

£8.99 - £44.99

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Verbena officinalis var. grandiflora 'Bampton'

£8.99 - £39.99

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

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1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.9 5 8

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Veronica spicata 'Heidekind'

£4.50 - £20.00

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

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Viburnum nudum 'Pink Beauty'

~~£27.99~~ £16.79

2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

Viburnum opulus 'Roseum'

£24.75 - £89.99

2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

12 litre pot | 1 - 1.25m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

10 litre pot | 60 - 80cm tall available to order from spring

1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.9 5 19

Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Mariesii'

£26.99 - £99.99

2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

12 litre pot | 40 - 60cm tall | grafted In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.9 5 10

Viburnum tinus

£6.99 - £89.99

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

Viburnum tinus 'Eve Price'

£24.99 - £89.99

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

1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 3

Viburnum × bodnantense 'Charles Lamont'

£27.99 - £99.99

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10 litre pot | 80 - 100cm tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

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1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 3

Viburnum × bodnantense 'Dawn'

£26.99 - £109.99

2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

10 litre pot | 1 - 1.2m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.8 5 19

Viburnum × burkwoodii

£36.99 - £99.99

2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

12 litre pot | 80 - 100cm tall | grafted In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 10

Vinca minor

£5.99 - £14.99

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0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.7 5 22

Vinca minor 'Atropurpurea'

£7.99 - £32.99

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0 star 0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 3.7 5 3

Vinca minor 'Azurea Flore Pleno'

£17.99

2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

Vinca minor 'Bowles's Variety'

£7.99 - £94.99

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Vinca minor 'Illumination'

£7.99 - £44.99

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Vinca minor 'Ralph Shugert'

£7.99 - £79.99

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Vinca minor f. alba 'Gertrude Jekyll'

£7.99 - £32.99

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

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Visnaga daucoides 'Green Mist'

~~£3.29~~ £2.63

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

1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star

50% off

Weigela 'Bristol Ruby'

£12.50 - £79.99

2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

12 litre pot | 1 - 1.2m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star

Weigela 'Florida Variegata'

£27.99

2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star

Weigela All Summer Peach ('Slingpink') (All Summer Series)

Weigela All Summer Peach ('Slingpink') (PBR) (All Summer Series)

£25.99

2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

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Weigela All Summer Red ('Slingco1') (PBR) (All Summer Series)

£24.99

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Weigela Ebony and Ivory ('Velda') (PBR)

£24.99

2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

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Weigela Picobella Rosa ('Tvp2') (PBR)

£23.99

2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star

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Wisteria × valderi 'Burford'

~~£42.99~~ £30.09

3 litre pot | 1m cane | grafted In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

Zantedeschia 'Captain Kelso' (PBR) (Captain Series)

£6.99 - £17.00

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Zantedeschia 'Red Alert'

£6.99 - £17.00

1 × bulb Delivered by mid-March

3 × bulbs Delivered by mid-March

Zantedeschia 'Sunset Passion'

£6.99 - £17.00

1 × bulb Delivered by mid-March

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