Plants For South-facing Gardens

Gardeners love south-facing gardens as they usually get loads of sun, which allows them to grow a wide range of plants.

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How much sun

Bright light (4)
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Sun (609)

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Acid (286)
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Chalky (434)
Good quality loam-based potting compost (3)
Haven't a clue (356)
Heavy clay (432)
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Moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil, or peat-free general purpose compost (66)
Moderately fertile, moist, but well-drained soil, or general-purpose loam-based potting compost (9)
Normal (603)
Peat-free general-purpose compost (16)
Prefers acid soil (13)
Specialist compost (2)

Special conditions

Boggy or damp shade (16)
Coastal conditions (59)
Dry shade (28)
Dry sun (137)
Exposed positions (36)
Tolerate air pollution (130)
Tolerates drought (108)

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September (158)
October (69)
November (17)
December (25)

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Blue (33)
Brown (3)
Colourful collections / bicolours (54)
Green (26)
Orange (22)
Pink (122)
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Red (60)
White (188)
Yellow (77)

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Evergreen (135)
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Fragrance

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Roses that are slightly scented (6)
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Attractive to wildlife

Attractive to bees (184)
Attractive to birds (43)
Attractive to butterflies and moths (60)
Attractive to pollinators (173)
Attractive to wildlife (190)

Quick growing

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Quite (487)
Yes (148)

Eventual size

Large (111)
Medium (332)
Small (248)

Special features

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Attractive bark (2)
Attractive seedheads (52)
Autumn foliage colour (43)
Berries or fruit (90)
Climate resilient (176)
Coloured leaves (60)
Colourful bark or stems (13)
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Large leaved (15)
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Low maintenance (285)
Makes a good hedge or screen (71)
Non invasive bamboo (2)
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Plants that help filter noise (8)
Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (167)
Plants that will cope with the odd football (129)
Plants to deter vandals and burglars (19)
Resistant to diseases (141)
Rose hips (3)
Scented Leaves (7)
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Small leaved (21)
Stylish in the border (114)
Sublime umbelliferas (25)
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Suitable for hanging baskets (5)
Tough plants that are harder to kill (68)
Weeping (1)
Winter colour (169)

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Home office (1)
Living spaces (1)

Bulb planting time

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Spring planting (37)

Bulb divisions

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Dahlia (Division 5) Decorative (1)
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Dahlia (Division 9) Semi cactus (2)
Lilium (Division 1) Asiatic hybrids (2)
Lilium (Division 5) Longiflorum hybrids (1)
Lilium (Division 6) Trumpet and Aureelian hybrids (2)
Lilium (Division 9) True species & selected forms (3)
Narcissus (Division 1) Trumpet (1)
Narcissus (Division 10) Bulbocodium (2)
Narcissus (Division 12) Miscellaneous (2)
Narcissus (Division 2) Large-cupped (3)
Narcissus (Division 4) Double (4)
Narcissus (Division 5) Triandrus (3)
Narcissus (Division 6) Cyclamineus (2)
Narcissus (Division 7) Jonquilla (4)
Narcissus (Division 8) Tazetta (6)
Narcissus (Division 9) Poeticus (1)
Tulip (Division 1) Single early group (3)
Tulip (Division 10) Parrot group (5)
Tulip (Division 11) Double late group (10)
Tulip (Division 13) Fosteriana group (1)
Tulip (Division 14) Greigii group (1)
Tulip (Division 15) Miscellaneous group (8)
Tulip (Division 2) Double early group (8)
Tulip (Division 3) Triumph group (9)
Tulip (Division 4) Darwin hybrid group (5)
Tulip (Division 5) Single late group (1)
Tulip (Division 6) Lily-flowered group (4)
Tulip (Division 7) Fringed group (1)
Tulip (Division 8) Viridiflora group (2)

Bedding planting time

Autumn & winter planting bedding (1)
Spring & summer planting bedding (8)

Sowing month inside or protected

January (1)
February (5)
March (7)
April (8)
May (3)
September (1)
October (3)
November (2)
December (1)

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February (1)
March (17)
April (18)
May (19)
June (7)
July (6)
August (9)
September (18)
October (17)
November (1)

Vegetable harvesting month

January (1)
July (1)
August (1)
September (1)
October (1)
November (1)
December (1)

Multibuy packs

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Multibuy offers (354)
Selected offers (78)

Ready made borders

Ready-made border Autumn colour (6)
Ready-made border Azure and gold border (2)
Ready-made border Blue and silver (2)
Ready-made border Budget (4)
Ready-made border Chalky soil (5)
Ready-made border Clay soil (2)
Ready-made border Cool grasses and hot exotics (1)
Ready-made border Cottage garden scheme (2)
Ready-made border Divine summer (1)
Ready-made border Dry Mediterranean (5)
Ready-made border Fiery summer (1)
Ready-made border Good bedfellows (1)
Ready-made border Gravel garden (2)
Ready-made border Keep it cool (5)
Ready-made border Lime-green and orange (1)
Ready-made border Lush shade (1)
Ready-made border Mediterranean (3)
Ready-made border Planting the woodland edge (1)
Ready-made border Red summer (2)
Ready-made border Sandy soil (6)
Ready-made border Shady pink (1)
Ready-made border Smoky (1)
Ready-made border Spring colour (3)
Ready-made border Stars of high summer (1)
Ready-made border Steamy jungle (3)
Ready-made border Sun lovers (1)
Ready-made border The grand experience (1)
Ready-made border Woodland (1)

Planting combinations

Acid sun plant combination (1)
Blue and silver plant combination (2)
Blue and yellow plant combination (1)
Contemporary plant combination (1)
Drought tolerant plant combination (1)
Dry shade plant combination (1)
Dry sun plant combination (1)
Edible flowers plant and seed combination (1)
Evergreen groundcover plant combination (1)
Golden prairie plant combination (1)
Green and white plant combination (1)
Henry Agg Dog friendly plants (2)
Low maintenance gems plant combination (2)
Oenothera and Perovskia plant combination (1)
Opposites attract plant combination (1)
Pink and purple long-flowering plant combination (1)
Pinks and purple dry shade plant combination (1)
Plants for pollinators plant combination (1)
Purple and gold plant combination (1)
Red and orange plant combination (1)
Shady clay plant combination (1)
Stipa and Verbascum plant combination (1)
Sun baked plant combination (1)
Sunny chalk plant combination (2)
The Highgrove Mediterranean Garden Collection (2)
The Highgrove Purple Delphinium Collection (1)
Vibrant colour seed combination (1)
Woodsmoke plant combination (1)
Year round groundcover plant combination (2)

Hardy

No (28)
Semi (111)
Yes (466)

Leaf colour

Blue (13)
Bronze (14)
Green (542)
Purple (19)
Red (13)
Silver (13)
Variegated (37)
Yellow (14)

Ground cover

No (450)
Yes (148)

Position

Arches & pergolas (10)
Back of border (62)
Bottom of hedges (27)
Conservatories (20)
Covering eyesores (17)
Front of border (291)
Middle of border (261)
Next to a patio (56)
Next to a pond (34)
Next to an entrance (113)
Next to seating areas (121)
Steep banks (98)
Through hedges (10)
Walls & fences (33)

Shape

Ball (1)
Bushy (16)
Fountain (9)
Hummock (5)
Lollipop (6)
Pyramid (1)
Spreading (1)
Weeping (1)

Soil moisture

Damp (49)
Dry/Sandy (203)
Normal (583)

Used at Chelsea

2001 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2002 - HRH The Prince of Wales - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2003 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2005 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (5)
2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (10)
2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (10)
2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (6)
2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (6)
2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (6)
2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (13)
2011 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (5)
2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (7)
2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (8)
2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (5)
2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (6)
2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (7)
2015 - Dan Pearson - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (7)
2017 - James Basson - M & G (1)
2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (4)
2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (10)
2019 - Andy Sturgeon - M & G (4)
2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (7)
2022 - Andy Sturgeon - Mind Garden / Crocus (27)
2023 - Sarah Price - Nurture Garden (17)
2024 - Tom Stuart-Smith - National Garden Scheme (6)
2024 - Ula Maria - Muscular Dystrophy (4)

Kitchen garden planting guidelines

Propagate in green house (3)
Suitable for compact container gardening (2)
Suitable for grow beds (7)
Suitable for large container gardening (8)
Suitable for window boxes (3)
Use cloche (5)

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Thuja occidentalis 'Rheingold'

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Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora 'Carmin Brilliant'

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Zantedeschia aethiopica

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