Plants that Flower in May

Longer days and warmer nights mean that plants are bursting with energy. Zesty colours will come from spurges, rhododendrons and the early-flowering geraniums.

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Exotics (1)
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Moderately fertile, moist, but well-drained soil, or general-purpose loam-based potting compost (14)
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Peat-free general-purpose compost (11)
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Special conditions

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Tolerate air pollution (95)
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Attractive to wildlife

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Attractive to pollinators (190)
Attractive to wildlife (217)

Quick growing

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Quite (418)
Yes (122)

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Small (250)

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Autumn foliage colour (53)
Berries or fruit (96)
Climate resilient (175)
Coloured leaves (50)
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Plants that will cope with the odd football (112)
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Resistant to diseases (107)
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Stylish in the border (52)
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Suitable for containers (153)
Suitable for hanging baskets (2)
Tough plants that are harder to kill (54)
Winter colour (124)

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Spring planting (2)

Bulb divisions

Lilium (Division 2) Martagon (1)
Narcissus (Division 10) Bulbocodium (1)
Narcissus (Division 11) Split-corona (1)
Narcissus (Division 2) Large-cupped (1)
Narcissus (Division 4) Double (1)
Tulip (Division 1) Single early group (1)
Tulip (Division 10) Parrot group (1)
Tulip (Division 11) Double late group (2)
Tulip (Division 14) Greigii group (1)
Tulip (Division 15) Miscellaneous group (8)
Tulip (Division 2) Double early group (1)
Tulip (Division 3) Triumph group (9)
Tulip (Division 4) Darwin hybrid group (3)
Tulip (Division 5) Single late group (4)
Tulip (Division 6) Lily-flowered group (2)
Tulip (Division 8) Viridiflora group (3)

Bedding planting time

Autumn & winter planting bedding (3)
Spring & summer planting bedding (1)

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2012 (1)
2015 (1)
2017 (1)
Plant of the Decade (1)

Fruit pollination group

Apple pollination group 2 (4)
Apple pollination group 3 (16)
Apple pollination group 4 (1)
Cherry pollination group 3 (3)
Cherry pollination group 4 (1)
Plum pollination group 1 (1)
Plum pollination group 2 (2)
Plum pollination group 3 (1)
Self-fertile (17)

Sowing month inside or protected

January (1)
February (5)
March (13)
April (13)
May (8)
August (2)
September (6)
October (6)
November (1)

Sowing month outside

January (1)
February (1)
March (11)
April (13)
May (14)
June (9)
July (4)
August (4)
September (11)
October (10)
November (1)
December (1)

Multibuy packs

6 packs (4)
Multibuy offers (281)
Selected offers (18)

Ready made borders

Ready-made border Autumn colour (5)
Ready-made border Blending purples (2)
Ready-made border Blue and silver (1)
Ready-made border Budget (4)
Ready-made border Chalky soil (4)
Ready-made border Clay soil (2)
Ready-made border Cool grasses and hot exotics (3)
Ready-made border Cool shade (1)
Ready-made border Cottage garden scheme (2)
Ready-made border Dark and light (4)
Ready-made border Divine summer (2)
Ready-made border Dry Mediterranean (4)
Ready-made border Early colour (4)
Ready-made border Elegant and architectural (4)
Ready-made border Fiery summer (4)
Ready-made border Flowers for pollinators (3)
Ready-made border Fresh and wild (3)
Ready-made border Gravel garden (3)
Ready-made border Jewel border (1)
Ready-made border Keep it cool (4)
Ready-made border Lime-green and orange (3)
Ready-made border Lush shade (1)
Ready-made border Planting the woodland edge (4)
Ready-made border Red summer (1)
Ready-made border Sandy soil (3)
Ready-made border Scented garden (3)
Ready-made border Shades of pink (1)
Ready-made border Shady sanctuary (2)
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Ready-made border Spring colour (10)
Ready-made border Steamy jungle (1)
Ready-made border Sun lovers (2)
Ready-made border Sunny pink (1)
Ready-made border The grand experience (1)

Planting combinations

Acid sun plant combination (1)
Astrantia and Digitalis plant combination (2)
Blue and silver plant combination (2)
Blue and yellow plant combination (2)
Brazen plant combination (1)
Contemporary plant combination (2)
Damp shade plant combination (1)
Dazzling colour weed-smothering plant combination (1)
Drought tolerant plant combination (1)
Dry shade plant combination (4)
Evergreen groundcover plant combination (1)
Featured combinations (3)
Green and gold for damp shade plant combination (1)
Green and white plant combination (1)
Henry Agg Dog friendly plants (2)
Iris and Trollius plant combination (1)
Low maintenance gems plant combination (2)
Low maintenance plant combination (summer) (1)
Oenothera and Perovskia plant combination (2)
Pink and purple long-flowering plant combination (3)
Pinks and purple dry shade plant combination (2)
Pinks and purples plant combination (2)
Plants for pollinators plant combination (2)
Pulmonaria and Athyrium plant combination (1)
Rich tones slug resistant plant combination (1)
Self seeding seed combination (3)
Shady chalk plant combination (1)
Shady clay plant combination (1)
Shady lady plant combination (2)
Slug resistant plant combination for shade (2)
Structured shade plant combination (1)
Summer sizzlers plant combination (1)
Sun baked plant combination (4)
Sunny and dry plant combination (1)
The Highgrove Mediterranean Garden Collection (2)
The Highgrove Mixed Delphinium Collection (1)
Tiarella and Brunnera plant combination (5)
Vibrant colour for bees plant combination (1)
Vibrant colour seed combination (1)
Year round groundcover plant combination (2)
Yellow and gold plant combination (1)

Hardy

No (11)
Semi (41)
Yes (466)

Leaf colour

Blue (15)
Bronze (8)
Green (447)
Purple (17)
Red (9)
Silver (14)
Variegated (37)
Yellow (3)

Ground cover

No (278)
Yes (144)

Position

Arches & pergolas (5)
Back of border (66)
Bottom of hedges (56)
Conservatories (4)
Covering eyesores (17)
Front of border (234)
Middle of border (159)
Next to a patio (30)
Next to a pond (40)
Next to an entrance (79)
Next to seating areas (92)
Steep banks (99)
Through hedges (8)
Walls & fences (35)

Shape

Bushy (10)
Fountain (6)
Hummock (2)
Pyramid (1)
Spreading (1)
Weeping (1)

Soil moisture

Damp (51)
Dry/Sandy (159)
Normal (491)

Used at Chelsea

2001 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2002 - HRH The Prince of Wales - Laurent-Perrier (8)
2003 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (10)
2004 - Sir Terrance Conran - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2005 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (8)
2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (7)
2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (13)
2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (6)
2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (13)
2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (8)
2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (9)
2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (9)
2011 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (6)
2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (16)
2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (7)
2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (14)
2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (5)
2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (6)
2015 - Dan Pearson - Laurent-Perrier (7)
2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (9)
2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (6)
2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (16)
2019 - Andy Sturgeon - M & G (11)
2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (11)
2022 - Andy Sturgeon - Mind Garden / Crocus (9)
2023 - Sarah Price - Nurture Garden (18)
2024 - Tom Stuart-Smith - National Garden Scheme (9)
2024 - Ula Maria - Muscular Dystrophy (11)

Kitchen garden planting guidelines

Propagate in green house (8)
Suitable for compact container gardening (3)
Suitable for grow beds (15)
Suitable for large container gardening (31)
Suitable for window boxes (6)
Use cloche (8)

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Digitalis purpurea 'Pam's Choice'

~~£3.49~~ £2.62

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

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Digitalis purpurea Excelsior Group

£2.62 - £34.99

approx 1000 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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Primula vulgaris

£2.24 - £18.99

approx 30 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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Achillea millefolium

£2.24 - £19.99

approx 400 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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Hesperis matronalis var. albiflora

£2.24 - £39.99

approx 500 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot available to order from autumn

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Primula veris

£2.24 - £34.99

approx 50 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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Lotus corniculatus

~~£2.99~~ £2.24

approx 100 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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Aquilegia vulgaris

~~£2.99~~ £2.24

approx 25 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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Ajuga reptans

~~£2.99~~ £2.24

approx 50 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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Silene latifolia

~~£2.99~~ £2.24

approx 500 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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Allium ursinum

£2.24 - £17.99

approx 40 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot available to order from autumn

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Lunaria annua var. albiflora

~~£2.99~~ £2.24

approx 100 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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Myosotis sylvatica 'Ultramarine'

~~£2.99~~ £2.24

approx 175 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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Centaurea cyanus 'Black Ball'

~~£2.89~~ £2.17

approx 300 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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Lunaria annua

~~£2.79~~ £2.09

approx 75 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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thyme common | thymus vulgaris

£2.09 - £15.98

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

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Lychnis flos-cuculi

£2.09 - £39.99

approx 1000 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens'

£1.87 - £19.99

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

9cm pot available to order from autumn

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rosemary

£1.87 - £17.99

approx 60 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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2 litre pot available to order from autumn

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sweet cicely

~~£2.29~~ £1.72

approx 5 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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Silene dioica

£1.72 - £34.99

approx 100 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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Digitalis purpurea 'Sutton's Apricot'

£1.69 - £36.99

approx 150 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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