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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Ready-made border Keep it cool (5)
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Ready-made border Sandy soil (2)
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Planting combinations

Acid sun plant combination (3)
Add some oomph plant combination (1)
Blue and silver plant combination (2)
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Edible flowers plant and seed combination (2)
Henry Agg Dog friendly plants (4)
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)
Pinks and purples plant combination (1)
Purple and gold plant combination (1)
Sunny and dry plant combination (2)
Sunny chalk plant combination (1)
The Highgrove Mediterranean Garden Collection (2)
Woodsmoke plant combination (1)
Year round groundcover plant combination (1)
Yellow and gold plant combination (1)

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Semi (220)
Yes (397)

Leaf colour

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Green (518)
Purple (36)
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Silver (20)
Variegated (67)
Yellow (12)

Ground cover

No (433)
Yes (86)

Position

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Back of border (154)
Bottom of hedges (51)
Conservatories (57)
Covering eyesores (40)
Front of border (229)
Middle of border (248)
Next to a patio (87)
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Next to an entrance (213)
Next to seating areas (198)
Steep banks (75)
Through hedges (45)
Walls & fences (145)

Shape

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Fountain (12)
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Soil moisture

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Red (1)

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2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (1)
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2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (8)
2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (12)
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2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (4)
2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (3)
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2019 - Andy Sturgeon - M & G (1)
2022 - Andy Sturgeon - Mind Garden / Crocus (4)
2023 - Sarah Price - Nurture Garden (9)
2024 - Ula Maria - Muscular Dystrophy (1)

Kitchen garden planting guidelines

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Suitable for compact container gardening (2)
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Suitable for large container gardening (12)
Suitable for window boxes (5)
Use cloche (1)

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Vinca minor 'Atropurpurea'

£7.99 - £32.99

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Rosmarinus officinalis 'Tuscan Blue'

£7.99 - £15.98

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Santolina rosmarinifolia 'Lemon Fizz'

£7.99 - £19.99

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Hippophae rhamnoides - Great Coastal Hedging

£7.99 - £15.98

2 litre pot | 60 - 70cm tall In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

bare root plant | 60 - 90cm tall available to order from autumn

2 + 1 FREE bare root plants available to order from autumn

Award-winning sweet pea collection

~~£10.27~~ £7.68

1 × collection available to order from autumn

Anemone blanda

£7.19 - £17.99

9cm pot available to order from autumn

3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn

10% off

Anemone blanda Mixed

£7.19 - £14.38

50 × bulbs Delivered during September

100 + 50 FREE bulbs Delivered during September

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Viburnum tinus

£6.99 - £89.99

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12 litre pot | 60 - 80cm tall In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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Fuchsia 'Walz Jubelteen'

£6.99 - £13.98

9cm pot available to order from autumn

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Fuchsia 'Thalia'

£6.99 - £13.98

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Fuchsia 'Patricia Hodge' (Buds of May Series)

£6.99 - £13.98

9cm pot available to order from autumn

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Icing sugar sweet pea seed collection

~~£9.07~~ £6.75

1 × collection available to order from autumn

10% off

Narcissus 'Thalia'

£6.74 - £107.99

10 × bulbs Delivered during September

5 × bulbs | organic Delivered during September

15 × bulbs | organic Delivered during September

30 × bulbs Delivered during September

200 × bulbs Delivered during September

9cm pot | 3 per pot available to order from winter

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Eranthis hyemalis Cilicica Group

£6.29 - £21.57

10 × bulbs Delivered during September

20 + 10 FREE bulbs Delivered during September

9cm pot | 3 per pot available to order from winter

6 × 9cm pots available to order from winter

0 star 0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 3.8 5 4

10% off

Anemone blanda blue-flowered

£6.29 - £12.58

25 × bulbs Delivered during September

50 + 25 FREE bulbs Delivered during September

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Vinca minor

£5.99 - £14.99

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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Narcissus 'Minnow'

£5.39 - £12.58

10 × bulbs Delivered during September

20 + 10 FREE bulbs Delivered during September

9cm pot | 3 per pot available to order from winter

2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots available to order from winter

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

10% off

Crocus 'Prins Claus'

£5.39 - £14.40

10 × bulbs Delivered during September

30 × bulbs Delivered during September

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

10% off

Crocus speciosus 'Albus'

£4.49 - £10.80

5 × bulbs Delivered during September

15 × bulbs Delivered during September

50% off

Pelargonium quercifolium

£4.00 - £7.99

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Fuchsia 'Dark Eyes'

£3.50 - £6.99

9cm pot available to order from autumn

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Fuchsia 'Eva Boerg'

£3.50 - £6.99

9cm pot available to order from autumn

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Fuchsia 'Swingtime'

£3.50 - £6.99

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Fuchsia 'Dollar Prinzessin'

£3.50 - £6.99

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0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star

Fuchsia 'Garden News'

£3.50 - £6.99

9cm pot available to order from autumn

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50% off

Fuchsia 'Seventh Heaven'

£3.50 - £6.99

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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Fuchsia 'Snowcap'

£3.50 - £89.99

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2 litre pot available to order from autumn

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Fuchsia 'Voodoo'

£3.50 - £6.99

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Fuchsia 'Heidi Ann'

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Fuchsia 'Ballet Girl'

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Viola odorata

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approx 50 seeds available to order from autumn

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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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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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