Plants for the Back of the Border

Taller plants sit well towards the back of the border, adding height as well as providing a backdrop for the front-runners.

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Tolerate air pollution (83)
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Planting combinations

Acid shade plant combination (1)
Agastache and Angelica plant combination (1)
Astrantia and Digitalis plant combination (1)
Attracting wildlife seed combination (1)
Bold foliage for shade plant combination (1)
Create a praire plant combination (2)
Create a prairie plant combination (2)
Dry sun plant combination (2)
Echinops and Achillea plant combination (1)
Foeniculum and Astrantia plant combination (1)
Golden prairie plant combination (1)
Green and white plant combination (1)
Inula and Persicaria plant combination (1)
Less is more plant combination (2)
Opposites attract plant combination (1)
Persicaria and Echinacea plant combination (1)
Pinks and purples plant combination (1)
Prairie plant combination (1)
Pulmonaria and Athyrium plant combination (1)
Purple and gold plant combination (1)
Sanguisorba and Calamagrostis plant combination (1)
Shady chalk plant combination (1)
Slug resistant plant combination for shade (2)
Spires and spots plant combination (2)
Stars of the show plant combination (1)
Stipa and Verbascum plant combination (1)
The Highgrove Kitchen Garden Collection (2)
The Highgrove Mixed Delphinium Collection (2)
The Highgrove Purple Delphinium Collection (1)

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March (39)
April (96)
May (142)
June (139)
July (133)
August (135)
September (104)
October (19)
November (6)
December (5)

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Colourful collections / bicolours (9)
Black (1)
Blue (25)
Green (8)
Orange (6)
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Purple (50)
Red (27)
White (182)
Yellow (38)

Evergreen / deciduous

Deciduous (297)
Evergreen (110)
Semi-evergreen (15)

Fragrance

All scented flowers (69)
Aromatic foliage (34)
Evening scent (7)
Highly scented (16)
Roses that are slightly scented (1)
Roses that are well scented (1)
Roses with a knockout scent (3)

Attractive to wildlife

Attractive to bees (180)
Attractive to birds (84)
Attractive to butterflies and moths (43)
Attractive to pollinators (117)
Attractive to wildlife (195)

Quick growing

No (42)
Quite (293)
Yes (138)

Eventual size

Large (262)
Medium (191)
Small (55)

Special features

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Attractive bark (4)
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Autumn foliage colour (54)
Berries or fruit (117)
Coloured leaves (39)
Colourful bark or stems (20)
Columnar (11)
Deciduous (88)
Easy to grow (34)
Evergreen / semi evergreen (124)
Fast growing (63)
Flower spires (29)
Flowering (347)
Invasive (1)
Large leaved (15)
Long flowering (55)
Low maintenance (103)
Makes a good hedge or screen (120)
Non invasive bamboo (5)
Plants that are native (26)
Plants that don't need pruning (20)
Plants that help filter noise (32)
Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (102)
Plants that will cope with the odd football (170)
Plants to deter vandals and burglars (15)
Resistant to diseases (85)
Rose hips (2)
Scented Leaves (6)
Scented flowers (24)
Small leaved (14)
Stylish in the border (81)
Sublime umbelliferas (5)
Suitable for containers (79)
Suitable for hanging baskets (4)
Tough plants that are harder to kill (56)
Weeping (10)
Winter colour (89)

Fruit pollination group

Apple pollination group 2 (3)
Apple pollination group 3 (11)
Apple pollination group 4 (7)
Cherry pollination group 3 (2)
Cherry pollination group 4 (1)
Plum pollination group 1 (1)
Plum pollination group 2 (4)
Plum pollination group 3 (3)
Plum pollination group 5 (1)
Self-fertile (11)

Sowing month inside or protected

January (1)
February (10)
March (22)
April (18)
May (10)
June (1)
October (1)
November (1)
December (1)

Sowing month outside

February (2)
March (6)
April (15)
May (21)
June (9)
July (1)
August (1)
September (5)
October (4)

Vegetable harvesting month

June (1)
July (1)
August (3)
September (2)
October (2)

Vegetable groups

Legumes (1)
Other cooking vegetables (2)

Multibuy packs

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Multibuy offers (67)
Selected offers (4)

Hardy

No (12)
Semi (58)
Yes (365)

Leaf colour

Blue (18)
Bronze (10)
Green (391)
Purple (13)
Red (14)
Silver (8)
Variegated (15)
Yellow (6)

Ground cover

No (283)
Yes (26)

Shape

Ball (6)
Bushy (13)
Columnar (5)
Fountain (14)
Pyramid (1)
Spreading (2)
Weeping (2)

Soil moisture

Damp (25)
Dry/Sandy (79)
Normal (413)

Used at Chelsea

2002 - HRH The Prince of Wales - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2003 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2004 - Sir Terrance Conran - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2005 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (7)
2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (5)
2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (5)
2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (5)
2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (4)
2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (8)
2011 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (4)
2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (7)
2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (5)
2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (1)
2015 - Dan Pearson - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (4)
2016 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (2)
2016 - Jekka McVicar - St John's Hospice (2)
2017 - James Basson - M & G (3)
2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (1)
2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (7)
2019 - Andy Sturgeon - M & G (5)
2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (5)
2022 - Andy Sturgeon - Mind Garden / Crocus (8)
2023 - Sarah Price - Nurture Garden (4)

Kitchen garden planting guidelines

Propagate in green house (14)
Suitable for grow beds (19)
Suitable for large container gardening (22)
Use cloche (15)

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Oenothera lindheimeri 'Siskiyou Pink'

£6.99 - £45.00

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

2 litre pot available to order from summer

3 × 2 litre pots available to order from summer

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Wisteria floribunda 'Yae-Kokuryū'

£37.99 - £112.49

3 litre pot | 60cm cane | grafted In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

5 litre pot | 1.5m cane | grafted available to order from summer

10 litre pot | 1.5m cane | grafted available to order from summer

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Viburnum opulus 'Roseum'

£8.99 - £63.74

2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

9cm pot available to order from summer

3 × 9cm pots available to order from summer

12 litre pot | 1.0 - 1.25m tall available to order from summer

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Passiflora 'Amethyst'

£14.99 - £24.99

9cm pot | 30cm cane In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

3 litre pot | 60cm cane available to order from summer

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Corylus avellana 'Red Majestic'

£74.99 - £86.24

12 litre pot | 1 - 1.25m tall | grafted In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

9 litre pot | 1.2 - 1.5m tall available to order from summer

25% off selected

Syringa vulgaris 'Andenken an Ludwig Späth'

£29.99 - £74.99

3 litre pot In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

12 litre pot | 80 - 100cm tall | grafted available to order from summer

cherry 'Summer Sun'

£34.99 - £179.99

11.5 litre pot | G5 root stock | 1.2m In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

bare root | Colt root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn 2024

9 litre pot | Colt root stock | 1.2m available to order from summer

bare root | Colt root stock | ½ standard available to order from autumn 2024

cherry 'Stella'

£34.99 - £109.99

11.5 litre pot | G5 root stock | 1.2m In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

12 litre pot | Colt root stock | 1.5m In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

bare root | Colt root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn 2024

9 litre pot | Colt root stock | 1.2m available to order from summer

bare root | G5 root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn 2024

25% off selected

tayberry 'Medana'

£10.99 - £35.98

2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

bare root plant available to order from autumn 2024

3 litre pot available to order from summer

2 + 1 FREE bare root plants available to order from autumn 2024

2 + 1 FREE 3 litre pots available to order from summer

damson 'Farleigh Damson'

£34.99 - £164.99

12 litre pot | SJA root stock | 1.5m In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

bare root | SJA root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn 2024

9 litre pot | SJA root stock | 1.2m available to order from summer

plum 'Herman'

£26.99 - £169.99

12 litre pot | VVA-1 root stock | 1.5m In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

bare root | SJA root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn 2024

9 litre pot | SJA root stock | 1.2m available to order from summer

quince 'Vranja'

£34.99 - £169.99

12 litre pot | QA root stock |½ standard In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

bare root | QA root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn 2024

Prunus 'Kursar'

£39.99 - £164.99

12 litre pot | 1.2 - 1.5m tall In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn 2024

25% off selected

Ligustrum 'Aureum' - golden privet hedging

£21.99 - £179.99

2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

12 litre pot | 80 - 100cm tall In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

25 × bare root plants | 40 - 60cm tall available to order from autumn 2024

apple 'Rossete'

£48.99 - £169.99

12 litre pot | MM106 root stock | 1.5m In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

12 litre pot | M26 root stock | 1.5m In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

11.5 litre pot | M27 root stock | 1.2m In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

bare root | MM106 root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn 2024

plum 'Guinevere'

£34.99 - £169.99

12 litre pot | VVA-1 root stock | 1.5m In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

bare root | SJA root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn 2024

damson 'Prune Damson'

£34.99 - £119.99

12 litre pot | SJA root stock | 1.5m In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

bare root | SJA root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn 2024

9 litre pot | SJA root stock | 1.2m available to order from summer

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Prunus × yedoensis 'Shidare-Yoshino'

£44.99 - £164.99

12 litre pot | 1.2 - 1.5m tall In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn 2024

Sorbus aucuparia 'Beissneri'

£39.99 - £164.99

12 litre pot | 1.2 - 1.5m tall In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn 2024

Sorbus × thuringiaca 'Fastigiata'

£39.99 - £69.99

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

bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn 2024

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