Plants that Flower in October

The garden is lit up like a torch as as the leaves turn fiery shades, but there are still flowers to be had too. The ornamental grasses are often at their best now, but if you want something a little more exotic, try a nerine.

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Planting combinations

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Agastache and Angelica plant combination (2)
Agastache and Echinops plant combination (1)
Agastache and Helenium plant combination (1)
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Echinops and Salvia plant combination (1)
Edible flower seed combination (1)
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Inula and Persicaria plant combination (1)
Less is more plant combination (1)
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Pink and purple long-flowering plant combination (1)
Pinks and purples plant combination (1)
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Red and orange plant combination (2)
Rich tones slug resistant plant combination (1)
Sedum and Aster plant combination (1)
Shady clay plant combination (2)
Spires and spots plant combination (2)
Stars of the show plant combination (1)
Sunny chalk plant combination (1)
Sunny clay plant combination (1)
The Highgrove Kitchen Garden Collection (4)
Vibrant colour for bees plant combination (1)
Vibrant colour seed combination (6)
White flowering seed combination (8)
Year round groundcover plant combination (1)
Yellow and gold plant combination (1)

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Red (67)
White (73)
Yellow (29)

Evergreen / deciduous

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Fragrance

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Aromatic foliage (21)
Evening scent (5)
Highly scented (12)
Roses that are slightly scented (3)
Roses that are well scented (2)
Roses with a knockout scent (4)

Attractive to wildlife

Attractive to bees (129)
Attractive to birds (10)
Attractive to butterflies and moths (62)
Attractive to pollinators (122)
Attractive to wildlife (121)

Quick growing

No (6)
Quite (203)
Yes (176)

Eventual size

Large (52)
Medium (148)
Small (150)

Special features

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Attractive seedheads (30)
Autumn foliage colour (11)
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Flowering (311)
Invasive (1)
Large leaved (6)
Long flowering (169)
Low maintenance (100)
Makes a good hedge or screen (13)
Plants that are native (2)
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Plants that help filter noise (1)
Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (50)
Plants that will cope with the odd football (12)
Plants to deter vandals and burglars (5)
Resistant to diseases (50)
Rose hips (4)
Scented Leaves (1)
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Small leaved (25)
Stylish in the border (31)
Sublime umbelliferas (1)
Suitable for containers (167)
Suitable for hanging baskets (61)
Tough plants that are harder to kill (12)
Winter colour (26)

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Bathrooms (4)
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Conservatories (3)
Hallways and landings (1)
Home office (4)
Kitchens (31)
Living spaces (31)
Offices (3)

Bulb planting time

Autumn planting (1)
Spring planting (25)

Bulb divisions

Dahlia (Division 1) Single-flowered (2)
Dahlia (Division 10) Miscellaneous (2)
Dahlia (Division 11) Fimbriated (2)
Dahlia (Division 12) Star (2)
Dahlia (Division 14) Paeony-flowered (3)
Dahlia (Division 2) Anemone-flowered (2)
Dahlia (Division 5) Decorative (5)
Dahlia (Division 6) Ball (1)
Dahlia (Division 8) Cactus (2)
Dahlia (Division 9) Semi cactus (4)

Bedding planting time

Autumn & winter planting bedding (3)
Spring & summer planting bedding (74)

Chelsea plant of year

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March (40)
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August (3)
September (4)
October (2)
November (1)
December (1)

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February (2)
March (10)
April (23)
May (37)
June (13)
July (3)
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September (20)
October (12)

Vegetable harvesting month

July (1)
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September (2)
October (1)

Vegetable groups

Legumes (1)
Other cooking vegetables (1)

Hardy

No (86)
Semi (101)
Yes (173)

Leaf colour

Blue (5)
Bronze (10)
Green (323)
Purple (15)
Red (2)
Silver (3)
Variegated (14)
Yellow (2)

Ground cover

No (237)
Yes (52)

Position

Arches & pergolas (3)
Back of border (21)
Bottom of hedges (5)
Conservatories (10)
Covering eyesores (8)
Front of border (166)
Middle of border (126)
Next to a patio (74)
Next to a pond (10)
Next to an entrance (58)
Next to seating areas (89)
Steep banks (30)
Through hedges (9)
Walls & fences (18)

Shape

Ball (5)
Bushy (3)
Columnar (1)
Fountain (10)
Hummock (2)
Lollipop (1)

Soil moisture

Damp (11)
Dry/Sandy (101)
Normal (317)

Used at Chelsea

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2005 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (1)
2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (2)
2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (3)
2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (3)
2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (4)
2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (2)
2015 - Dan Pearson - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2016 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (1)
2017 - James Basson - M & G (1)
2022 - Andy Sturgeon - Mind Garden / Crocus (1)
2023 - Sarah Price - Nurture Garden (3)

Kitchen garden planting guidelines

Propagate in green house (19)
Suitable for compact container gardening (5)
Suitable for grow beds (26)
Suitable for large container gardening (26)
Suitable for window boxes (5)
Use cloche (21)

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Persicaria orientalis 'Cerise Pearls'

£3.49

approx 100 seeds In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

Cosmos bipinnatus 'Sensation Pinkie' (Sensation Series)

£2.99

approx 100 seeds In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

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Matthiola incana 'Anytime Red' (Anytime Series)

£2.99

approx 100 seeds In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

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Cosmos bipinnatus 'Hummingbird Lilac'

£3.49

approx 40 seeds In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

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Cosmos bipinnatus 'Candy Stripe'

£2.99

approx 100 seeds In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)

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Abelia × grandiflora

£19.99 - £59.99

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

7.5 litre pot | 50 - 80cm tall In stock (shipped within 7-10 working days)

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Agastache 'Blue Fortune'

£4.49 - £29.99

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

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Ceanothus 'Autumnal Blue'

£24.99

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

0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.7 5 7

Clematis 'Madame Julia Correvon'

£14.99 - £16.79

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

9cm pot | 30cm cane available to order from summer

0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.6 5 11

Cyclamen hederifolium var. hederifolium f. albiflorum

£8.99 - £38.00

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

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

Lonicera periclymenum 'Serotina'

£14.99 - £22.49

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

9cm pot | 30cm cane available to order from summer

0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.4 5 8

Hakonechloa macra 'Alboaurea'

£19.99

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

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Miscanthus sinensis 'Kleine Silberspinne'

£5.99 - £49.99

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Anemone × hybrida 'Königin Charlotte'

£6.99 - £45.00

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

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Aster × frikartii 'Mönch'

£5.24 - £33.75

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

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0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.8 5 53

Geranium × oxonianum 'Wargrave Pink'

£7.99 - £39.99

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

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Liriope muscari

£8.99 - £33.75

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0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.4 5 28

Lobelia cardinalis 'Queen Victoria'

£7.99 - £45.00

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

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2 litre pot available to order from summer

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0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.6 5 11

Penstemon 'Apple Blossom'

£7.99 - £33.00

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

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

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Bistorta officinalis 'Superba'

£7.99 - £33.75

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

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