Pink and purple long-flowering plant combination (2)
Pinks and purple dry shade plant combination (2)
Pinks and purples plant combination (4)
Plants for pollinators plant combination (3)
Prairie plant combination (2)
Purple and gold plant combination (3)
Red and orange plant combination (2)
Rich tones slug resistant plant combination (3)
Sanguisorba and Calamagrostis plant combination (2)
Sedum and Aster plant combination (1)
Self seeding seed combination (1)
Shade lovers plant combination (2)
Shady chalk plant combination (2)
Shady clay plant combination (2)
Shady lady plant combination (1)
Slug resistant plant combination for shade (2)
Slug resistant plant combination (2)
Stars of the show plant combination (1)
Stipa and Verbascum plant combination (1)
Summer sizzlers plant combination (1)
Sun baked plant combination (1)
Sunny chalk plant combination (2)
Sunny clay plant combination (2)
The Highgrove Hosta Collection (1)
The Highgrove Kitchen Garden Collection (4)
The Highgrove Mediterranean Garden Collection (1)
Tiarella and Brunnera plant combination (4)
Vibrant colour seed combination (7)
White flowering seed combination (7)
Year round groundcover plant combination (2)
Yellow and gold plant combination (2)
Hardy
No (110)
Semi (159)
Yes (1477)
Leaf colour
Blue (42)
Bronze (19)
Green (1542)
Purple (45)
Red (14)
Silver (13)
Variegated (68)
Yellow (25)
Ground cover
No (971)
Yes (380)
Position
Arches & pergolas (98)
Back of border (252)
Bottom of hedges (96)
Conservatories (33)
Covering eyesores (103)
Front of border (695)
Middle of border (651)
Next to a patio (236)
Next to a pond (71)
Next to an entrance (332)
Next to seating areas (362)
Steep banks (263)
Through hedges (111)
Walls & fences (278)
Shape
Ball (11)
Bushy (21)
Columnar (3)
Fountain (33)
Hummock (13)
Lollipop (4)
Pyramid (2)
Spreading (1)
Weeping (5)
Soil moisture
Damp (95)
Dry/Sandy (376)
Normal (1719)
Red (1)
Kitchen garden planting guidelines
Propagate in green house (100)
Suitable for compact container gardening (41)
Suitable for grow beds (121)
Suitable for large container gardening (168)
Suitable for window boxes (41)
Use cloche (106)
Plants that Grow in Most Soils
If you don’t know what kind of soil you have then you should choose one of the plants on the list below. These plants don’t really care what soil they are growing in - provided they are kept reasonably well fed and watered.