Feature plants (architectural)
A single shrub or tree capturing attention all year round and that can be used as a focal point in the garden. Plants have architectural qualities when they have a distinctive growth habit such as a column or cone. In general use trees, shrubs, conifers and some perennials and grasses, as well as palms and cactus all have architectural qualities. Conifers with their clean shape make good candidates. Or choose plants with tiered or horizontal branches, or a weeping growth habit. ; Top tip: Check height and spread measurements, particularly making sure it will not grow too large for the intended space. You want a feature plant, not something that will overpower everything else in your garden.
Architectural - acer trees
169 plants
Architectural - bamboo
25 plants
Architectural - cactus
Architectural - conifers
332 plants
Architectural - fern
5 plants
Architectural - fruit tree
40 plants
Architectural - grasses
90 plants
Architectural - palms
37 plants
Architectural - perennials
113 plants
Architectural - shrubs
520 plants
Architectural - trees
736 plants
All plants (1802)
Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck Gold'
Gold dawyck beech, European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck Purple'
Purple dawyck beech, European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck'
Dawyck beech, European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula'
Weeping beech, European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica 'Purple Fountain'
European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea Pendula'
Weeping purple beech, European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica 'Red Obelisk'
European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica 'Riversii'
Rivers purple beech, European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica 'Rohan Gold'
European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica 'Rohanii'
Purple fern leaved beech, European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica 'Spaethiana'
European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica 'Zlatia'
Golden beech, European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica Atropurpurea Group
Purple beech, Copper beech
Fagus sylvatica f. laciniata
Cut leaf beech, Fern leaf beech, European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica var. heterophylla 'Aspleniifolia'
Cut leaf beech, Fern leaf beech, European beech, Common beech
Fargesia angustissima 'One Boo™ Silkleaf'
Narrow leaf bamboo
Fargesia murielae 'Simba'
Umbrella bamboo, Muriel bamboo
Fargesia murieliae 'Luca'
Dwarf umbrella bamboo
Fatsia japonica
False castor oil plant, Glossy leaved paper plant, Japanese fatsia, Japanese aralia
Fatsia japonica 'Variegata'
False castor oil plant, Glossy leaved paper plant, Japanese fatsia, Japanese aralia
Ferula communis
Giant fennel
Festuca glauca 'Sunrise'
Blue fescue, Grey fescue, Blue sheep's fescue
Firmiana simplex
Chinese parasol tree, Phoenix tree, Chinese bottle tree, Wu tree, Japanese varnish tree
Fitzroya cupressoides
Patagonian cypress, Alerce cypress
Foeniculum vulgare
Fennel
Fraxinus americana
White ash
Fraxinus angustifolia
Narrow leaved ash
Fraxinus angustifolia 'Raywood'
Raywood ash claret ash, Narrow leaved ash
Fraxinus excelsior
Common ash, European ash, Fine leaved ash
Fraxinus excelsior
Common ash, European ash, Fine-leaved ash
Fraxinus excelsior 'Crispa'
Curl-leaf common ash, European ash
Fraxinus excelsior 'Jaspidea'
Golden ash, Common ash, European ash, Fine leaved ash
Fraxinus excelsior 'Pendula'
Weeping ash, Common ash, European ash, Fine leaved ash
Fraxinus ornus
Manna ash, Flowering ash
Fremontodendron 'California Glory'
Flannel bush, California beauty, Fremontia
Genista aetnensis
Sicilian broom, Mount Etna broom
Ginkgo biloba
Gingko, Maidenhair tree
Ginkgo biloba 'Autumn Gold'
Gingko, Maidenhair tree
Ginkgo biloba 'Fastigiata'
Gingko, Maidenhair tree
Ginkgo biloba 'Saratoga'
Gingko, Maidenhair tree
Ginkgo biloba Variegata Group
Gingko, Maidenhair tree
Gleditsia triacanthos
Common honey locust
Gleditsia triacanthos 'Bujotii'
Grey honey locust, Common honey locust
Gleditsia triacanthos 'Sunburst'
Common honey locust
Grevillea juniperina
Juniper leaf grevillea, Juniper leaf spider flower
Gymnocladus dioica
Kentucky coffee tree, Chicot
Hakonechloa
Hakone grass
Hakonechloa macra
Hakone grass, Urahagusa, Japanese reed grass