Windy urban spaces
You don't have to live on a hill or open countryside to experience windy conditions. In this section, plants have been selected which suit garden spaces in the urban environment. For example, new build properties where gardens are typically exposed and the soil often quite poor.
1. Create a living windbreak (windy urban)
318 plants
2. Climbers (windy urban)
70 plants
3. Shrubs for structure (windy urban)
351 plants
4. Feature plants (windy urban)
134 plants
5. Containers and pots (windy urban)
492 plants
6a. Flowers every year (windy urban)
1449 plants
6b. Roses (windy urban)
1182 plants
7. Ferns, grasses, hostas and other foliage plants (windy urban)
469 plants
8. Ground cover and small plants (windy urban)
218 plants
All plants (4215)
Aquilegia caerulea 'Colorado'
Columbine
Aquilegia chrysantha 'Yellow Queen'
Golden spurred columbine, Texas columbine, Golden columbine
Aquilegia flabellata
Fan columbine
Aquilegia flabellata var. pumila 'Atlantis'
Dwarf aquilegia, Fan columbine
Aquilegia Langdons Rainbow hybrids
Columbine, Granny's bonnet
Aquilegia long-spurred hybrids
Long-spurred columbine
Aquilegia longissima
Long-spurred columbine
Aquilegia McKana Group
Columbine, Granny's bonnet
Aquilegia pyrenaica
Pyrenees columbine
Aquilegia Songbird Series
Columbine, Granny's bonnet
Aquilegia vulgaris
Common columbine, Culverwort, European columbine, European crowfoot, Granny's bonnet
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Black Barlow'
Columbine, Barlow columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Blue Barlow'
Columbine, Barlow columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Bordeaux Barlow'
Columbine, Barlow columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Clementine Blue'
Columbine, Clementine columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Clementine Rose'
Columbine, Clementine columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Clementine Salmon Rose'
Columbine, Clementine columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Clementine White'
Columbine, Clementine columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Nivea'
Common columbine, Granny's bonnet
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Rose Barlow'
Columbine, Clementine columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris 'White Barlow'
Columbine, Barlow columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris 'William Guinness'
Common columbine, Granny's bonnet
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Winky Blue-White'
Columbine, Winky columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Winky Double Red-White'
Columbine, Winky columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Winky Double White-White'
Columbine, Winky columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Winky Purple-White'
Columbine, Winky columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Winky Red-White'
Columbine, Winky columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Woodside Blue'
Common columbine, Granny's bonnet
Aquilegia vulgaris var. alba
Columbine, Clementine columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris var. flore-pleno 'White Bonnet'
Common columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata 'Nora Barlow'
Common columbine, Granny's bonnet
Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata 'Ruby Port'
Common columbine, Granny's bonnet
Aquilegia vulgaris Vervaeneana Group
Common columbine, Granny's bonnet
Aquilegia vulgaris Winky Series
Columbine, Winky columbine
Aquilegia Winky Series
Columbine
Arabis alpina subsp. caucasica 'Schneehaube'
Alpine rock cress
Arabis blepharophylla 'Fruhlingszauber'
Rose rock cress
Arabis blepharophylla 'Rose Delight'
Fringed Leaf Rock Cress
Armeria juniperifolia
Juniper thrift, Pyrenees thrift
Armeria juniperifolia 'Bevan's Variety'
Juniper thrift, Pyrenees thrift
Armeria maritima
Common thrift, Sea thrift, Ladies cushion, Maritime thrift
Armeria maritima 'Alba'
Common thrift, Sea thrift, Ladies cushion, Maritime thrift
Armeria maritima 'Armada Rose'
Common thrift, Sea thrift, Ladies cushion, Maritime thrift
Armeria maritima 'Armada White'
Common thrift, Sea thrift, Ladies cushion, Maritime thrift
Armeria maritima 'Dusseldorfer Stolz'
Common thrift, Sea thrift, Ladies cushion, Maritime thrift
Armeria maritima 'Rubrifolia'
Common thrift, Sea thrift, Ladies cushion, Maritime thrift
Armeria pseudarmeria (Formosa)
Estoril thrift, Pinkball thrift, False thrift
Artemisia abrotanum
Southernwood, Lad's love