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)
Berberis darwinii
Darwin's barberry
Berberis linearifolia 'Orange King'
Narrow-leaved berberis
Berberis thunbergii
Japanese barberry, Thunberg's barberry
Berberis thunbergii 'Golden Rocket'
Japanese barberry, Thunberg's barberry
Berberis thunbergii 'Maria'
Japanese barberry, Thunberg's barberry
Berberis thunbergii 'Orange Rocket'
Thunberg's orange barberry, Thunberg's barberry
Berberis thunbergii 'Tiny Gold'
Japanese barberry, Thunberg's barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea
Japanese barberry, Thunberg's barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 'Admiration'
Barberry, Thunberg's barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 'Atropurpurea Nana'
Crimson pygmy barberry, Little favourite, Japanese barberry, Thunberg's barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 'Golden Ring'
Japanese barberry, Thunberg's barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 'Harlequin'
Thunberg's mottled barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 'Helmond Pillar'
Japanese barberry, Thunberg's barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 'Rose Glow'
Japanese barberry, Thunberg's barberry
Berberis x lologensis 'Mystery Fire'
Lologensis barberry
Berberis x media 'Red Jewel'
Median hybrid barberry
Berberis x stenophylla
Rosemary barberry
Calamagrostis brachytricha
Korean feather reed grass
Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
Feather reed grass
Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Overdam'
Feather reed grass
Campanula carpatica 'Blaue Clips'
Carpathian bellflower, Tussock bellflower, Carpathian harebell
Campanula portenschlagiana
Dalmation Wall harebell
Campanula portenschlagiana 'Catharina'
Dalmation bellflower, Wall harebell
Campanula poscharskyana
Serbian bellflower, Trailing bellflower
Campanula poscharskyana 'Stella'
Serbian bellflower, Trailing bellflower
Carex brunnea 'Jenneke'
Greater brown sedge
Carex buchananii
Leatherleaf sedge grass, Fox red sedge
Carex comans 'Frosted Curls'
Frosted curls hair sedge, New Zealand hairy sedge, Hair sedge, Green wig
Carex elata 'Aurea'
Bowles's golden sedge, Tufted sedge, Stiff sedge, European tussock sedge
Carex Milk Chocolate = 'Milchoc'
Milk chocolate hair sedge
Carex morrowii 'Fishers Form'
Japanese sedge, Morrows sedge, Kan suge
Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'
Evergold Japanese sedge, Japanese sedge grass, Oshima kan suge
Carex oshimensis 'Everillo'
Japanese sedge grass, Oshima kan suge
Carex testacea
Orange New Zealand sedge
Carex testacea 'Prairie Fire'
Orange New Zealand sedge
Carex trifida 'Rekohu Sunrise'
Golden variegated three cleft sedge, Sedge
Centaurea 'John Coutts'
John Coutts cornflower, Cornflower
Centaurea montana
Mountain knapweed, Perennial cornflower, Mountain bluet, Perennial bachelor's buttons
Cephalotaxus harringtonii 'Fastigiata'
Slender Japanese plum yew
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Geisha Girl'
Showy Chinese quince
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Fernspray Gold'
Golden fernspray cypress, Hinoki cypress
Clematis montana var. grandiflora
Mountain clematis
Clematis montana var. rubens
Mountain clematis
Clematis montana var. rubens 'Tetrarose'
Mountain clematis
Cornus alba 'Elegantissima'
Silver variegated dogwood, Red-barked dogwood, White fruited dogwood, Tatarian dogwood
Cornus alba 'Kesselringii'
Red-barked dogwood, White fruited dogwood, Tatarian dogwood
Cornus alba 'Sibirica Variegata'
Siberian dogwood, Red-barked dogwood, Tatarian dogwood
Cornus alba 'Sibirica'
Siberian dogwood, Red-barked dogwood, Tatarian dogwood