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)
Centaurea montana 'Carnea'
Mountain knapweed, Perennial cornflower, Mountain bluet, Perennial bachelor's buttons
Centaurea montana 'Gold Bullion'
Mountain knapweed, Perennial cornflower, Mountain bluet, Perennial bachelor's buttons
Centaurea montana 'Purple Heart'
Mountain knapweed, Perennial cornflower, Mountain bluet, Perennial bachelor's buttons
Centaurea montana 'Tini's Pink'
Knapweed, Perennial cornflower
Centaurea nigra
Comon knapweed, Black knapweed, Hard heads, Lesser knapweed
Centaurea pulcherrima
Most beautiful knapweed
Centaurea ruthenica
Ruthenia knapweed
Centaurea scabiosa
Greater knapweed
Centaurea simplicicaulis
Unbranched knapweed
Chaenomeles 'Orange Star'
Flowering quince
Chaenomeles cathayensis
Chinese quince
Chaenomeles Madame Butterfly = 'Whitice'
Flowering quince
Chaenomeles speciosa
Showy Chinese quince
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Eximia'
Showy Chinese quince
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Mango Storm'
Showy Chinese quince, Flowering quince, Japonica
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Moerloosei'
Showy Chinese quince
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Nivalis'
Showy Chinese quince
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Yukigotan'
Showy Chinese quince
Chaenomeles x superba 'Pink Lady'
Flowering quince
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Aurea Densa'
Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Bleu Nantais'
Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Ellwood's Gold'
Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Ellwoodii'
Ellwood's lawson cypress, Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Green Globe'
Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Minima Aurea'
Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Nana'
Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Pygmaea Argentea'
Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Pygmy'
Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Silver Threads'
Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Snow White'
Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Ellwood's Pillar = 'Flolar'
Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Lycopodioides'
Hinoki cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Mariesii'
Hinoki cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Aurea'
Dwarf Hinoki cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Lutea'
Hinoki cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Saffron Spray'
Hinoki cypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Curly Top'
Sawara cypress, Japanese false cypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Aurea'
Sawara cypress, Japanese false cypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Aureovariegata'
Sawara cypress, Japanese false cypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Nana'
Sawara cypress, Japanese false cypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Plumosa Juniperoides'
Sawara cypress, Japanese false cypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Sungold'
Sawara cypress, Japanese false cypress
Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Andelyensis'
White cypress, Coast white cedar, White cedar
Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Rubicon'
Red white cypress
Chionochloa conspicua
Glory of the snow, Tussock grass, Plumed tussock grass, Hunangamoho grass
Chionochloa rubra
Red tussock grass, Red snow grass
Clematis montana 'By the Way'
Virgin's bower
Clematis montana 'Giant Star'