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)
Kniphofia 'Jenny Bloom'
Red hot poker
Kniphofia 'Light of the World'
Red hot poker
Kniphofia 'Little Elf'
Red hot poker
Kniphofia 'Little Maid'
Red hot poker
Kniphofia 'Orange Vanilla Popsicle'
Red hot poker
Kniphofia 'Percy's Pride'
Red hot poker
Kniphofia 'Pineapple Popsicle'
Red hot poker
Kniphofia 'Shining Sceptre'
Red hot poker
Kniphofia 'Spanish Gold'
Red hot poker
Kniphofia 'Sunningdale Yellow'
Red hot poker
Kniphofia 'Tetbury Torch'
Red hot poker
Kniphofia 'Toffee Nosed'
Red hot poker
Kniphofia caulescens
Lesotho red hot poker, Basuto torch lily
Kniphofia hirsuta 'Traffic Lights'
Hairy Red hot poker
Kniphofia linearifolia
Common marsh poker
Kniphofia rooperi
British caffraia, Winter poker
Kniphofia thomsonii var. thomsonii
Thomsons red hot poker
Kniphofia triangularis
Mandarin poker
Kniphofia uvaria
Red hot poker, Torch lily, Cape red hot poker
Laburnum alpinum 'Pendulum'
Bean tree, Weeping scotch laburnum, Scotch laburnum, Alpine golden chain
Lavandula 'Devonshire Compact White'
Lavender
Lavandula 'Fathead'
Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia 'Havana'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Lavandula angustifolia 'Loddon Blue'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Lavandula angustifolia 'Miss Katherine'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Lavandula angustifolia 'Peter Pan'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Lavandula angustifolia 'Princess Blue'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Lavandula x intermedia 'Edelweiss'
Lavandin, Intermediate lavender
Lavandula x intermedia 'Heavenly Night'
Lavandin, Intermediate lavender
Lavandula x intermedia Walberton's Silver Edge = 'Walvera'
Lavandin, Intermediate lavender
Ligustrum ibota Musli = 'Muster'
Japanese ibota privet
Ligustrum japonicum
Japanese privet
Ligustrum japonicum 'Texanum'
Japanese privet
Ligustrum ovalifolium 'Argenteum'
Silver privet, Oval leaf privet, California privet
Ligustrum ovalifolium 'Aureum'
Golden privet, Oval leaf privet, California privet
Ligustrum quihoui
Chinese privet
Liriope muscari 'Gold-banded'
Lily turf
Lonicera japonica
Japanese honyesuckle, Gold and silver flower
Lonicera japonica 'Aureoreticulata'
Japanese honyesuckle, Gold and silver flower
Lonicera japonica 'Horwood Gem'
Honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica 'Mint Crisp'
Japanese honeysuckle, Gold and silver flower
Lonicera japonica 'Princess Kate'
Honeysuckle
Lonicera ligustrina var. yunnanensis 'Baggesen's Gold'
Shining honeysuckle, Boxleaf honeysuckle
Lonicera ligustrina var. yunnanensis 'Lemon Beauty'
Shining honeysuckle, Boxleaf honeysuckle
Lonicera syringantha
Lilac honeysuckle
Lupinus 'Masterpiece'
West Country lupin
Luzula nivea
Snow rush, Snowy woodrush
Luzula sylvatica 'Aurea'
Greater wood rush, Sylvan woodrush