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)
Heuchera Key Lime Pie = 'Tnheu042'
Coral bells, Alumroot
Heuchera villosa 'Palace Purple'
Purple leaved coral bells, Hairy alum root
Hosta 'Big Daddy'
Plantain Iily, Funkia
Hosta 'Empress Wu'
Plantain Iily, Funkia
Hosta 'Francee'
Plantain Iily, Funkia
Hosta 'Frances Williams'
Plantain Iily, Funkia
Hosta 'Great Expectations'
Plantain Iily, Funkia
Hosta 'Hadspen Blue'
Plantain Iily, Funkia
Hosta 'Halcyon'
Plantain Iily, Funkia
Hosta 'Orange Marmalade'
Plantain lily, Funkia
Hosta 'Patriot'
Plantain Iily, Funkia
Hosta 'Praying Hands'
Plantain lily, Funkia
Hosta 'Reversed' (sieboldiana hybrid)
Plantain lily, Funkia
Hosta 'Wide Brim'
Plantain Iily, Funkia
Hosta fortunei var. aureomarginata
Renge-Giboshi, Fortune's hosta
Hosta sieboldiana var. elegans
Siebold hosta
Hypericum x hidcoteense 'Hidcote'
St John's wort, St Peter's wort
Iberis 'Masterpiece'
Candytuft
Iris pseudacorus 'Variegata'
Water iris, Yellow iris, Yellow flag, Water flag, False iris
Kalmia angustifolia f. rubra
Sheep laurel
Kerria japonica 'Pleniflora'
Japanese rose, Jew's mallow
Kniphofia 'Lemon Popsicle'
Red hot poker
Kniphofia 'Mango Popsicle'
Red hot poker
Kniphofia 'Nancy's Red'
Red hot poker
Kniphofia 'Papaya Popsicle'
Red hot poker
Kniphofia 'Redhot Popsicle'
Red hot poker
Koeleria glauca
Blue hair grass, Glaucous hair grass
Lathyrus latifolius
Perennial pea, Broad leaved everlasting pea, Large leaved lathyrus, Wild sweet pea
Lathyrus latifolius 'Red Pearl'
Perennial pea, Broad leaved everlasting pea, Large leaved lathyrus, Wild sweet pea
Lathyrus latifolius 'White Pearl'
Perennial pea, Broad leaved everlasting pea, Large leaved lathyrus, Wild sweet pea
Lavandula angustifolia 'Arctic Snow'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Lavandula Tiara = 'Fair 10'
Lavender
Ligustrum ovalifolium
Oval leaf privet, California privet
Ligustrum ovalifolium 'Lemon and Lime'
Golden privet
Liriope muscari
Big blue lily turf, Southern lilyturf, Blue lilyturf
Lonicera japonica 'Hall's Prolific'
Japanese honyesuckle, Gold and silver flower
Lonicera japonica 'Halliana'
Japanese honyesuckle, Gold and silver flower
Mahonia x media 'Winter Sun'
Hybrid barberry
Milium effusum 'Aureum'
Millet, Bowles's golden grass, Wood millet, Woodrush
Miscanthus sinensis 'Ferner Osten'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass
Molinia caerulea 'Variegata'
Purple moor grass, Mountain's friend
Nandina domestica
Chinese sacred bamboo, Heavenly bamboo, Nanten
Nandina domestica 'Gulf Stream'
Chinese sacred bamboo, Heavenly bamboo
Nandina domestica 'Obsessed'
Chinese sacred bamboo, Heavenly bamboo
Nandina domestica 'Twilight'
Chinese sacred bamboo, Heavenly bamboo
Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant'
Catmint, Catnip
Nepeta grandiflora 'Summer Magic'
Caucasus catmint, Giant catmint
Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low'
Persian catmint