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)
Sedum spurium 'Fuldaglut'
Fireglow two-row stonecrop, Caucasian stonecrop
Sedum spurium 'Tricolor'
Tricolor stonecrop, Caucasian stonecrop
Sedum spurium 'Voodoo'
Tricolor stonecrop, Caucasian stonecrop
Semiaquilegia 'Sugar Plum Fairy'
Sempervivum 'Bronco'
House leek
Sempervivum 'Commander Hay'
House leek
Sempervivum 'Rubin'
House leek
Sempervivum arachnoideum
Cobweb house leek
Sempervivum arachnoideum subsp. tomentosum (C.B. Lehm. & Schnittsp.)
Cobweb house leek, Furry cobweb houseleek
Sempervivum calcareum
Chalky houseleek
Sempervivum calcareum 'Extra'
Chalky houseleek
Sempervivum calcareum 'Mrs Guiseppi'
Chalky houseleek
Sempervivum ciliosum
Hairy fringed houseleek
Sempervivum tectorum
Bullock's eye, Jupiter's eye, Old man and woman
Skimmia japonica 'Bronze Knight'
Japanese skimmia
Skimmia japonica 'Emerald King'
Japanese skimmia
Skimmia japonica 'Highgrove Redbud'
Japanese skimmia
Skimmia japonica 'Nymans'
Japanese skimmia
Skimmia japonica 'Red Riding Hood'
Japanese skimmia
Skimmia japonica 'Redruth'
Skimmia japonica 'Ruby Dome'
Japanese skimmia
Skimmia japonica 'Ruby King'
Skimmia japonica 'White Bella'
Japanese skimmia
Skimmia japonica subsp. reevesiana 'Chilan Choice'
Japanese skimmia, Reeve's skimmia
Skimmia laureola
Laurel leaved skimmia
Skimmia x confusa 'Isabella'
Hybrid skimmia
Skimmia x confusa 'Kew Green'
Hybrid skimmia
Sorbaria kirilowii
Tree false spiraea
Sorghastrum nutans
Indian grass, Wood grass, Gold stem
Spiraea betulifolia
White spiraea, Birch leaf spiraea
Spiraea douglasii var. menziesii
Douglas spiraea
Spiraea japonica 'Dart's Red'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea japonica 'White Gold'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea prunifolia
Bridal wreath spiraea
Spiraea Sparkling Champagne = 'Lonspi'
Spiraea Sundrop = 'Bailcarol'
Spiraea thunbergii
Thunberg's spiraea
Spiraea trilobata
Threelobe spiraea
Spiraea x vanhouttei
Vanhoutt's spiraea
Spiraea x vanhouttei 'Gold Fountain'
Vanhoutt's golden spiraea
Spiraea x vanhouttei Pink Ice = 'Catpan'
Vanhoutt's spiraea
Stachys byzantina 'Big Ears'
Lambs tongue, Lamb's tails, Woolly betony, Lambs ears, Woolly woundwort
Stachys byzantina 'Cotton Boll'
Lambs tongue, Lamb's tails, Woolly betony, Lambs ears, Woolly woundwort
Stachys byzantina 'Fuzzy Wuzzy'
Lambs tongue, Lambs tails, Woolly ears
Stachys byzantina 'Primrose Heron'
Lambs tongue, Lamb's tails, Woolly betony, Lambs ears, Woolly woundwort
Stachys byzantina 'Silver Carpet'
Lambs tongue, Lamb's tails, Woolly betony, Lambs ears, Woolly woundwort
Stachys macrantha 'Superba'
Big betony, Big sage
Stachys officinalis
Bishop's wort, Betony