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)
Weigela 'Victoria'
Weigela coraeensis
Weigela florida
Old fashioned weigela
Weigela florida 'Foliis Purpureis'
Old fashioned weigela
Weigela florida 'Wings of Fire'
Weigela florida Magical Rainbow = 'Kolmagira'
Weigela florida Minor Black = 'Verveig 3'
Weigela florida Moulin Rouge = 'Brigela'
Weigela middendorffiana
Middendorf weigela
Weigela Pink Poppet = 'Plangen'
Yucca aloifolia f. marginata
Aloe yucca
Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard'
Adam's needle yucca, Spoonleaf yucca, Silkgrass, Adam's thread
Yucca flaccida 'Ivory'
Weak leaf yucca
Yucca gloriosa
Spanish dagger, Roman candle, Palm lily, Moundlily yucca, Soft tipped yucca
Yucca recurvifolia
Pendulous yucca, Curveleaf yucca
Yucca recurvifolia Banana Split = 'Monvil'
Pendulous yucca, Curveleaf yucca
Astilbe chinensis 'Vision in Pink'
Chinese astilbe, False goatsbeard, False bucksbear, False spiraea
Astilbe x arendsii 'Astary White'
Arend's astilbe, False goatsbeard, False bucksbear, False spiraea
Astrantia major 'Ruby Cloud'
Greater masterwort
Berberis thunbergii 'Orange Dream'
Japanese barberry, Thunberg's barberry
Carex oshimensis Everest = 'Fiwhite'
Japanese sedge grass, Oshima kan suge
Cortaderia selloana 'Rosea'
Sellow's pampas grass
Deschampsia flexuosa 'Tatra Gold'
Wavy hair grass, Crinkled hair grass, Common hair grass
Dianthus 'Odessa Easy Pink'
Pink, Clove
Dianthus 'Starry Eyes'
Pink, Clove
Helenium 'Ruby Tuesday'
Sneezeweed
Lathyrus latifolius 'Rosa Perle'
Perennial pea, Broad leaved everlasting pea, Large leaved lathyrus, Wild sweet pea
Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Zebra'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass
Nepeta x faassenii 'Kit Cat'
Blue catmint, Faassen's nepeta, Mauve catmint
Panicum virgatum 'Squaw'
Red switch grass
Potentilla fruticosa 'Red Ace'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa Danny Boy = 'Lissdan'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Rosa 'Belvedere'
Rambling rose
Rosa 'Betty Harkness'
Floribunda (cluster-flowered) rose
Rosa 'Excelsa'
Rambling rose
Rosa 'Mamma Mia'
Hybrid tea (large flowered) rose
Rosa 'Masquerade'
Floribunda (cluster-flowered) rose
Rosa 'Sympathie'
Climbing tea rose
Rosa 'Wendy Cussons'
Hybrid tea (large flowered) rose
Rosa Black Baccara = 'Meidebenne'
Hybrid tea (large flowered) rose
Rosa Crimson Cascade = 'Fryclimbdown'
Climbing tea rose
Rosa Flower Carpet Scarlet = 'Noa83100b'
Ground cover rose
Rosa Happy Ruby Wedding = 'Frynoble'
Hybrid tea (large flowered) rose
Rosa Moody Blue = 'Fryniche'
Hybrid tea (large flowered) rose
Rosa Romance = 'Tanezamor'
Shrub rose
Rosa Ruby Slippers = 'Weksactrrumi'
Miniature rose
Rosa rugosa
Rugosa rose, Ramanas rose, Japanese rose, Turkestan rose, Hedgehog rose
Rosa Saint Boniface = 'Kormatt'
Floribunda (cluster-flowered) rose