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)
Dianthus 'Adorables Mel'
Pink, Clove
Dianthus 'Brilliant Star'
Pink, Clove
Dianthus 'Fair Folly'
Carnation
Dianthus 'Queen of Henri'
Carnation
Dianthus 'Sissy'
Pink, Clove
Dianthus 'Sops-in-Wine'
Carnation
Dianthus 'Sunflor Bianca'
Pot carnation
Dianthus 'Sunflor Margarita'
Pot carnation
Dianthus 'Sunflor White Surprise'
Pot carnation
Dianthus deltoides 'Arctic Fire'
Maiden pink, Clove
Dianthus gratianopolitanus
Cheddar pink
Dianthus plumarius
Cottage pink, Border pink, Grass pink, Common pink, Old fashioned pink
Dianthus spiculifolius
Thorn leaf pink
Dryopteris carthusiana
Narrow buckler fern, Spinulose wood fern, Spiny wood fern, Evergreen wood fern
Echinacea 'Greenheart'
Coneflower
Echinacea 'Hot Lava'
Coneflower
Echinacea 'Mooodz® Cosy'
Cone flower
Echinacea 'Mooodz® Sympathy'
Cone flower
Echinacea 'Sunseeker Orange'
Cone flower
Echinacea 'Sunseekers Coral'
Cone flower
Echinacea 'Sunseekers Magenta'
Cone flower
Echinacea 'Sunseekers Purple'
Cone flower
Echinacea 'Sunseekers Salmon'
Cone flower
Echinacea purpurea 'Bright Star'
Hybrid coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Coconut Lime'
Hybrid purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Happy Star'
Hybrid purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Milkshake'
Hybrid coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Robert Bloom'
Purple coneflower, Black Samson, Eastern purple coneflower, Hedge coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Sensation Pink'
Hybrid coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Vintage Wine'
Hybrid purple coneflower
Echinacea tennesseensis 'Rocky Top'
Coneflower
Elaeagnus x submacrophylla 'Moonlight'
Hybrid oleaster
Erica carnea 'December Red'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erica carnea 'Springwood Pink'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erigeron 'Dimity'
Fleabane, Summer starwort
Erigeron 'Nachthimmel'
Fleabane, Summer starwort
Erigeron 'Serenity'
Fleabane, Summer starwort
Erigeron karvinskianus 'Kew Profusion'
Mexican fleabane, Australian fleabane, Wall daisy
Euonymus fortunei 'Kewensis'
Wintercreeper, Evergreen bittersweet, Dwarf euonymus
Festuca valesiaca 'Silbersee'
Wallis fescue
Geranium dalmaticum 'Album'
Dalmation cranesbill
Geranium himalayense 'Irish Blue'
Lilac cranesbill, Himalayan cranesbill
Geranium maculatum f. albiflorum
American cranesbill, Wild cranesbill, Wild geranium, Spotted cranesbill
Geranium pratense 'New Dimension'
Meadow cranesbill, Meadow geranium
Geranium robustum
Robust geranium
Geranium versicolor 'Snow White'
Pencilled crane's bill
Geranium wallichianum 'Crystal Lake'
Wallich's geranium
Geranium x oxonianum 'Miriam Rundle'
Oxford geranium, Druce's cranesbill