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)
Hosta 'Sweet Susan'
Plantain Iily, Funkia
Hosta 'Sweetie'
Plantain Iily, Funkia
Hosta 'True Blue'
Plantain Iily, Funkia
Hosta 'Vera Verde'
Plantain Iily, Funkia
Hosta tardiva
Nankai-Giboshi
Iberis 'Tahoe'
Candytuft
Ilex aquifolium 'Myrtifolia Aurea'
Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush
Ilex crenata 'Fastigiata'
Slender box leaved holly, Japanese holly, Box leaved holly
Juniperus communis 'Sentinel'
Common juniper
Juniperus sabina 'Variegata'
Variegated common savin
Juniperus x pfitzeriana
Juniper, Pfitzer juniper
Kalmia latifolia 'Freckles'
Calico bush, Mountain laurel
Kalmia latifolia 'Pink Frost'
Calico bush, Mountain laurel
Kniphofia 'Lye End'
Red hot poker
Kniphofia 'Strawberries and Cream'
Red hot poker
Kniphofia citrina
Red hot poker, Lemon yellow Red hot poker
Lavandula angustifolia 'Ellagance Purple'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Lychnis chalcedonica 'Flore Pleno'
Jerusalem cross, Maltese cross, London pride, Scarlet lightning
Miscanthus sinensis 'Vorlaufer'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass, Susuki, Japanese silver grass
Nandina domestica Plum Passion = 'Monum'
Chinese sacred bamboo, Heavenly bamboo
Nepeta 'Neptune'
Catmint
Nepeta 'Porzellan'
Catmint, Catnip
Nepeta nepetella
Lesser catmint
Nepeta subsessilis 'Cool Cat'
Short-stalked catmint
Nepeta subsessilis 'Pink Dreams'
Short-stalked catmint
Persicaria amplexicaulis var. pendula
Mountain fleece, Red bistort
Persicaria macrophylla
Large-leaved knotweed, Round-flowered knotweed
Picea abies 'Pygmaea'
Norway spruce
Picea glauca 'Lilliput'
White spruce
Polemonium 'Pink Beauty'
Jacob's ladder
Polemonium pauciflorum subsp. hinckleyi
Hinckley's few-flowered Jacob's ladder
Potentilla 'Yellow Queen'
Cinquefoil, Five finger
Potentilla atrosanguinea var. argyrophylla 'Scarlet Starlit'
Silver-leaved potentilla
Potentilla fruticosa 'Goldstar'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa 'Longacre Variety'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa 'Orangeade'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla neumanniana
Spring cinquefoil, Tabernaemontanus cinquefoil
Potentilla palustris
Marsh cinquefoil
Potentilla x russelleana
Russell's hybrid cinquefoil
Primula 'Crescendo Lemon Yellow'
Crescendo lemon polyanthus
Primula 'Silver-laced Group'
Primrose
Primula 'Sunshine Susie'
Hybrid primrose
Primula 'Tawny Port'
Hybrid primrose
Primula farinosa
Primrose, Bird's eye primrose
Rhododendron 'David'
Rhododendron 'Daybreak'
Azalea 'Daybreak'
Rhododendron 'English Roseum'
Rhododendron 'Exbury White'
Azalea 'Exbury White'