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)
Rosa Double Delight = 'Andeli'
Hybrid tea (large flowered) rose
Rosa Fiona = 'Meibeluxen'
Ground cover rose
Rosa Friends Forever = 'Korapriber'
Floribunda (cluster-flowered) rose
Rosa Green With Envy™ = 'SOMpounamu'
Floribunda (cluster-flowered) rose
Rosa Hanky Panky = 'Wektorcent'
Floribunda (cluster-flowered) rose
Rosa Lasting Promise = 'Noa111249'
Hybrid tea (large flowered) rose
Rosa Lilac Rose = 'Auslilac'
Shrub rose
Rosa Liliana = 'Poulsyng'
Shrub rose
Rosa Little Sunset = 'Korlutmag'
Patio rose
Rosa Pearl = 'Korterschi'
Floribunda (cluster-flowered) rose
Rosa Pink Bells = 'Poulbells'
Ground cover rose
Rosa Pirouette = 'Poulyc003'
Climbing shrub rose
Rosa Selfridges = 'Korpriwa'
Hybrid tea (large flowered) rose
Rosa Tenacious = 'Macblackpo'
Floribunda (cluster-flowered) rose
Rosa Thank You™ = 'Harzeal'
Floribunda (cluster-flowered) rose
Rosa The Brownie Rose = 'Harlassie'
Floribunda (cluster-flowered) rose
Rosa The Wren = 'Kormamtiza'
Floribunda (cluster-flowered) rose
Rosa Tradition 95 = 'Korkeltin'
Climbing rose
Rudbeckia hirta 'Summerina Pumpernickel'
Coneflower
Salvia 'Jeans Jewel'
Sage
Salvia Cuello Pink = 'Dysecp'
Sage
Salvia officinalis 'Kew Gold'
Common sage, Kitchen sage, Garden sage
Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens Variegata'
Variegated purple sage, Common sage, Kitchen sage, Garden sage
Salvia pratensis
Meadow clary, Meadow sage
Santolina chamaecyparissus 'Pretty Carroll'
Ground cyprus, Cotton lavender, Lavender-cotton
Scabiosa 'Blackberry Fool'
Scabious
Scabiosa 'Fama Blue'
Pincushion flower, Scabious, Mourning bride
Scabiosa atropurpurea 'Ace of Spades'
Mournful widow, Sweet scabious, Egyptian rose
Sedum 'Birthday Party'
Stonecrop
Sempervivum 'Black Prince'
House leek
Sempervivum 'Rita Jane'
House leek
Sempervivum 'Zulu'
House leek
Sempervivum zeleborii
Zelebor's houseleek
Skimmia japonica 'Mystic Marlot'
Japanese skimmia
Spiraea x pseudosalicifolia 'Triumphans'
Willow leaf spiraea
Stachys byzantina 'Silky Fleece'
Lambs tongue, Lambs tails, Woolly ears
Stachys macrantha
Big betony, Big sage
Stachys officinalis 'Wisley White'
Bishop's wort, Betony
Syringa 'Miss Japan'
Lilac
Syringa 'Pink Perfume'
Lilac
Syringa pubescens subsp. patula
Lilac, Korean lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'General Pershing'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Madame Francisque Morel'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Mont Blanc'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Nadezhda'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'President Grevy'
Common lilac
Taxus baccata 'Elegantissima'
English yew, Common yew, Golden English yew
Thymus citriodorus (ambig.)
Lemon thyme