❀ Garden collection

Plants & Planting

Choose, place and establish flowers, shrubs, trees, climbers and groundcovers for local conditions.

Plant choice becomes easier when site conditions are treated as fixed facts rather than obstacles.

Correct depth, root handling and aftercare matter more than adding elaborate products to the hole.

These life cycles create different costs, rhythms and design opportunities.

Bulbs can deliver concentrated colour when planting depth, dormancy and climate needs are understood.

Shrubs bridge the scale between groundcovers and trees and can provide privacy, flowers, fruit or winter form.

Climbers use vertical space but differ in how they attach and how heavy they become.

Groundcovers can reduce bare soil and knit planting together, but they still need establishment care.

Shade ranges from cool woodland light to dry shadow beside walls and roots.

Native plants can support local food webs, but “native” must be defined by region and habitat.

The best plant is not necessarily the largest one on the bench.