Plants for a Mediterranean Garden

There are many Mediterranean-style plants that will flourish in sun-baked gardens - particularly if your soil is not too heavy.

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Planting combinations

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Echinops and Achillea plant combination (4)
Echinops and Salvia plant combination (1)
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Spires and spots plant combination (1)
Summer sizzlers plant combination (2)
Sun baked plant combination (2)
Sunny and dry plant combination (2)
Sunny chalk plant combination (1)
The Highgrove Kitchen Garden Collection (2)
The Highgrove Mediterranean Garden Collection (4)
White flowering seed combination (2)
Woodsmoke plant combination (1)
Yellow and gold plant combination (2)

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Red (36)
White (85)
Yellow (45)

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Evergreen (108)
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Fragrance

All scented flowers (29)
Aromatic foliage (79)
Evening scent (5)
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Attractive to wildlife

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Attractive to birds (11)
Attractive to butterflies and moths (93)
Attractive to pollinators (148)
Attractive to wildlife (166)

Quick growing

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Yes (142)

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Medium (133)
Small (215)

Special features

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Coloured leaves (26)
Colourful bark or stems (4)
Columnar (1)
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Easy to grow (46)
Evergreen / semi evergreen (124)
Fast growing (59)
Flower spires (34)
Flowering (302)
Large leaved (15)
Long flowering (119)
Low maintenance (148)
Makes a good hedge or screen (36)
Plants that are native (3)
Plants that don't need pruning (4)
Plants that show resistance to deer and rabbits (87)
Plants that will cope with the odd football (24)
Plants to deter vandals and burglars (1)
Resistant to diseases (76)
Scented Leaves (11)
Scented flowers (4)
Small leaved (20)
Stylish in the border (40)
Sublime umbelliferas (14)
Suitable for containers (171)
Suitable for hanging baskets (35)
Tough plants that are harder to kill (9)
Weeping (1)
Winter colour (76)

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Spring & summer planting bedding (37)

Sowing month inside or protected

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May (39)
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July (4)
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September (8)
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May (1)
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July (4)
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Vegetable groups

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Pot size

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40cm - 49cm (1)

Hardy

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Semi (95)
Yes (216)

Leaf colour

Blue (16)
Bronze (3)
Green (290)
Purple (15)
Red (2)
Silver (34)
Variegated (14)
Yellow (3)

Ground cover

No (222)
Yes (115)

Position

Arches & pergolas (9)
Back of border (38)
Bottom of hedges (13)
Conservatories (26)
Covering eyesores (7)
Front of border (206)
Middle of border (112)
Next to a patio (51)
Next to a pond (4)
Next to an entrance (54)
Next to seating areas (102)
Steep banks (72)
Through hedges (3)
Walls & fences (20)

Shape

Bushy (1)
Fountain (5)
Hummock (1)
Pyramid (3)
Spiral (1)
Spreading (5)

Soil moisture

Damp (4)
Dry/Sandy (221)
Normal (335)

Used at Chelsea

2001 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2002 - HRH The Prince of Wales - Laurent-Perrier (6)
2003 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (7)
2005 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (5)
2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (8)
2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (6)
2008 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (3)
2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (13)
2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (6)
2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (7)
2011 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (8)
2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (2)
2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (5)
2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (3)
2015 - Dan Pearson - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (7)
2017 - James Basson - M & G (1)
2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (2)
2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (5)
2019 - Andy Sturgeon - M & G (3)
2019 - Sarah Eberley - Forestry Commission (6)
2022 - Andy Sturgeon - Mind Garden / Crocus (3)
2023 - Sarah Price - Nurture Garden (15)

Kitchen garden planting guidelines

Propagate in green house (20)
Suitable for compact container gardening (13)
Suitable for grow beds (25)
Suitable for large container gardening (26)
Suitable for window boxes (14)
Use cloche (20)

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Abutilon 'Canary Bird'

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Abutilon megapotamicum

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Acacia parvissima 'Lemon Twist'

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Acanthus hungaricus 'White Lips'

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Achillea 'Moonshine'

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Achillea 'Taygetea'

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Achillea 'Terracotta'

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Achillea 'Walther Funcke'

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Achillea filipendulina 'Cloth of Gold'

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Achillea millefolium

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Achillea millefolium 'Cerise Queen'

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Achillea millefolium 'Pomegranate' (Tutti Frutti Series)

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Achillea millefolium 'Red Velvet'

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Achillea ptarmica (The Pearl Group) 'The Pearl' (clonal)

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Agapanthus 'Northern Star' (PBR)

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Agapanthus Fireworks ('Mdb001')

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Agapanthus Poppin' Purple ('MP003') (PBR) (Everpanthus Series)

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Agapanthus Twister ('Ambic001') (PBR)

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Agastache 'Blue Fortune'

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Agastache mexicana 'Red Fortune' (PBR)

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