Here are some plants that will give your space an English Garden feel and grow well in pots.
For sunny spots - that get the sun all day long
- Achillea
- Agapanthus bulbs
- Antirrhinums
- Argyranthemum
- Brachyscome – tiny daisy like flowers
- Diascia fetcaniensis
- Feverfew
- Herb plants with silvery leavese.g.Rosemary
- English Lavender - choose your favourites from the many varieties available
- Nemesia
- Nepeta or catmint
- Pale flowered pelargoniums
- Penstemon – the paler flowered varieties
- Petunias
- Pinks – that will add a marvelous scent to your display
- Salvias
- Sedum spectabile – will attract butterflies
- Sutera cordata – hangs down over the edges of your pots
- Sweet peas- dwarf ones
- Trailing Verbenas to hang down over the sides of the pots
Places that get half a day’s sun
- Aquilegias or Grannies bonnets
- Astrantias
- Cornflowers
- Forget me nots
- Fushias
- Nigella or Love in a Mist
- Roses
- Scabious
- Trailing Lobelias
- Violas
Places that are in light shade all day
- Begonias
- Ferns
- Heucheras
- Lily of the Valley
- Nicotiana
Climbers
- Clematis – the shorter varieties
- Climbing roses – not rambling roses which are too vigourous
- Ipomoea
- Lonerica periclyemenum
- Sweetpeas - Lathyrus odoratus- good for scent
If you have the space add a pot or two of vegetables or fruit – Tomatoes, Strawberries, dwarf peas or colourful cabbages are always favourites. They are easy to grow and delicious to eat! Enjoy your garden!
