BBC Gardeners World Spring Fair 2024 - Planting

Planting and plant list

Our garden design embodies the “right plant, right place” principle, ensuring optimal conditions for our chosen plants and minimizing maintenance requirements. Here are some of our key specimens:

Betula pendula (silver birch):

With its elegant silver bark and weeping branches, this tree can tolerate various soil types and environments, its roots absorb excess moisture from the soil, efficiently regulating moisture, providing stability and resilience.

Zantedeschia aethiopica (arum lily):

This resilient perennial thrives even when submerged in water up to 30cm deep, making it an ideal choice for our flood-prone garden. Its striking vase-shaped flowers and foliage produce a stunning display in late spring and summer.

Cornus sanguinea “Midwinter Fire”:

A versatile mid-size shrub, this plant offers year-round interest. Known for its vibrant winter stems, it also boasts delicate white flowers in late spring. Thriving in moist and well-drained soil, it can also withstand periods of drought.

Plant list

Trees

Plant name	Common name
Betula pendula	Silver birch
Betula utilis V. 'Jacquemontii'	Himalayan birch

Shrubs

Plant name	Common name
Cornus sanguinea “Midwinter Fire”	Dogwood
Syringa vulgaris	Common lilac
Viburnum opulus	Guelder rose

Herbaceous perennials

Plant name	Common name
Alchemilla mollis	Lady's mantle
Anthriscus sylvestris	Common cow parsley
Asplenium scolopendrium	Hart's tongue fern
Astilbe rubra	Fake Goat's beard
Athyrium filix-femina	Lady fern
Brunnera macrophylla	Siberian bugloss
Carex pendula	Pendulous sedge
Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’	Japanese sedge ‘Evergold’
Digitalis purpurea	Foxglove
Dryopteris filix-mas	Male fern
Geranium phaeum	Dusky cranesbill
Hosta halcyon	Plantain lily
Heuchera sp	Coral bells
Iris sibirica	Siberian flag
Linaria purpurea	Purple toadflax
Vinca major	Greater periwinkle

Marginal plants

Plant name	Common name
Caltha palustris	Marsh marigold/kingcup
Zantedeschia aethiopica	NA
Equisetum hyemale	Rough horsetail
Juncus effusus 'Spiralis'	Corkscrew rush
Ligularia dentata	Leopard plant
Liriope muscari	Big blue lilyturf
Matteuccia struthiopteris	Shuttlecock/ostrich fern
Myrica gale	Bog myrtle
Rodgersia aesculifolia	Chestnut leaved rodgersia