Recommendations
Good for Sun
Magnolia grandiflora, Ceanothus (all), Chaenomeles x superba, Euonymus fortunei, Abelia (all), Passiflora caerulea, Berberis thunbergii
Good for Shade
Aucuba japonica, Buxus sempervirens, Fatsia japonica, Lonicera nitida, Ribes alpinum, Skimmia (all), Prunus laurocerasus
Good for summer
Cornus ‘Kousa’, Potentilla (all), Catalpa (all), Erica cinera, Hypericum ‘Hidcote’, Leycesteria formosa, Perovskia (all)
Good for spring
Camellia japonica, Kerria japonica, Mahonia aquifolium, Spiraea ‘Arguta’, Choisya (all), Wisteria (all), Kolkwitzia amabilis, Sarcococca confusa
Good for winter
Erica carnea, Viburnum tinus, Garrya elliptica, Cornus mas, Jasminum nudiflorum, Acacia dealbata, Viburnum bod.’Dawn’
Good for autumn
Acer platanoides, Sorbus ‘Joseph Rock’, Berberis ‘Parkjuweel’, Cornus alba, Cotinus (all), Rosa nitida, Viburnum opulus
Good for ground cover
Buxus microphylla, Cornus kelsyi, Cotoneaster horizontalis, Hypericum calycinum, Pachysandra terminalis, Vinca (all), Sasa veitchii
Good for fragrance
Lavandula (all), Rosmarinus officinalis, Trachelospermum jasminoides, syringa vulgaris, Buddleia ‘Lochinch’, Magnolia macrophylla
Good for wildlife
Viburnum opulus, Echinops ritro, Buddleia davidii, Lonicera periclymenum, Primula vulgaris, Hedera helix
Good for seaside
Chamerops humilis, garrya elliptica, hebe (all), Lavandula (all), Phormium (all), Pyracantha (all), Yucca (all)
Good for clay soil
Senecio ‘Sunshine’, Aucuba japonica, Potentilla (all), Escallonia (all), Cotoneaster (all), Forsythia (all), Weigela (all), Skimmia (all)
Good for wet soil
Amelanchier (all), Prunus spinosa, Salix repens, Sambucus (all), Spiraea veitchii, Phyllostachys (all), Lysmachia ‘Firecracker’