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’