Choosing the right plants can help create the outdoor style you want – here are the key plants to choose to help bring six different garden styles to life
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Urban garden plants
With space often at a premium, plants in urban gardens have to perform. Choose wisely, and a classy, modern garden can be yours.
Key plants for urban gardens
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Wildlife-friendly garden plants
Bring your garden to life by choosing the right plants - then sit back and enjoy watching the birds, bees, butterflies and more.
Key plants for wildlife-friendly gardens
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Mediterranean garden plants
Pulling off a convincing Mediterranean garden is a popular aspiration for many UK gardeners. Start with a few choice plants however, and you won't go far wrong.
Key plants for Mediterranean gardens
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Contemporary garden plants
Along with a crisp, geometric layout, contemporary gardens need plants that will fit in a strong, architecturally-driven style.
Key plants for contemporary gardens
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Formal garden plants
A formal garden design is built around balance, symmetry, straight lines and geometric shapes. There are certainly some plants that fit this style but it can be more a matter of how you use them.
Key plants for formal gardens
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Cottage garden plants
Cottage-style gardens need verdant and voluptuous planting to get the look - use key plants to help you achieve it.
Key plants for cottage gardens
Small garden ideas
Plants don’t know how big your garden is, they just want to grow where it suits them. It’s up to you to pick the right plants for the space you have, be that courtyard, balcony, roof top, doorstep or window ledge.
Ideas for planting small spaces
Garden design tips from Jack Wallington
Get some quick and easy tips from gardener designer, Jack Wallington.
