RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Plants in The Hospitalfield Arts Garden

The planting includes soft silvers and olive greens from foliage and grasses, with vibrant blues, burnt oranges, and warm yellows. These colours are selected not only for their visual appeal but also for their sensory impact – important for hospice users

Arbutus andrachne – Grecian strawberry tree

Arbutus andrachne
Arbutus andrachne

Chosen for its cinnamon bark. An evergreen, short-trunked tree or large shrub with attractive bark. Bright green leaves and cream, bell-shaped flowers which ripen to red-orange berries, give this year-round interest.

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Luma apiculata – tree heath

Chosen for its yellow ochre bark. A large evergreen shrub, the older branches with a cinnamon- and cream-coloured bark. Leaves small, broadly ovate and aromatic; flowers to 2cm in width, white; berry purple.

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Luma apiculata
Luma apiculata

“The scheme draws on Mediterranean landscape colours, somewhat amplified, and is carefully curated using a palette to harmonise with the garden’s materials (warm grey stone and ferrous red gravels).”

Tom Hoblyn, garden designer

Hunnemannia fumariifolia – Mexican tulip poppy

Hunnemannia fumariifolia
Hunnemannia fumariifolia

Chosen for its cadmium yellow flower and glaucous foliage. Hunnemannia are perennials, often grown as annuals, with deeply divided leaves and showy, poppy-like flowers in summer and early autumn.

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Delphinium peregrinum – violet larkspur

A beautiful annual with purple to lavender flowers which resemble scorpion tails. Annual delphiniums and larkspur (Consolida) are free-flowering easy to grow plants. Add them to borders for long lasting displays all summer or grow as a cut flower to enjoy in the house.

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Delphinium peregrinum

© Isidre Blanc

Delphinium peregrinum

Pinus pinea – stone pine

Pinus pinea
Pinus pinea

An evergreen conifer making a round-topped evergreen tree with stiff, dark green needles to 15cm long. Cones rounded-ovoid, to 15cm long, shiny light brown. It will reach 15-20m when fully mature.

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Plant lists are provided by the designer of the garden as a guide to the plants they hope to use in the Garden based on the time of year, the location and the Client Brief. The plants that feature at the Show depends on a variety of factors such as weather during the growing season and availability. While the designers try to update lists where possible, the accuracy of the list cannot be guaranteed.
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