Chelsea Flower Show – Garden #2

Homebase Teenage Cancer Trust Garden – Joe Swift

After years of taking a lead role in presenting BBC TV’s coverage of the Chelsea Flower Show, Joe, an established and successful garden designer, finally put his money where his mouth is and presented his first Chelsea Show garden. Joe’s garden bought him the prestigious gold medal.

This garden was been inspired by the power of plants and natural forms in an urban and suburban environment.

Four golden brown, cedar wood frames created vistas through the garden, dividing it into distinct zones.

Plants list:

Trees
Cornus mas multi-stemmed
Arbutus
London Plane tree
Prunus Amber Queen

Shrubs
Pittosporum tobira nanum
Grevillea
Dodonaea viscosa purpurea
Myrtus communis
Myrtus tarantina
Westringia fruticosa
Westringia longifolia

Hedging
Yew

Perennials
Geum Werner Arends
Euphorbia dixter
Euphorbia pasteurii Roundway Titan
Euphorbia polychroma purpurea
Euphorbia mellifera
Iris Langport Wren
Bergenia Overture
Libertia grandiflora
Libertia perigrinans
Phlomis russeliana
Tellima grandiflora
Alchemilla erythropoda
Centaurea phoenix hybrids red
Verbascum petra
Foeniculum vulgare purpureum
Eremurus bungei
Acaena Copper Carpet
Sisyrinchium Quaint and Queer
Potentilla tongueii
Silene fimbriata
Asphodeline liburnica
Deschampsia cespitosa
Dianthus cruentis
Knautia macedonica

Roses
Rose Tuscany Superb

Bulbs
Allium nigrum
Allium obliquum
Nectaroscordum siculum

Author: Mike the Gardener

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