Chelsea Show Garden – #7

The Daily Telegraph Garden – Tom Stuart-Smith (2006)

This beautifully, romantic garden for the Daily Telegraph deservedly won Best in Show.

I’m a huge plantaholic, and love playing around with planting combinations. And if you’re looking for stunning plant combinations, then this has to be perfection personified.

Gorgeous!

Plant list:

Iris ‘Sultan’s Palace’
Iris ‘Supreme Sultan’
Allium hollandicum ‘Purple Sensation’
Geum ‘Princess Juliana’
Carpinus betulus
Viburnum rhytidophyllum
Buxus sempervirens
Geranium psilostemon
Verbascum ‘Cotswold Queen’
Pholx paniculata ‘Blue Paradise’
Iris ‘Dusky Challenger’
Iris ‘Dutch Chocolate’
Iris ‘Superstition’
Deschampsia caespitosa
Hakonechloa macra
Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’
Anemanthele lessoniana
Verbascum Helen Johnson
Geranium Philippe Vapelle
Gillenia trifoliata
Knautia macedonica
Nepeta subsessilis ‘Cool Cat’
Foeniculum vulgare ‘Giant Bronze’
Anthriscus sylvestris ‘Ravenswing’
Astrantia major Claret
Geranium phaeum ‘Lily Lovell’
Geranium phaeum var. phaeum ‘Samobor’
Stachys byzantina
Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata Ruby Port
Euphorbia griffithii Dixter
Euphorbia griffithii Fireglow
Euphorbia cyparissias Fens Ruby
Gladiolus communis subsp. byzantinus
Salvia x sylvestris Mainacht
Dahlia Dark Desire
Dahlia Ragged Robin
Artemisia pontica
Iris Attention Please
Rodgersia pinnata Superba
Rodgersia podophylla
Verbascum bombyciferum Polarsommer
Orlaya grandiflora

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