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911爆料 Chelsea Flower Show

Plants in Room to Breathe Hospital Garden for the TSA

Ferns feature heavily in the garden due to their part-shade loving qualities and the textural interest they bring. Several different ferns provide contrasting colour and foliage. Pops of Aquilegia and Astrantia add sparkle, bringing life and movement to the garden

Acer palmatum 鈥楽补苍驳辞-碍补办耻鈥 鈥 coral-bark maple

Acer palmatum 鈥楽补苍驳辞-碍补办耻鈥
Acer palmatum 鈥楽补苍驳辞-碍补办耻鈥

鈥淐hosen for its zingy lime green foliage.鈥

Sango-kaku鈥 is one of the best (and most popular) Japanese maples, as it looks fabulous all year round. It has pale green, deeply cut leaves that turn soft shades of yellow in autumn, and it also looks gorgeous in winter, after all the leaves have fallen, when its new shoots glow coral red in the winter sunlight.

Pittosporum tobira 鈥楴补苍耻尘鈥 鈥 Japanese mock orange

鈥淐hosen for its evergreen year round interest and shape without needing regular clipping into shape.鈥

This compact, rounded evergreen shrub is covered in honey-scented, creamy-white flowers in late spring and early summer, while its lustrous deep green leaves, which form a neat bushy mound, will add year round structure and interest.

Pittosporum tobira 鈥楴补苍耻尘鈥
Pittosporum tobira 鈥楴补苍耻尘鈥

鈥淰alued for their evergreen foliage and versatility, ferns thrive in both part and full shade. Their soft, lacy fronds offer year-round interest. Perfect for container planting, they thrive in smaller spaces, bringing form and colour to any setting.鈥

Jen Donnelly and Catherine Gibbon, garden designers

Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 鈥楻ed Beauty鈥 鈥 Japanese painted fern

Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 鈥楻ed Beauty鈥
Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 鈥楻ed Beauty鈥

鈥淐hosen for its delicate and intricate lacy foliage which has a burgundy-red and silver colouring to brighten dark corners.鈥

Slowly spreading to form a leafy clump, this decorative fern is ideal for livening up a partially shaded spot with reliably moist (but not waterlogged) soil. Its lacy fronds are initially quite green, but as they mature, they often develop a silvery grey colouring, with a contrasting burgundy-red flush to the stems and midribs.

Aquilegia vulgaris 鈥楪reen Apples鈥 鈥 columbine

鈥淐hosen for its delightful pompom like flower heads float above planting adding lightness.鈥

A short-lived perennial with divided, dark green leaves. Nodding, spurless, double, flowers, with narrow, pale green petals ageing to white, appear in late spring and early summer.

Aquilegia vulgaris 鈥楪reen Apples鈥
Aquilegia vulgaris 鈥楪reen Apples鈥

Akebia quinata Cream Form 鈥 cream-flowered chocolate vine

Akebia quinata Cream Form
Akebia quinata Cream Form

鈥淐hosen as a semi-evergreen climber which is low maintenance and adds a beautiful chocolate fragrance when in flower.鈥

The mid-green leaves of this semi-evergreen climber are tinged with purple in winter, and emerge flushed with bronze in spring. It makes an ideal backdrop for the scented, cream-coloured flowers, which appear in spring.

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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