RHS Chelsea Garden Plant List | Get Into Gardening

The Homebase garden ‘Time to Reflect’ in association with Alzheimer’s Society was designed by Adam Frost. If you’re keen to find out what plants were used to create this amazing garden, view the full list here:

Latin Name	Common Name	Description
Tilia Europea(pollarded)	Common Lime	Pollarding is a pruning system in which the upper branches of a tree are removed, promoting a dense head of foliage and branches.Europaea is a broadly columnar, deciduous tree with oval to rounded, dark green leaves, paler beneath, and clusters of pale yellow flowers in midsummer followed by dry, nut-like fruit.
Carpinus Betulus	Hornbeam	Medium-sized, upright tree with mid-green leaves turning yellow in autumn. It bears long green catkins in spring.
Tilia Europea Hedge	Common Lime	Europaea is a broadly columnar, deciduous tree with oval to rounded, dark green leaves, paler beneath, and clusters of pale yellow flowers in midsummer followed by dry, nut-like fruit.
Carpinus Betulus Ball	Hornbeam	Betulus is a hardy and sturdy deciduous tree with an upright, triangular shape and mid-green leaves turning yellow and orange in autumn.
Dryoptersis Dilatata	Broad buckler fern	semi-evergreen fern bearing shuttlecock-like rosettes of upright to arching, broadly triangular, mid-green fronds with large crests at the end of each frond. Frond mid-ribs and stalks have conspicuous, dark brown scales.
Carpinus Betulus	Hornbeam	Betulus is a hardy and sturdy deciduous tree with an upright, triangular shape and mid-green leaves turning yellow and orange in autumn.
Gymnocarpium dryopteris	Oak Fern	Low-growing, spreading, deciduous fern with triangular, 3-pinnate fronds, each segment (pinnae) is triangular and divided into oblong to ovate, toothed, scalloped segments. Fronds are light to yellow-green when young, turning dark green with age.
Matteuccia Struthiopteris	Ostrich Fern	Deciduous fern forming large erect rosettes with bright green, fronds surrounding shorter, brownish fronds.
Osumnda regalis	Royal Fern	Hardy fern, forming a large clump of fronds with russet-brown spores at the tips. The fronds are flushed red in autumn.
Asplenium Scolopendrium	Harts Tounge Fern	Evergreen fern forming a rosette of arching, rich green, fronds, with undulating margins. Spores are borne underneath the fronds in stripes across the leaf.
Athyrium filix femina	Lady Fern, Tatting Fern	Upright, clump-forming, slowly-spreading, deciduous fern bearing linear, arching, light green fronds with rounded, finely-lobed pinnae along each side of the midribs.
Briza Media	Quaking Grass	Perennial grass growing clumps of flat, linear leaves, with flat, heart-shaped, golden seed heads which dangle from erect, slender branches.
Carex Lurida	Sallow Sedge	Lurida is a variable, tufted perennial with arching, linear, bright green leaves and yellow-green flowers from early summer until early autumn.
Carex Secta	Pukio	A common grass of swampy areas throughout New Zealand, grows in still, not flowing water.
Carex pseudocyperus	Sedge Hop	Slow spreading, rhizomatous, deciduous perennial forming clumps of broad, linear to lance-shaped, bright green leaves. It bears drooping yellow-green flower spikes in late spring, which form brown catkins later on.
Carex sylvatica	Wood Sedge	Has one male spike and 3-5 female spikes which may be male at tip. Female spikes narrow, only c 3-5 mm wide, drooping on long slender stalks, rather gappy as if fruits missing.
SesleriaGreenlee	Greenlee moor grass	Evergreen, perennial grass with linear, blue-green leaves and slender, erect stems bearing spike-like panicles of purple-flushed, cream flowers from mid-spring into summer.
Luzula Nivea	Snowy woodrush	Mound-forming, evergreen perennial with flat glossy leaves and panicles of white flowers in early summer.
Luzula silvatica	Greater wood rush	Densely tufted, evergreen perennial with linear, glossy, channelled, dark green leaves and open panicles of small, brown flowers from mid-spring to early summer.
Aruncus diocus	Goatsbeard,	Clump-forming perennial with pinnate, fern-like, mid-green leaves and pyramidal paniles of creamy white flowers in early and midsummer.
Euphorbia schillingi	Spurge	Rich green leaves, each with a central white stripe, form upright clumps from spring to autumn. From midsummer, the tops of the stems carry small clusters of long-lasting, yellowish-green flower heads. A natural woodlander, it flourishes in lightly dappled shade and will attract beneficial insects to the garden.
Centrathus ruber albus	Red Valerian	Albus’ is an upright perennial with lance-shaped to ovate, grey-green leaves and dense sprays of small, funnel-shaped, fragrant white flowers from late spring into summer.
Euphorbia robbiae	Mrs Robs Bonnet	An evergreen perennial with spreading stems, fleshy bright-green leaves, and clusters of yellow-green flowers.
Geranium Phaeum walkure	Dusky Cranesbill	Blue Single flower: Light Blue flowers May-July. Ht. 50cm. Sp. 40cm. Shade or sun. Any soil. Drought tolerant.
Geranium ‘mayflower’	Mayflower	Mayflower’ is an herbaceous perennial with a compact habit. Its green leaves are deeply divided with lobed segments. In spring and summer it bears violet-blue flowers with white centres.
Geranium ‘lily Lovell’	Dusky Cranesbill	‘Lily Lovell’ is a clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with lobed, light green basal leaves and slender, branched stems bearing deep purple-mauve flowers in late spring and early summer.
Tellima Grandiflora	Fringe Cups	Evergreen perennial with dark purple leaf stalks, rounded to heart-shaped, lobed, purple to red-flushed, green leaves and, in late spring to midsummer, erect stems bearing terminal racemes of bell-shaped, pink-fringed, green flowers.
Geum Rivale ‘album’	Avens Album	Album’ is a compact herbaceous perennial. In late spring, it bears dainty, nodding, white flowers on wiry stems held above its lobed basal foliage.
Athriscus sylvestris	Cow Parsley	Purple-black leaves with beautiful contrasting white flowers with small pink bracts from late spring to summer.
Aquilegia Alpina	Mountain Columbine	Alpina is a clump-forming perennial with finely divided blue-green leaves and bright blue nodding flowers in late spring and early summer.
Alquilegia ‘dove’ ‘white star’	Grannys Bonnet White Star	White Star’ is an upright, herbaceous perennial with divided, light green leaves and showy white and cream flowers, with short, curled spurs that bloom in late spring to early summer.
Astrantia Star of a billion	Star of a Billion	Branched heads of large neat pincushion flowers surrounded by a ruff of green. Forms tidy clumps of green foliage with ghostly ivory flowers.
Digitalis albiflora	White Foxglove	Albiflora is a tall biennial with hairy dark-green leaves and spikes of white, tubular flowers in summer.
Digitalis Lutea	Small Yellow Foxglove	Lutea is a clump-forming, evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial with oblong to inversely lance-shaped, veined, glossy, dark green leaves and, in early to midsummer, upright stems bearing slender racemes of narrow, tubular, pale yellow flowers, hairy inside.
Iris Sibericum	‘flight of the butterflies’	Clump-forming, rhizomatous perennial with upright, strap-like, green leaves and small flowers with purple and blue standards that rise above blue and white patterned falls in early summer.
Iris Sibirica ‘persimmon’	Siberian Iris	Persimmon’ is a clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with linear, strap-like, mid-green leaves and tall, erect stems bearing mid-blue flowers with veined falls in early summer.
Iris Sibirica ‘tamberg,	Tamberg	Intense pale blue flowers. Ht. 60cm. Spread 45cm. Flower June-July.
Myrrhis Odorata	Sweet Chervill	Odorata is an herbaceous perennial with ferny, green foliage and white flowers in summer that are followed by decorative seed-pods. Foliage and seedpods have an aniseed aroma. Will self-seed.
Filipendula ulmaria	Meadowsweet	Ulmaria is an upright, herbaceous perennial with deep green, pinnate, divided leaves and fluffy, white flower heads in summer until early autumn.Buttermilk coloured blooms, produced all spring and summer.
Ranunculus acris citrinus	Meadow Buttercup	Buttermilk coloured blooms, produced all spring and summer.
Potomogeton natans		Pond - An aquatic species in slow-flowing freshwater habitats. They are dark green, leathery, opaque, with translucent longitudinal veins. They are 5 to 10 cm long, pointed at the tips, and rounded at the base.
Typha Latifolia	Cat of nine Tails	PondLatifolia is an invasive deciduous marginal water plant. It has upright, strap-shaped leaves and in late summer, bears dark cream, terminal flower heads, followed by dark brown, sausage-shaped seed heads.
Juncus Inflexus	Hard Rush	PondInflexus is a tufted perennial with stiffly erect, grey-green leafless, ridged stems and brown flowers produced from late spring to mid-summer.