RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2024

‘All About Asteraceae: the plant family with flower power’

rhs hampton court palace garden festival exhibitor 2024

Summer Haze...

This wildlife-friendly border showcases a selection of the amazing range of Asteraceae that we can grow in the UK. The collection displays not only the vast variety of plant forms and flower shapes, but also the differences in adaptability to moisture content in the soil, ranging from drought tolerant plants to moisture- loving varieties.

The grassland of Home Park provided the starting point for the colour scheme, with its yellow, gold, orange and pink hues, and has also inspired the softly undulating topography of the border. Columns and hedges provide structure and definition to the space, while grasses are included to capture the surrounding landscape and knit the planting together. A small pool emphasises the link to the moisture-loving planting that surrounds it, as well as providing a water source for garden wildlife.

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Plant list

Trees/Shrubs

Taxus baccata

Grasses

Calamagrostis × acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’

Hakonechloa macra

Sesleria autumnalis

Stipa tenuissima

Perennials (all of which are members of the Asteraceae plant family)

Achillea millefolium ‘Lilac Beauty’

Achillea millefolium ‘Salmon Beauty’

Achillea ‘Terracotta’

Ageratina altissima ‘Chocolate’

Anthemis tinctoria ‘Mrs E. C. Buxton’

Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’

Artemisia schmidtiana ‘Nana’

Centaurea montana ‘Purple Heart’

Centaurea cyanus ‘Black Ball’

Coreopsis verticillata ‘Moonbeam’

Cosmos atrosanguineus Chocamocha (‘Thomocha’PBR)

Echinacea Pretty Parasols

Echinacea purpurea ‘White Swan’

Echinacea purpurea ‘Pink Shimmer’

Echinops ritro ‘Veitch’s Blue’

Erigeron karvinskianus

Erigeron glaucus ‘Sea Breeze’

Eutrochium maculatum (Atropurpureum Group) ‘Red Dwarf’

Helenium ‘Moerheim Beauty’

Helenium ‘Waltraut’

Ligularia dentata ‘Desdemona’

Ligularia przewalskii

Ligularia ‘The Rocket’

Ligularia ‘Treasure Island’

Leucanthemum vulgare