Plant list

What you'll find in our garden this year

Here's a list of the plants you can find in the Cancer Research UK
Chelsea Flower Show 2008 garden.

Trees

• Nothofagus antarctica "Southern beech"

Shrubs

• Nandina domestica "Heavenly Bamboo"
• Pittosporum tobira "Australian laurel"

Ferns

• Dicksonia antarctica "Woolly tree fern"
• Dryopteris erythrosora "Japanese shield fern"
• Polystichum polyblepharum "Shield fern"

Perennials and grasses

• Acanthus spinosus "Bears breeches"
• Alchemilla erythropoda "Ladys mantle"
• Anemanthele lessoniana "Pheasant grass"
• Aquilegia "Black Barlow"  Columbine
• Aquilegia "Ruby Port" Columbine
• Aruncus dioicus "Goats beard"
• Astelia chatamica "Silver Spear"
• Astrantia "Moulin Rouge" "Masterwort"
• Astrantia roma "Masterwort"
• Carex muskingumensis "Sedge"
• Equisetum hyemale "Mares tail"
• Euphorbia griffithii "Fireglow" "Fire spurge"
• Euphorbia "Whistleberry Garnet" "Spurge"
• Geranium phaeum "Samobor" "Mourning widow"
• Hakonechloa macra 
• Iris chrysographes "Black Form" "Black Iris"
• Iris siberica "Caeser's Brother" "Siberian Iris"
• Libertia grandiflora "New Zealand satin flower"
• Libertia peregrinans "Bronze satin flower"
• Ophiopogon japonicus "Mondo grass"
• Pilosella aurantica "Fox and cubs"
• Rodgersia podophylla "Rodgersia"
• Verbascum phoeniceum "Violetta" "Purple mullein"

The green credentials

All efforts have been made to consider the environmental impact of our garden.

Many of the plants will be returned to the nursery, the rest will be distributed into gardens around the country. The tree ferns are a by-product of the logging industry.

The paving and thought wall have been designed to be easily recyclable. The paint finish to the walls is made from entirely natural, biodegradable materials.