Urban Planters

Urban Planters

 

Urban Planters


Emily has been putting her years of design experience to good use, planning and planting a new display on our nursery. Emily was directly trained by Beth and worked alongside her for many years practicing the philosophy we are so well know for - right plant, right place.

We have now brought this philosophy forward to bring life to urban areas. 

Always keen to trial and experiment with different growing mediums, we are testing the limits of plants to help guide our customers when choosing what will be the right plants for them. We have successfully grown in sand and other substrates for local projects (find out more here), which has helped us select a range of low maintenance, drought tolerant plants for such testing growing conditions. 

To build on our plant range suitable for urban schemes, we are now trialing large containers and experimenting with different growing media and irrigation. 

Irrigation is particularly challenging in urban areas, so it will be interesting to see how the chosen plants fare with minimal watering.

We'll keep you updated with what we learn over the growing season.

 

Plant list

Container 1
Salvia rosmarinus 'Roman Beauty'       
Eremurus 'Cleopatra' 
Atriplex halimus
Teucrium x lucidrys
Hormathophylla spinosa 'Roseum'
Euphorbia seguieriana
Veronica umbrosa 'Georgia Blue'
Pseudodictamnus mediterraneus from Crete    
Oenothera lindheimeri 
Thymus sp. ex Turkey
Origanum vulgare 'Compactum'
 
 
Container 2
Salvia rosmarius 'Miss Jessops Upright'
Crithmum maritimum
Origanum 'Kent Beauty' 
Erigeron karvinskianus
Linaria 'Peachy'
Diascia barberae 'Ruby Field'
Stipa tenuissima
Thymus sp. ex Turkey
Stipa gigantea
 
 
Container 3 with sand
Acaena saccaticupula 'Blue Haze' 
Euphorbia myrsinites
Frankenia thymifolia 
Helichrysum stoechas 'White Barn'
Hertia cheirifolia
Libertia peregrinans 
Origanum vulgare 'Compactum' 
Thymus longicaulis 
Verbena officinalis var. grandiflora 'Bampton'
 
 
Rubble pile
Verbascum bombyciferum
Stipa tenuissima 
Galactites tomentosa
Sempervivum 'Reinhard'
Sedum dasyphyllum

 

 

Urban Planters

COMMENTS

Great idea! Do the planters have drainage holes at the bottom?
best
Kim, Urban Gardener!
Kim   18/03/2025
REPLY:
Yes, lots of drainage holes drilled in the bottom!
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