2020 GARDENING TRENDS
Plants for Wildlife - (clockwise from top left) Hebe ‘Celine’, Lavender
‘Melissa’, Cirsium rivulare ‘Atropurpureum’, Eyrsimum ‘Super Bowl Sunset’
Combine different flower shapes
and varied flowering times to
produce a good supply of pollen
and nectar for wildlife from spring
through to autumn.
Some great plants for wildlife
include:
• Hebe ‘Celine’ – an evergreen
shrub with white flowers from
April to June
• Lavender ‘Melissa’ – highly
fragrant flowers from June to
August
• Cirsium rivulare ‘Atropurpureum’
– a prickle-free thistle that flowers
from June to September.
• Eyrsimum ‘Super Bowl Sunset’ – a
new variety of wallflower which
blooms from April to September
2. Gardening for Wellbeing.
Increased emphasis on mental,
as well as physical health has
highlighted the proven benefits of
being outside and reconnecting with
nature. Gardening is a great way to
disconnect from screens and find
some genuine reality.
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Sarah Squire added, “Gardening
is creative - you plant your own
canvas. White flowering plants
remain very popular, but a lot of fun
can be had with colour in the garden
so don’t rule anything out. It is your
garden and should reflect your own
tastes and personality.”
White plants
• Choisya ‘Greenfingers’ - glossy
evergreen leaves & scented
summer flowers
• Clematis Montana ‘Miss Christine’
– fragrant white flowers from May
- June
Bold & Bright plants
• Rosa ‘For You With Love’ – repeat
flowering bush rose, lightly
scented
• Clematis ‘Meghan’ – named after
the Duchess of Sussex it flowers
from May to June and again in
September
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