This border is sunny and dry due to its naturally free draining nature. Armed with this list of plants perfectly suited to well drained borders in full sun you’ll be able to create an easy to care for, high impact border.
I’ve grouped them into climbers, wall shrubs, herbaceous perennials, bulbs & grasses
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HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS
- Achillea millefolium
- Salvia nemorosa
- Nepeta ‘Six Hills Giant’
- Hylotelephium (Sedum) ‘Autumn Joy’
- Echinacea purpurea
- Gaillardia aristata
- Coreopsis verticillata
- Lavandula angustifolia
- Stachys byzantina
- Perovskia (Salvia yangii)
- Kniphofia uvaria
- Penstemon ‘Garnet’
- Eryngium planum
- Verbena bonariensis
- Armeria maritima
CLIMBERS
- Wisteria sinensis
- Wisteria floribunda
- Clematis viticella
- Clematis tangutica
- Clematis montana
- Jasmine officinale
- Trachelospermum jasminoides
- Climbing roses
- Lonicera periclymenum
- Campsis radicans
- Vitis vinifera
- Hedera helix
- Passiflora caerulea
- Lonicera japonica ‘Halliana’
- Clematis alpina
SHRUBS
- Buddleja davidii
- Hebe ‘Red Edge’
- Cistus × purpureus
- Potentilla fruticosa
- Spiraea japonica
- Berberis thunbergii
- Rosemary
- Lavatera ‘Barnsley’
- Weigela florida
- Deutzia gracilis
- Hypericum ‘Hidcote’
- Cytisus scoparius
- Santolina chamaecyparissus
- Escallonia ‘Pink Elle’
- Euonymus fortunei
BULBS
- Allium ‘Purple Sensation’
- Allium christophii
- Tulipa species
- Narcissus poeticus
- Iris germanica
- Iris pallida
- Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’
- Eremurus robustus
- Fritillaria imperialis
- Scilla siberica
- Galanthus nivalis
- Camassia leichtlinii
- Muscari armeniacum
- Gladiolus nanus
- Colchicum autumnale
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES
- Stipa tenuissima
- Stipa gigantea
- Festuca glauca
- Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’
- Helictotrichon sempervirens
- Miscanthus sinensis
- Pennisetum alopecuroides
- Panicum virgatum
- Sesleria caerulea
- Molinia caerulea
- Koeleria macrantha
- Deschampsia cespitosa
- Carex testacea
- Carex buchananii
- Pennisetum orientale