Plant List

Be inspired by landscape architect Tirzah Webb’s plant palette for a low-irrigation garden

1. Shrubs

Correa alba Good for clipping. Very hardy. Buddleja saligna Good for shaping. Buddleja auriculata Good for screening. Buddleja davidii Good for screening; with flowers and fragrance. Searsia crenata Good clipping specimen. Viburnum tinus ‘Compactum’. Good for screens or clipping.

2. Perennials

Lychnis coronaria Good for colour. Long-flowering. Heliotropium arborescens ‘Scentropia Dark Blue’ Good for scented flowers and colour. Lavender ‘Margaret Roberts’ Good for tall spires. Long-flowering.

3. Ground covers

Stachys byzantina Good for quick covering and silver foliage. Festuca glauca Good for a low, grassy effect. Nepeta mussinii Aromatic grey-green foliage with lilac flowers.