{"id":11418,"date":"2022-06-01T11:28:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T09:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gardensillustrated.com\/?p=82927"},"modified":"2022-06-01T11:45:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T09:45:14","slug":"a-rewilding-style-container-display","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/rss_feed\/a-rewilding-style-container-display\/","title":{"rendered":"A rewilding style container display"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Sorrel Everton\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 01 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022<\/a> was very much about naturalistic planting, greens and the concept of rewilding, with Best in Show going to Lulu Urquhart and Adam Hunt<\/a> for their A Rewilding British Landscape.<\/p>\n

Reflecting the trend, plant nursery The Plant Centre at Hortus Loci, created three 50cm x 50cm planters for the Gardens Illustrated<\/em> stand at Chelsea Flower Show, showcasing a selection of plants that would fit into any garden scheme. So even if you don\u2019t have a big garden to let areas go completely wild, there are elements to take on board from the rewilding message, whatever space you have.<\/p>\n

This a container planting idea draws on the rewilding aesthetic to use hardworking, tough plants that don\u2019t need too much mollycoddling and are brilliant for pollinators<\/a>. By using perennials<\/a> alongside annuals, the display can be adapted seasonally and come back year after year to give a loose, naturalised appeal.<\/p>\n

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Plants used<\/h3>\n
Centranthus ruber<\/em> (x 6 for three containers)<\/p>\n
Often seen growing on walls and hedgerow, red valerian is a tough perennial with masses of tightly clumped flowerheads in crimson, pink or white. Beloved by pollinators and with good drought tolerant qualities. Flowers from late spring to autumn. Deadhead regularly if you want to control self-seeing.<\/p>\n
1m x 50cm\nRHS H5<\/p>\n
Cosmos bipinnatus<\/em> \u2018Double Click Cranberries\u2019 (x6)\nGorgeous, intensely coloured cosmos with flowers in dark reddish-purple. Double petalled with a bright yellow centre. Attractive to pollinators and flowering in profusion through summer and into autumn.\n1.5m x 1m.\nRHS H3<\/p>\n
Geum<\/em> \u2018Bohema Pink\u2019 (x6)\nIntroduced in 2020, this geum produces masses of flowers from as early as April and into summer (keep deadheading to encourage repeat flowering). Large flowers of ruffled petals in salmon-pink surround bright yellow-orange stamens. Grows best in sun but will tolerate some shade and works well alongside low-growing grasses and other creeping perennials to give low level interest.\n40cm x 40cm\nH5<\/p>\n
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How to get the rewilding look<\/h2>\n