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Climate Resilient Planting List

*The information on this page has been provided by the project team which consists of the following partners.

Climate resilient planting has multiple benefits. Plants are great for the environment: they provide more oxygen, habitat for wildlife, encourage bee pollination. Also, by providing more green spaces in your garden, you’re helping manage surface water flood risk. Your garden loves permeable surfaces! Lastly, not forgetting, a green garden makes us feel great, too!

The Unpave the Way Garden Plant List

Image: Leon Davis Design

 

Number 7: Lightly mounded area to aid drainage in full sun

Flowering Plants:

Grasses:

Shrubs:

 

Number 3: Informal boundary as an alternative to formal hedges and fences

Flowering Plants:

Shrubs:

Climbers:

 

Number 8: Rain Garden with two inlet channels

Flowering plants:

 

Number 4: Dry shade with occasional water. Never submerged

Flowering Plants:

Ferns:

Shrubs:

 

Number 5: Damp and shady zone in slight depression. Overspill from rill. Occasionally submerged 

Flowers:

Shrubs:

Ferns:

 

Number 6: Ground cover for awkward spaces often found in front gardens with driveways runoff from hard surfaces during heavy rainfall 

Planting flowers:

Ferns:

Grasses:

Carex ‘Irish green’ Carex morrowii ‘Irish Green’|Morrow’s sedge ‘Irish Green’/RHS Gardening

 

References / Useful links 

 

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