Featured plants in Kew's show garden at Chelsea
Find out more about the plants appearing in Kew's show garden in this year's Chelsea Flower Show.
Species for the garden were selected by designer Marcus Barnett for both their beauty and utility. Uses include medicinal e.g. angelica (Angelica archangelica), food and drink e.g. elder (Sambucus nigra), and industrial e.g rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis).
In addition to true species featured in the garden, also selected are cultivars and hybrids of these useful plants – these include variants of the common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) and Iris species. Learn more about the plants and their featured relations by clicking on the plant profiles below.
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Angelica archangelica
angelica
Deschampsia cespitosa
tufted hair-grass
Digitalis purpurea
common foxglove
Filipendula rubra
queen of the prairie
Geranium macrorrhizum
rock crane's-bill
Iris sibirica
Siberian iris
Lamium maculatum
spotted dead-nettle
Origanum vulgare
oregano
Primula beesiana
candelabra primula
Primula bulleyana
Bulley's primula
Rosmarinus officinalis
rosemary
Sambucus nigra
elder
Taxus baccata
common yew
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