The plants in Sarah Eberle’s 2026 garden: The Campaign to Protect Rural England Garden: ‘On the Edge’
The garden aims to raise awareness of the fragility of rural landscapes, focusing on vulnerable spaces including ordinary fringe landscapes constantly under threat
The planting is rich, diverse and textural, celebrating UK
Trees
- Acer monspessulanum - climate-resilient alternative to Acer campestre
- Acer monspessulanum
- Betula pendula
- Carpinus betulus
- Crataegus monogyna
Shrubs
- Cornus sanguinea
- Corylus avellana
- Cornus sanguinea
- Cephalanthus occidentalis
- Euonymus europaeus
- Hedera arborescens
- Ilex aquifolium
- Ligustrum vulgare ‘Atrovirens’
- Prunus spinosa
- Rodgersia podophylla ‘Braunlaub’
- Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea’
- Rosa x odorata ‘Mutabilis’
- Rosa canina
- Rosa pimpinellifolia
- Rosa pimpinellifolia Dunwich Rose
- Rosa serica subsp. Omeiensis f. pteracantha
- Rubus fruticosus
- Sambucus nigra
- Viburnum opulus Roseum
- Ajuga reptans alba
- Amsonia ciliata
- Amsonia hubrichtii
- Amsonia tabernaemontana Storm Cloud
- Angelica archangelica
- Anthriscus sylvestris
- Anthriscus sylvestris ‘Ravenswing’
- Asplenium scolopendrium
- Asplenium trichomanes
- Athryium filix- femina
- Athyrium filix-femina ‘Lady in Red’
- Briza media
- Carex morrowii ‘Irish Green’
- Centaurea Jordy
- Centranthus ruber albus
- Daucus carota
- Deschampsia caespitosa ‘Goldtau’
- Digitalis grandiflora
- Digitalis purpurea
- Disporopsis undulata
- Disporum longistylum ‘Night Heron’
- Dryopteris affinis ‘Cristata’
- Dryopteris atrata
- Dryopteris filix-mas
- Echium webberi
- Epimedium rubrum
- Equisetum hyemale
- Eupatorium cannabinum
- Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae
- Filipendula vulgaris
- Fragaria vesca
- Galium odoratum
- Geranium maculatum ‘Beth Chatto’
- Geranium nodosum
- Geranium phaeum Joseph Green
- Geranium phaeum ‘Raven’
- Geranium robertianum
- Geranium robertianum ‘Celtic White’
- Geum rivale
- Iris foetidissima
- Iris sibirica ‘Butter and Sugar’
- Juncus patens ‘Carmans Grey’
- Lamium orvala
- Liriope muscari ‘Big Blue’
- Lunaria annua ‘Chedglow’
- Luzula nivea
- Luzula sylvatica
- Lychnis flos-cuculi
- Matteuccia struthiopteris
- Melica uniflora f. Alba
- Mitella breweri
- Muelenbeckia complexa ‘Big leaf’
- Omphaloides ‘Cherry Ingram’
- Osmunda regalis
- Papaver somniferum
- Persicaria dshawachischwilii alpina polymorpha
- Plantago major ‘Rubra’
- Polygonatum giganteum
- Polygonatum verticulatum
- Polypodium vulgare
- Potentilla palustris
- Primula bulleyana
- Ranunculus acris
- Ranunculus acris ‘Citrinus’
- Ranunculus acris ‘Stevenii’
- Sagina subulata
- Sedum anglicum
- Silene dioica
- Silene dioica ‘Purple Prince’
- Smyrmium olustatrum
- Tellima grandiflora
- Trollius europaeus ‘Cheddar’
- Trollius x cultorum ‘New Moon’
- Urtica dioca
- Uvalaria perfoliata
