The Telegraph Garden was designed by Andy Sturgeon and built by Crocus.  The garden was sponsored by The Daily Telegraph.  The Royal Horticultural Society judges awarded The Telegraph Garden a Gold Medal, and the coveted award of Best in Show, at The RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016.

The Canary Island foxglove, Digitalis canariensis in The Telegraph Garden, at The RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016.

The Telegraph Garden 2016 Planting List

Trees

Arbutus unedo
Maytenus boaria
Quercus ilex
Schinus molle

Arbutus unedo, also known as the strawberry tree, on account of its round fruits which you can see in this photograph, which turn a strawberry-red colour as they ripen. As pictured in The Telegraph Garden, designed by Andy Sturgeon, for The RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016. The Telegraph Garden was awarded a Gold Medal by the RHS judges, as well as the coveted award of Best in Show.

Shrubs and Sub-Shrubs

Ballota pseudodictamnus
Cistus × dansereaui ‘Decumbens’
Cistus salviifolius ‘Prostratus‘
Coleonema album
Corokia x virgata
Dorycnium pentaphyllum subsp. pentaphyllum
Ephedra fragilis
Hebe buxifolia
Helichrysum italicum subsp. serotinum
Leucophyllum langmaniae
Limoniastrum monopetalum ‘Carnaval’
Lotus hirsutus ‘Lois’
Myrica gale
Myrtus communis subsp. tarentina
Ozothamnus diosmifolius
Ozothamnus ledifolius
Ozothamnus rosmarinifolius ‘Silver Jubilee’
Pistacia lentiscus
Rhaphiolepis indica ‘Springtime’
Santolina pinnata subsp. neapolitana ‘Edward Bowles‘
Sophora ‘Little Baby’
Tanacetum densum subsp. amani
Thymus vulgaris
Westringia longifolia

Grasses

Ampelodesmos mauritanicus
Carex testacea
Festuca gautieri
Poa labillardierei
Sesleria caerulea
Sesleria heufleriana
Sporobolus heterolepis

Annuals

Asphodelus fistulosus
Ridolfia segetum

Biennials

Echium russicum
Tragopogon porrifolius

Polygonum scoparium from Southern Europe, Anigozanthos flavidus × rufus group from Australia, and Dianella revoluta ‘Little Rev’ from Australia, pictured in The Telegraph Garden at The RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

Perennials

Achilea tomentosa
Achilea umbellata
Anigozanthus flavidus × rufus group
Bulbine frutescens ‘Hallmark’
Catananche caerulea ‘Tizi n Test’
Centaurea bella
Crithmum maritimum
Dianella revoluta ‘Little Rev’ (PBR)
Digitalis canariensis
Echium russicum
Euphorbia ceratocarpa
Euphorbia palustris ‘Walenburg’s Glorie’
Euphorbia pithyusa
Euphorbia rigida
Euphorbia seguieriana subsp. niciciana
Euphorbia spinosa
Jaborosa integrifolia
Juncus effusus
Libertia peregrinans ‘Gold Leaf’
Limonium pruinosum
Marrubium bourgaei var. ‘bourgaei ‘All Hallows Green’
Polygonum scoparium
Sarcopoterium spinosum
Satureja thymbra ‘Alba’
Tulbaghia violacea ‘Alba’
Verbena rigida f. lilacina

In The Telegraph Garden, Andy Sturgeon has teamed plants together that originate from a variety of different arid environments. This garden is not a recreation of an existing landscape – these plants are not found growing together in nature. This is a creation of a new landscape, that exists only in this garden, featuring plants that require similar growing conditions, that inspired Andy when he discovered them on his travels.

The Telegraph Garden 2016 Contributors

Outdoor Design (Booth Group) – sculptural fins

Bradleys Metal Coatings – metal coatings of the fins and fire bowl

Plurimarmores Stone

James Price Fire Bowl

SUGG Lighting – fire bowl burner

Andrew Ewing Studio – water

Specialised Metal Fabrications

Landscapeplus – garden lighting

Rendering by Ray

Other articles that may interest you…….

To read my interview with Andy Sturgeon, and find out more about The Telegraph Garden, at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016, please click here.

To see photographs from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016, please click here.

To read my interview with Cleve West and find out more about The M&G Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016, please click here.

To find out more about some of the award-winning nurseries at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016, please click here.

To find out about the new introductions from David Austin Roses for 2016/2017, please click here.

To read about Jonathan Hogarth’s success at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016 and the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2016, please click here.