Small & low growing shrubs and ground cover

Most of the plants in this category are cheap and easy to find and grow. There are a lot of aromatic grey leaved, evergreen plants and shrubs and herbs that do best in these conditions. They are best not coddled - only water when first planted.

Anthemis Evergreen grey , white daisy flowers, hardy

Artemesia ('southernwood')

Bergenia ('Elephants ears' Pink flrs Jan-March- Evergreen)

Bulbs of all kinds - spring and summer.

Catmint

Campanula especially the low growing varieties

Chives good front of border plant

Cotton Lavender.

Curry Plant

Dianthus and pinks do well especially if you dress with lime when planting

Euonymus fortunii

(varigated small leaved evergreen - green/yellow or green/white - good mixer)

Euphorbia many varieties. (do not handle without gloves)

Some ferns

Fuchsia magelenicas

Ornamental grasses (choose carefully & avoid spready or varieties that get too big)

Hebe (small leaved evergreen varieties - green or grey/green with blue or white flowers)

Hiaracum like a hawkweed with bright orange flowers

Hardy geraniums dalmaticum is a good one that is not too 'floppy'

Helichrysum

Hemerocallis (Day Lilies)

Lavender

Marigolds

Nasturtium

Parahebe

Poppies - annual and perennial

Prostrate cotoneasters

Prostrate Junipers (may be a bit big!)

'Rock roses' Helianthemum & Cystus

Rosemary

Roses are drought tollerant when established

Sage green or purple makes good garden plant

Sedums, especially Sedum Spectabile for butterflies- old pink variety for preference,

Thymes culinary, silver posy & creeping thyme.

Valerian - native wild plant self seeds.

Variegated ivies

Yucca - dangerously pointed leaves - careful postioning away from children and animals

Zeuchneria