We recommend some plants for graves - both colourful flowers and foliage plants.
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Planting up a grave can be a consoling and meditative way to remember a loved one.
The area you have to work with might be small, but there’s lots you can do in a small space. It should be relatively easy to maintain, so choose low maintenance plants that will look good for a long time.
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RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year in 2011, this beautiful shrub blooms for months on end, with white flowers which have striking blue backs. Best suited to beds and borders, in full sun or partial shade.
Named Plant of the Century at the 100th RHS Chelsea Flower Show, this reliable and easy to grow perennial flowers prolifically from June to October with blue, saucer-shaped blooms.
The 2019 RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year, this attractive sedum is an easy to grow, versatile and multi-functional plant. Enjoy frothy yellow flowers from July to September
