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Plants for small outdoor spaces

You can use plants to decorate any outdoor space, of any size. Here’s how to make your own little jungle.

Palms, ferns, grasses and a fatsia japonica in decorative pots styled on a small outdoor patio

You only need the tiniest bit of outdoor space to make a home for plants. A small patio, a balcony, or even just a window ledge can become home to new life. You just need a bit of imagination and the right plants. Follow our tips to rewild any space.

Fairy bellflowers planted in a grey fibrestone trough windowbox outside on a window sill
Fairy bellflowers planted in a grey fibrestone trough windowbox outside on a window sill
Two pyramid bay trees in black fibrestone bucket pots either side a lollipop bay tree in a black fibrestone cylinder pot outside on a patio
Two pyramid bay trees in black fibrestone bucket pots either side a lollipop bay tree in a black fibrestone cylinder pot outside on a patio
Close-up of a clematis climbing up the side of a house
Close-up of a clematis climbing up the side of a house

Embrace a theme

If you only have room for a small number of plants, keep them to a theme to maximise the effect and create visual harmony. There’s no end to the different themes you could try.

You could go for the favoured British cottage garden theme, opt for a more structural modern style, or even create your own little citrus grove.

Fairy bellflowers, two twisted stem bay trees, a white hydrangea, an agapanthus, a pyramid bay tree, a mint, an oregano and an Euonymus Fortunei in decorative pots styled on a deck around a curved pink chair
Fairy bellflowers, two twisted stem bay trees, a white hydrangea, an agapanthus, a pyramid bay tree, a mint, an oregano and an Euonymus Fortunei in decorative pots styled on a deck around a curved pink chair

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Fibrestone troughFibrestone trough£45.00ClemClem£18.00IvyIvy£8.00EffyEffy£8.00KirbyKirby£25.00

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