The Brewin Dolphin Garden by Cleve West - Best in Show 2012

Cleve West, designer of Best in Show Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2011, came back in 2012 to win Best in Show Garden again. This time with a garden demonstrating the popularity of topiary in gardens.

This garden celebrates the 250th anniversary of the sponsor, Brewin Dolphin, and the continuing popularity of topiary in gardens of all sizes since the resurgence of this art in the 19th Century.

The garden uses controlled structure including beech hedging and yew topiary forms as a contrast for looser layers of herbaceous planting.

The yew forms, symbolic of the sponsor's history, stability and creativity, stand like sentinels among a tapestry of herbaceous plants to create a hint of mystery and timelessness.

Plants list   

Herbaceous Perennials

Bulbs

Ferns

Grasses

Annuals 

Annual grasses

Trees

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Herbaceous Perennials

Acanthus mollis ‘Rue Ledan’ 
Aconitum Ivorine 

Amsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifolia

Aquilegia chrysantha 'Yellow Queen'

Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata 'Ruby Port'

Bupleurum falcatum 

Campanula trachelium

Centaurea phoenix hybrids 

Centranthus ruber 

Cirsium rivulare 

Crambe cordifolia 

Dictamnus albus 

Digitalis lutea 

Erigeron karvinskianus 

Euphorbia wallichii

Geum ‘Lemon Drops’ 

Geranium pyrenaicum Bill Wallis

Gillenia trifoliata 

Heuchera cylindrica Greenfinch

Iris 'Gull's Wing'

Iris sibirica Tropic Night

Lamium maculatum White Nancy

Libertia grandiflora 

Linaria purpurea 

Mathiasella bupleuroides Green Dream

Meum athamanticum Spignel

Mukdenia rossii Karasuba

Paeonia Red Charm

Paeonia Buckeye Belle
Seseli libanotis

Bulbs
Allium atropurpureum 
Allium nigrum 
Allium stipitatum Mount Everest
Allium schubertii 
Camassia leichtlinii Semiplena 
Nectaroscordum siculum 

Ferns
Asplenium scolopendrium 
Blechnum spicant 
Cyrtomium falcatum 
Dryopteris erythrosora 

Grasses
Anemanthele lessoniana 
Briza media 

Annuals
Agrostemma githago
Ammi majus Graceland
Ammi visnaga 
Antirrhinum majus Black Prince
Centaurea cyanus Black Ball
Centaurea cyanus Jubilee Gem
Daucus carota Dara
Nigella damascena Albion Black Pod
Nigella hispanica Midnight Blue
Omphalodes linifolia 
Orlaya grandiflora 
Papaver rhoeas Bridal Silk
Papaver somniferum 
Salvia horminum Marble Arch Blue

Annual Grasses
Hordeum jubatum 
Pennisetum villosum 
Polypogon monspeliensis 

Trees
Fagus Sylvatica 
Tilia Platyphyllos 
Taxus Baccata