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Hardy Hardy, very cold winter (-20°C to -15°C) H1a H1b H1c H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7 Where it was planted 6 gardens ----------- - ![A meandering light grey gravel path winds through a sunny feature garden, bordered by woven willow edging and vibrant mixed herbaceous planting including red echinacea.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/47d09ee1-7d54-4e8f-8d6b-e3322531a927/conversions/IMG_6407-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/the-rhs-royal-legacy-garden) Feature Garden 360° tour 360° tour available RHS Sandringham Flower Show 2026 The RHS Royal Legacy Garden Catherine MacDonald - ![A large carved wooden earth goddess sculpture with branch hair reclines among ferns, grasses, and yellow and white wildflowers.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/fe99759b-eaa3-42bd-868e-c240457b277f/conversions/The-Campaign-to-Protect-Rural-England-Garden---On-the-Edge-2026-05-19-at-09.32.32-(2)-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/the-campaign-to-protect-rural-england-garden-on-the-edge) Show Garden ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/rhs-gold-medal/icon.webp) Gold Medal ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/rhs-best-show-garden/icon.webp) Best Show Garden 360° tour 360° tour available RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026 The Campaign to Protect Rural England Garden: 'On the Edge' Sarah Eberle - ![A dark green Range Rover SUV is nestled in naturalistic planting featuring pale pink valerian, white and purple foxgloves, and tall columnar trees.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/c0634e63-bfe4-4961-a3c3-e30cf2866c72/conversions/The-Range-Rover-Cloister-2026-05-19-at-11.19.16-(2)-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/the-range-rover-cloister) Showground Installation 360° tour 360° tour available RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026 The Range Rover Cloister Alexandra Noble - ![A decorative tiled roof pavilion with a gravel floor is surrounded by mixed planting, featuring orange flowers, variegated shrubs, and a large green pot.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/781d856a-ee05-4451-a393-36f154326c12/conversions/PXL_20260509_084213225-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/clay-the-super-soil) Feature Garden RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2026 Clay: The 'Super Soil' Martyn Wilson - ![A naturalistic garden with a wooden bench and a botanical 'Skincare' banner, surrounded by ferns and colourful yellow, orange, and red flowers.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/496c6efa-04ba-4ff0-9359-f5c1eabc86bd/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/rhs-healers-hollow) Feature Garden 360° tour 360° tour available RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2025 RHS Healer's Hollow Jude Yeo, Emily Grayshaw - ![A tranquil Japanese garden featuring a thatched tea house, a dry gravel stream, large mossy boulders, dwarf conifers, and colorful Japanese maples.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/909e2080-c395-4d70-be3f-17e2a4db7c82/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/cha-no-niwa-japanese-tea-garden) Show Garden ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/rhs-gold-medal/icon.webp) Gold Medal ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/123/icon.webp) RHS Chelsea Garden of the Year ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/rhs-peoples-choice-best-show-garden/icon.webp) People's Choice Best Show Garden RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025 Cha No Niwa - Japanese Tea Garden Kazuyuki Ishihara Show all 6 gardens Who uses it Designers & studios ------------------------- The people and studios credited on the gardens above, with how many of those gardens each worked on. ### Designers 7 - [ 1 garden ![Alexandra Noble](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/people/alexandra-noble/profile_photo.webp?v=1ddab5ae-38b8-4e7f-97d8-3297a79853b1) #### Alexandra Noble alexandra.noble ](https://gardensdb.com/people/alexandra-noble) - [ 1 garden ![Catherine MacDonald](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/people/catherine-macdonald/profile_photo.jpg) #### Catherine MacDonald Garden Designer catherinemacdonalddesign Landform Consultants ](https://gardensdb.com/people/catherine-macdonald) - [ 1 garden ![Emily Grayshaw](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/people/emily-grayshaw/profile_photo.webp) #### Emily Grayshaw emilydesignsgardens Inspired Earth Design ](https://gardensdb.com/people/emily-grayshaw) - [ 1 garden ![Jude Yeo](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/people/jude-yeo/profile_photo.webp) #### Jude Yeo gardendesignbyjude Inspired Earth Design ](https://gardensdb.com/people/jude-yeo) - [ 1 garden ![Kazuyuki Ishihara](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/people/kazuyuki-ishihara/profile_photo.jpg) #### Kazuyuki Ishihara Garden Designer kazuyuki.ishihara Ishihara ](https://gardensdb.com/people/kazuyuki-ishihara) - [ 1 garden ![Martyn Wilson](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/people/martyn-wilson/profile_photo.webp) #### Martyn Wilson Garden Designer Wilson Associates Garden Design ](https://gardensdb.com/people/martyn-wilson) - [ 1 garden ![Sarah Eberle](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/people/sarah-eberle/profile_photo.webp) #### Sarah Eberle saraheberlelandscape Project Giving Back Sarah Eberle Landscape ](https://gardensdb.com/people/sarah-eberle) Show all 7 designers ### Studios 3 - [ 1 garden ![Inspired Earth Design](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/studios/inspired-earth-design/logo.webp) #### Inspired Earth Design ](https://gardensdb.com/studios/inspired-earth-design) - [ 1 garden ![Ishihara](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/studios/ishihara/logo.webp?v=27ea1612-1648-4330-b7f0-c0aa703555cb) #### Ishihara Tokyo ](https://gardensdb.com/studios/ishihara) - [ 1 garden ![Wilson Associates Garden Design](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/studios/wilson-associates-garden-design/logo.webp) #### Wilson Associates Garden Design ](https://gardensdb.com/studios/wilson-associates-garden-design) Show all 3 studios Good company Often planted with -------------------- Plants that share a plant list with Carpinus betulus, ranked by how many gardens combine them. [ Browse all plants ](https://gardensdb.com/plants) - [ ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/afdd2f46-0ad9-469b-abee-74ee346ddc53/conversions/prunus-spinosa-card.webp) Prunus spinosa 2 garden togethers ](https://gardensdb.com/plants/prunus-spinosa "Prunus spinosa") - [ ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/fc3b5a71-403c-4cc3-ba27-86e0e47ec234/conversions/acer-campestre-card.webp) Acer campestre 1 garden together ](https://gardensdb.com/plants/acer-campestre "Acer campestre") - [ ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/2b9b6121-895c-4995-94c8-07937dce5615/conversions/acer-monspessulanum-card.webp) Acer monspessulanum 1 garden together ](https://gardensdb.com/plants/acer-monspessulanum "Acer monspessulanum") - [ ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/2a145d1a-d60b-40f1-9adb-5de333269fa2/conversions/acer-palmatum-card.webp) Acer palmatum 1 garden together ](https://gardensdb.com/plants/acer-palmatum "Acer palmatum") - [ ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/e70aaf11-d108-4ed8-8c71-dea7ebb9bdf7/conversions/amelanchier-lamarckii-card.webp) Amelanchier × lamarckii 1 garden together ](https://gardensdb.com/plants/amelanchier-x-lamarckii "Amelanchier × lamarckii") - [ ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/bc06ee3f-3442-41e5-a683-0b4ce702b93e/conversions/ammi-majus-card.webp) Ammi majus 1 garden together ](https://gardensdb.com/plants/ammi-majus "Ammi majus") - [ ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/8ab6b413-70eb-4c0e-b52c-17fa1365cea6/conversions/dill-card.webp) Anethum graveolens 1 garden together ](https://gardensdb.com/plants/anethum-graveolens "Anethum graveolens") - [ ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/ff920398-5ee1-48cc-b9bd-bc470bc088a3/conversions/anthriscus-ravenswing-card.webp) Anthriscus 'Ravenswing' 1 garden together ](https://gardensdb.com/plants/anthriscus-ravenswing "Anthriscus 'Ravenswing'") - [ ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/83877dc9-4a9a-4813-a2b5-288b889a1a8a/conversions/arbutus-unedo-card.webp) Arbutus unedo 1 garden together ](https://gardensdb.com/plants/arbutus-unedo "Arbutus unedo") - [ ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/e447104c-2063-4d98-9446-b09ef2224fe8/conversions/betula-pendula-youngii-card.webp) Betula pendula 'Youngii' 1 garden together ](https://gardensdb.com/plants/betula-pendula-youngii "Betula pendula 'Youngii'") - [ ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/226811f6-1849-484a-9cbf-6c94f6819014/conversions/bunium-bulbocastanum-card.webp) Bunium bulbocastanum 1 garden together ](https://gardensdb.com/plants/bunium-bulbocastanum "Bunium bulbocastanum") - [ ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/e44a06e7-7201-4297-9e14-f62cae98963f/conversions/carpinus-betulus-orange-retz-card.webp) Carpinus betulus 'Orange Retrac' 1 garden together ](https://gardensdb.com/plants/carpinus-betulus-orange-retrac "Carpinus betulus 'Orange Retrac'") ![](/images/leaf_icon.svg) Gardens**DB** The world's largest collection of show gardens online, kept free, kept current, and shaped by the community that uses it. 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