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Hardy Hardy, cold winter (-15°C to -10°C) H1a H1b H1c H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7 Where it was planted 2 gardens ----------- - ![The '100 Sweet Summers' garden features a wooden arch, a macrame daybed, and a patterned timber pavilion surrounded by colourful flowers.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/d13a2d76-a6a0-490d-ab10-e285163696e5/conversions/9AA5A3A3-1D85-47FF-B204-E78F578F56F7_1_102_o-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/100-sweet-summers) Show Garden ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/rhs-silver-gilt-medal/icon.webp) Silver Gilt Medal ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/rhs-peoples-choice-best-show-garden/icon.webp) People's Choice Best Show Garden 360° tour 360° tour available RHS Sandringham Flower Show 2026 100 Sweet Summers Kitti Kovacs - ![A pocket planting garden features purple buddleia, pink echinacea, and blue chicory growing among rusty, derelict railway tracks and soil.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/20d592ca-3f29-44d0-b1d2-e4c483da72c1/conversions/PXL_20260708_073237443-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/life-in-dereliction) Pocket Planting ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/rhs-silver-gilt-medal/icon.webp) Silver Gilt Medal RHS Badminton Flower Show 2026 Life in Dereliction Luke Adams, Esme Jones Who uses it Designers & studios ------------------------- The people and studios credited on the gardens above, with how many of those gardens each worked on. ### Designers 3 - [ 1 garden EJ #### Esme Jones ](https://gardensdb.com/people/esme-jones) - [ 1 garden ![Kitti Kovacs](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/people/kitti-kovacs/profile_photo.webp) #### Kitti Kovacs Garden Designer kittikovacs\_gardendesign Kitti Kovacs Garden Design ](https://gardensdb.com/people/kitti-kovacs) - [ 1 garden LA #### Luke Adams ](https://gardensdb.com/people/luke-adams) Show all 3 designers Good company Often planted with -------------------- Plants that share a plant list with Eryngium × olivierianum 'Big Blue', ranked by how many gardens combine them. 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