Planting ideas
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This was my raised border a few years ago now. It was full of flowers & foliage. It is a funny shape with one long curved edge. I put the tall Red Hot Pokers at the back with the feathery dark purple of the fennel, it worked quite well. I do like using purples & blues with a hint of rebellious red thrown in for good measure. |
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This is a before and after picture of a meadow I planted for a customer. The area was full of trees, and is now a beautiful natural meadow mainly grassses, daisy and plantains- these are the best meadow plants for clay soil. It is in its second year now and I have seen some Red Campion, Teasel, Verbena and various other meadow flowers in there, also lots of butterflies,other beneficial insects and even the deer sneak in for stroll round! |
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The customer asked for this old unused pond to be made into a bog garden complete with water feature. |
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Grass border
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Here is a border I did last week, the client wanted the area cleared of existing ‘Carex pendula’ and other weeds and an ornamental border created. It is a lovely wildlife garden, so the grasses really fitted in with the surroundings. I used lots of Miscanthus sinensis, Festuca, and a stipa – all beautiful grasses that move gently in the breeze. Birds love perching on them and cats love playing and hiding amongst them. |
Redesign of a border
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The client asked me to redesign their border in the front garden, it overlooked a pond so nothing could be that tall. I chose one grass in the middle called Stipa gigantea which you can see through, but will give a bit of height and interest. Everything is I planted was low growing. I planted ‘Nepeta x faassenii’ and’ Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’ for scent, calm colour and of course to attract bees and other beneficial insects. I also put in some small Sedums, a ‘Miscanthus zebrinus’ for a striking ornamental grass, a ‘Convulvulus cneorum’ for an evergreen silver leaved and white flowered shrub and two Cornus for winter bark effect- ‘alba siberica’ and ‘midwinter fire’. |
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