Five great plants we alway try to include in are gardens designs. Easy to grow and to care for. An ideal plant for a low maintenance gardens Each plant is extremely versatile. They can be used successfully in contemporary, traditional, tropical or zen planting schemes. And each plant works effortlessly with a wide variety of plants. Enabling you create truly stunning planting combinations. Plants you will want to use over and over again in your garden design.
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Add purple ‘lollipops’ floating in the spring breeze. Alliums are instantly reconisable. Adding interest and colour to any garden design. A great choice for a sunny border. Raised beds or rendered walled planters. Alliums work well in both a traditional or contemporary garden design. Alliums flower in late spring to early summer. Great for cut flower displays. Alliums work well planted in coloured drifts combines. With oranamental grasses or other coloured plants. Try adding aganpthus and echincea.
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Plant bulbs or plants in sunny position. Allliums like a well drained soil. The bulbs don’t like water logging. They tend to rot. Add grit to clay soil to imporve drainage or when planting in raised beds. Mulch in winter to proctect bulbs from frost. Alliums are great for encouraging wildlife in your garden. The nectar-pollon rich flowers attract many insects. Including butter flies, bees and moths.
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Three alliums you want to used time and time again in your garden. Plant in groups to produce swathes of pastal colours. Globe master produces the largest flower head. Always mulch allium marsh ‘mellow’ over the winter. Allium ‘his excellency’ flowers late spring to early summer. Producing pink, globe-shaped flower heads of star-shaped florets.
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Looks great with 1 ⋅ box hedging ⋅ stipa ‘feather’ grass ⋅ hebes ⋅ eyrngium ⋅ tulip blue parrot
Looks great with 2 ⋅ forget-met nots ⋅ sedum ⋅ poppy ⋅ hosta ⋅ box ⋅ achillea
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PLANTING COMBINATIONS
Modern italian ⋅ allium ⋅ olive ½ standard ⋅ hebe ⋅ phormium ‘baby bronze’
Relaxed box ⋅ allium ⋅ erynium ⋅ skimmia ⋅ pittosporum ‘tom thumb’ ⋅ olive ½ standard ⋅ box hedging
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One of our favourite plants. Bold fast growing plant. With hot red flowers. Crocosmia prouces swathes of sword like lush green folliage. Irs green bladed folliage contrasts well with the plate like flowers of achillea. Crocosmia works well in contemporary, traditional, tropical or zen garden designs. Great for creating hot colours combinations in your garden. Combine its red flowers with yellow, purples and magenta.
Combine crocosmia with similar blade plants, such as phormiums. Choice a dark variety such as phormum baby bronze. Its dark folliage will contrast well with the crocosmias lush green leaves. Creating a dark dark drop for the crocosmias hot red flowers.
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Create islands of red colour. Always plant in crocomia in groups for maximium impact. Creating bold drifts of colour from july to october. Crocosmia lucifer is a rich red variety. Well worth adding to your garden design. Its lush green foliage looks great edging hardwood decking.
Croscosmia ‘lucifer’ likes a well-drained soil in full sun. Divide clumps every couple of years. This wil help tosencourages bright red long lasting blooms.
Looks great with ⋅ rudbeckia ⋅ verbena ⋅ achillea ⋅ agapnathus ⋅ kniphothia ⋅ phormiums ⋅ stipa ⋅ echinops ⋅ smoke bush ⋅ bamboo
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PLANTING COMBINATIONS
Relaxed pairie ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ rubeckia ⋅ verbena ⋅ pennisetum grass ⋅ euphorbia ⋅ phormiums
Bladed colour ⋅ allium ⋅ achillea ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ heuchera ⋅ acer
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Phormiums are the ideal plant for adding archiectural shapes to a garden. Phormiums work well in both contemporary and traditional garden designs. They are also great addition to tropical and zen planting schemes. Phormium look great combined with bolders and gravel beds. Add other archetural plants to add contrast. A Smoke bush contrasts well with lighter green phormium varieties such as tricolour. Add colour for inererste. Irises and canna lillies for a tropical feel.
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Plant phormiums in full sun. Phormiums grow well in moist well drained soils. Take care. Phormiums will rot in water logged conditions. Add grit to improve soil drainage. They can also be prone to frost damage, particularly the red varirites. Wrap up plants in insulation, before any extreme snaps. Phormiums are tolerant of salty winds. Making themm a great addition to any coastal garden planting scheme.
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Phormiums look great planting in groups. The variagated tricolour varierty looks great against a dark backdrop. Create contrast. Combine phormium tricolour with phormium baby bronze, berberis or a smoke bush. Baby bronze loks greate with hot colours, particalary reds. Combine with scarlet verbena.
Looks great with 1 ⋅ skimmia ⋅ vebena ⋅ rhododendrons ⋅ euphorbia ⋅ camelia ⋅ azalea ⋅ bamboo
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PLANTING COMBINATIONS
Relaxed pairie ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ rubeckia ⋅ verbena ⋅ pennisetum grass ⋅ euphorbia ⋅ phormiums
Modern tropical ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ helenium ⋅ hosta ⋅ acer ⋅ phormium tricolour ⋅ phormium ⋅ bronze ⋅ fatsia
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A traditional plant that equally works well in a contemporary garden design. Verbena is under rated, unfussy plant. Its great for softening bold timber structures when planted as screen. This uprignt perennial weaves in and out of neighbouring plants. Producing swathes purple. Each purple head, containing an array of tiny lavender florets. Great for adding summer colour and height to beds and borders.
Verbeana is a long flowing plant that requires minimal attention. Great for low maintenance gardens. Verbena works well planted with cool colours such as agapanthus or lavender. Verbena will also hold its own with hot colours. Cobine verbena with rocosmia, rudbeckia and kniphothia.
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Verbenas like a free draining soil. It thrives in direct sunlight. Verbena will also tolerant dry conditions. Try to water its base weekly, during the flowering season. Will encourage further blooms during the summer. Don’t cut back dead stems until they are replaced with new ones in spring. Plants can be prone to frost damage. Mulch top of plants if a servere frost is on its way. Plants are self sowing, replacing any plants kill by frost. Verbenas flowers are rich in nectar. Great for encouring butterflies into you garden.
Looks great with 1 ⋅ agapanthus (white blue) ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ echinacea ⋅ rudbeckia ⋅ mischanthus grass
Looks great with 2 ⋅ festuca grass ⋅ hosta ⋅ sun flower ⋅ sedum ⋅ heuchera ⋅ lavendar ⋅ echinops
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PLANTING COMBINATIONS
Colours & contrast ⋅ echinacea ⋅ verbena ⋅ helenium ⋅ achillea white ⋅ erigon ⋅ heuchera ⋅ euphorbia ⋅ smoke bush
Hot dry ⋅ lavender ⋅ verbena ⋅ hebe ⋅ globe thistle ⋅ stipa ⋅ box balls
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Box is a vertilile plant you will want to use over and over in your garden design. Box hedging creates the backbone of a formal planting scheme. It looks great framing beds in both traditional and contemporary garden designs.
Add shapes and interest to your box hedging. Try adding compact hebes , shield ferns, box balls or box pyramids. Combine with muted colours. Lavender, iris and agapnathus. Or maybe add hot colours. Crocosmia, rudbeckia or yellow tulips.
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Box is vigorous evergreen shrub. Ideal for low hedging or screening. Box topiary is availible in a variety of shapes including cubes, pyramids, balls and spirials. Box will grow in a most well drained moist soil. In full sun or partially shade.
When shaping topiary, less is always more. Always lightly trim your shapes in mid to to late summer. Hard pruning will result in to bald spots. Feed plants with buxus feed, for a lush appearance. Water in dry periods to prevent plants from scorching and turning brown.
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Look good with ⋅ agapanthus ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ iris ⋅ lavender ⋅ daphodils⋅ tulips ⋅ hebes ⋅ phormium camelia ⋅ rhododendrons ⋅ tulips
PLANTING COMBINATIONS
Box italian ⋅ allium ⋅ erygium ⋅ lavender ⋅ skimmia ⋅ pittosporum ⋅ box hedging ⋅ olive ½ standard
Formal box ⋅ allium ⋅ yellow tulips ⋅ lavender ⋅ hebes ⋅box hedging
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Your space is limited. You want to make the most of what you’ve got. Keep it simple. You’ll need area to relax in. A seating area. A focal point for interest. Some storage. A small shed. Plants to soften the hard landscaping. You’ll probably want a low maintenance garden. If you want a lawn area. Artificial grass is a good option.
MENU ⋅ COURTYARDS ⋅ SMALL GARDENS DESIGN EXETER
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Choose a theme for you Garden Design Exeter. Traditional or contemporary garden design work well in a small gardens and courtyards in Exeter. Don’t over complicated it. Keep your design simple and unclutted. Add paving with cleans lines. Try maximise your usable space.
Contemporary garden design works well in a small spaces in Exeter. Add simple contemporary paving. Kandula grey standstone. Luxurious granite paving. Opt for strong straight lines with minumal fuss. Lay large single stones in a stretcher bond pattern.
Softened the paving with bold planting. Strong structural shapes. Hebes, box balls and festuca. With hot colours: crocosmia, alliums and rudbeckia. And add some texture. Pennesetum grass, phormiums and shields ferns.
Traditional garden design always compliments a period property. Choose traditional materials. Sandstone or slate paving. Oak sleepers for raised beds. Add formal planting. Combine box hedging with topiary. Add drifts of colour. Rudbeckia, agapanthus and lavender.
SMALL GARDEN DESIGN ⋅ IDEAS ⋅ INSPIRATION ⋅ EXETER
Traditional ⋅ Contemporary ⋅ Zen ⋅ Tropical ⋅ Praire
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Create an outdoor seating area for relaxation and entertaining. Add movable furniture or built-in seating. Add natural stone paving area for alfresco dinning. Create a comfortable sized space. For 4 people allow a minimum of 3 x3m. With a cooking area allow 4 x4m.
Keep paving simple. A strong bold look. Soften by planting. Add edging setts to frame beds and borders. Lighter paving stones will reflect more light. Useful in shady garden areas. Party well into the night. Add zoned ambient lighting and weather proof sockets.
Tradition paving ⋅ sandstone ⋅ york flags ⋅ slate paving ⋅ black limestone
Contemporary paving ⋅ smooth sandblast sandstone ⋅ granite ⋅ kandula grey sandstone ⋅ porcelain tiles
MATERIALS ⋅ IDEAS ⋅ INSPIRATION ⋅ COURTYARDS GARDENS EXETER
Paving Design ⋅ Traditional Materials ⋅ Contemporary Materials
Zen Materials ⋅ Tropical Materials
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Soften borders and conserve space. Add additional planting height and contain foliage. Create raised planting beds and add structural planting. Hebes, hostas, pennesetum grass and phormiums. Add colour alluims, lavender and crocosmia. For low maintenance. Add bark or decorative shingle.
Contemporary retaining walls ⋅ brick ⋅ natural sandstone setts ⋅ oak sleepers
Traditional retaining walls ⋅ render walls ⋅ k render ⋅ design clad
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Create a focal point which leads the eye. Making your garden appear larger. Add specimen plants for the wow factor. Choose thin tall plants. Adding vertical height to your garden design. While preserving your gardens width. Add a row of tall cypresses, pleached trees or a cloud tree.
Create movement with water. Add a self-contained water feature. A pump, buried sump and drilled decorative stone or wall mounted water sculpture. Hide the sump with cobbles and planting. Add ambient lighting for evening entertaining.
Focal points stone ⋅ fire pits ⋅ slatted fences ⋅ timber arches ⋅ bbq areas
Focal points plants ⋅ magnolia ⋅ camellia ⋅ pleached trees ⋅ olives ⋅ acers ⋅ tree ferns ⋅ silver birch
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Add interesting foliage for shape and texture. Combine key plants together to produce exciting planting combinations. Alway plant in groups. Creating drifts of colour. Add dark coloured shrubs. Adding contrast. Creating a back drop for hot colours. Dark coloured shrubs: berberis, smoke bush and phormiums.
PLANTING COMBINATIONS ⋅ SMALL GARDEN DESIGN ⋅ COURTYARDS EXETER
Modern ⋅ Italian ⋅ allium ⋅ olive ½ standard ⋅ hebe ⋅ phormium ‘baby bronze’
Classic ⋅ contemporary ⋅ white astilbe ⋅ heuchera ⋅ acer ⋅ shield ferns ⋅ viburnum davidii ⋅ silver birch
Iris ⋅ allium ⋅ for-get-me-not ⋅ courtyard gardens exeter ⋅ small garden design exeter
PLANTING ⋅ IDEAS ⋅ INSPIRATION ⋅ SMALL GARDEN DESIGN EXETER
Contemporary ⋅ Traditional ⋅ Tropical ⋅ Zen ⋅ White Garden ⋅ Bulbs ⋅ Hot Colours ⋅ Evergreen ⋅ Low Maintenance
Agapanthus ⋅ rudbeckia ⋅ pennesetium ⋅ courtyard gardens exeter ⋅ small garden design exeter
PLANTING COMBINATIONS ⋅ IDEAS ⋅ INSPIRARATION
Traditional ⋅ Contemporary ⋅ Zen.
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Add vertical greenery by adding climbers or hedging. Soften existing walls and fences. Reducing where possible the width of your planting beds. Increasing your gardens usable space. Add colour, foliage and scent. Attatch climbers to walls, fences and outbuildings. Choose an evergreen climbers for all year interest.
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Climbers ⋅ white jasmine ⋅ passion flower
Hedges ⋅ photinia ⋅ copper beech
Create a contemporary feel. Create a focal point. Mask unsightly areas in your garden. Update a tired fence or wall. Add a slatted fence, masking outbuilding and sheds. Update your existing fences. Adding extra height for privacy.
Slatted fence finishes ⋅ softwood ⋅ hardwood
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Climbers ⋅ Evergreen Plants ⋅ Slatted Fences
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Add bark to your beds & borders. Good qulaity bark will give a bed smart natural appearance. Bark will trap in moisture. Reducing the need for watering during those long hot summer months. Bark also prevent weeds and encourage insects. Including worms. Keeping your soil rich in nutrients and healthy.
Extremely realistic and natural looking. Artificial grass is virtually maintenance free. Looking good all year round. Great for gardens used heavily by children and pets.
Colour ⋅ Agapanthus ⋅ Helium ⋅ Verbena
Shrubs ⋅ Hydrangea ⋅ Phormium ⋅ Skimmia ⋅ Hebe
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Ultimate plant guide ⋅ garden design ideas ⋅ plants for places ⋅ planting combinations
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Garden design guide ⋅ garden design themes
Paving guide ⋅ design ⋅ materials ⋅ drainage ⋅ suppliers
More paving ⋅ pointing ⋅ Sealing stone
How to plant ⋅ planting ⋅ watering
Ideas inspirations guide ⋅ includes images of past work
Garden make over guide ⋅ slatted fencing ⋅ low maintenance gardens
Lawn care guide ⋅ turfing ⋅ soil types ⋅ drainage
Court yard ⋅ small garden design
Garden clearance guide ⋅ clay soils ⋅ leveling
Artificial grass ⋅ design ⋅ installing ⋅ clean
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Time to get started with your new garden design, st albans. You may want to completely redesign your garden. Or update key garden areas.
CREATE A LIST ⋅ WHAT TO KEEP ⋅ AREAS TO UPDATE ⋅ FOCAL POINTS ⋅ KEY PLANTS
You may want completely to redesign your garden. Or maybe update key elements in your garden’s design. It’s time to start thinking creatively about your garden design, Exeter. You may already have some great garden designs ideas of your own. Maybe you need some ideas and inspiration. Here’s the Exeter Landscapes Guide to Great Garden Design Exeter.
Its time to choose your garden design theme. You may want a traditional garden design, st albans. How about a modern contemporary garden design. Or a tropical or zen garden design.
GARDEN DESIGN THEMES ⋅ EXETER ⋅ EXMOUTH
Choosing a garden design theme is personal. It should reflect your tastes. You may like a friend garden. Maybe you want a complete change. Or would like to update a tired garden.
GARDEN DESIGN ⋅ COMPLIMENT YOUR PROPERTY
Try complement your properties look and feel. Always try to work with existing garden features. Remember a garden design theme is not in stone. It’s ok to mix and match elements from different themes. Creating your own personal style. Finally. Bring it all together in your garden design exeter. Check out our garden design themes for ideas great garden design exeter.
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Garden design themes ⋅ contemporary ⋅ traditional ⋅ tropical ⋅ zen ⋅ white garden
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TRADITIONAL ⋅ GARDEN DESIGN ⋅ EXETER
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Add a classic look to your garden design exeter. Choice a classic traditional landscaping garden design. Combine traditional materials. With subtle simple planting combinations. A great garden design theme for period properties.
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Natural paving always looks great in a traditional garden design exeter. Add a paved formal seating area. Extend the partying to the night. Add zone lighting. Edge lawn areas with sandstone edging setts. Add elegant paths to link garden areas. Create planting areas.
RETAINING WALLS ⋅ PLANTERS
Add retaining walls and raised planters. For a classic look. Add subtle colours and muted textures. Opt for straight lines. Avoid harsh curves. Always lay a simple paving pattern. Lay large single size natural paving stones. Create interest. Add a natural stone border. Use plants to soften edges and create subtle curves.
Design features ⋅ timber arches ⋅ timber raised beds ⋅ timber pergola
Paving ⋅ sandstone ⋅ york flags ⋅ slate paving ⋅ black limestone
Edging ⋅ borders ⋅ sandstone setts ⋅ timber ⋅ classic ever edge
Retaining walls ⋅ brick ⋅ natural sandstone setts ⋅ oak sleepers
MATERIALS ⋅ IDEAS INSPIRATION
Materials ⋅ paving ⋅ decking ⋅ raise beds ⋅ fencing ⋅ ideas gallery
Use plants to create beds. And to soften your hard landscaping. Mask fences with climbers and hedges. Add focal points and interest. Add specimen trees and topiary. Create subtle planting combinations. Complementing natural landscaping materials.
Focal points ⋅ magnolia ⋅ camellia ⋅ pleached trees
Red ⋅ hellenium ⋅ echinacae ⋅ crosomia ⋅ gaura – pink
Blue ⋅ alliums ⋅ aganthus ⋅ echinop ⋅ verbena ⋅ eryngium
Yellow ⋅ alliums ⋅ aganthus ⋅ echinops ⋅ verbena
White ⋅ achillea ⋅ hydrangea ⋅ foxglove
Add shape and structure to your Garden Design Exeter. Create contrast. Add a backdrop for colours.
Medium ⋅ euphorbia ⋅ skimmia
Large 1 ⋅ hebe ⋅ box hedging ⋅ box topiary ⋅ fatsia ⋅ smoke bush ⋅ mahonia ⋅ yew columns
Large 2 ⋅ acuba ⋅ choisya ⋅ smoke bush
Hedges ⋅ yew ⋅ copper beech ⋅ laurel
Climbers ⋅ clematis armandi ⋅ rachelospermum jasminoides
PLANTS ⋅ IDEAS ⋅ INSPIRATIONS
Planting guide ⋅ choosing plants ⋅ how to plant ⋅ aftercare
Plant groups ⋅ shrubs ⋅ hedges climbers ferns ⋅ evergreen ⋅ low maintenance ⋅ wildlife plants
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Traditional box ⋅ allium ⋅ yellow tulips ⋅ lavender ⋅ hebes ⋅ box hedging
Italian box ⋅ alliums ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ standard olives ⋅ box balls ⋅ lavender
Planting combinations ⋅ traditional ⋅ contemporary ⋅ zen
Contemporary stone paving always looks great in a contemporary garden design exeter. Choose strong muted colours. Add bold a paving design. With well-designed lines. Compliment with strong planting. Combine interesting shapes with vibrant colours. Don’t over complicate your garden design exeter. Avoid over complicated curves. Always add strong shapes. For a contemporary feel. Lay large paving stones. In a single sized pattern.
Add a contemporary stone border. Use complementary edging setts. Avoid garish geometric patterns. They will date over time. Add can be hard to live with. Use planting borders to ‘ bed in’ your paving. Softening edges. Creating subtle curves in your Garden Design Exeter.
MATERIALS ⋅ CONTEMPORARY GARDEN DESIGN EXETER
Design features ⋅ garden lighting ⋅ fire pits ⋅ slatted fences ⋅ decking ⋅ rendered planters
Paving ⋅ smooth sandblast sandstone ⋅ granite ⋅ kandula grey sandstone ⋅ porcelain tiles
Edging ⋅ borders ⋅ granite sites ⋅ ever edge
Retaining walls ⋅ render walls ⋅ k render ⋅ design clad
Materials ⋅ paving ⋅ decking ⋅ raise beds ⋅ fencing ⋅ ideas gallery
Use planting effectively. Soften your landscaping materials. Adding interest to your garden design exeter. Mask unsightly garden features. With climbers and hedges. For added interests. Add strong shapes to beds and borders. Plant garden borders with lush drifts of ‘hot’ colours. Create a backdrop. Add structural shrubs. Contrast colour with dark foliage. Create a focal point. Add specimen trees and shrubs.
Focal points ⋅ pleached trees ⋅ olives ⋅ acers ⋅ tree ferns ⋅ silver birch ⋅ magnolia ⋅ beech columns
Red ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ kniphothia ⋅ gaura ⋅ camelia ⋅ rhododendron ⋅ hellenium ⋅ poppy
Blue ⋅ lavender ⋅ agapanthus ⋅ alliums ⋅ iris ⋅ echinops ⋅ verbena ⋅ eryngium
Yellow ⋅ rudbeckia ⋅ iris ⋅ tulips ⋅ achillea ⋅ azelea
White ⋅ iris ⋅ hydrangea ⋅ tulip ⋅ echinacae
STRUCTURAL PLANTS ⋅ CONTEMPORARY ⋅ GARDEN DESIGN
Medium ⋅ phormium ⋅ carex ⋅ festuca ⋅ pennisetum ⋅ euphorbia ⋅ pittosporum ⋅ heuchera ⋅ hebe.
Large ⋅ fatsia ⋅ smoke bush ⋅ mahonia ⋅ bamboo ⋅ mischanthus ⋅ acer ⋅ box balls.
Hedges ⋅ photina ⋅ copper beech ⋅ berberis.
Climbers ⋅ trachelospermum jasminoides.
PLANTS ⋅ IDEAS ⋅ INSPIRATIONS
Planting guide ⋅ choosing plants ⋅ how to plant ⋅ aftercare
Plant groups ⋅ shrubs ⋅ hedges climbers ferns ⋅ evergreen ⋅ low maintenance ⋅ wildlife plants
PLANTING COMBINATIONS ⋅ CONTEMPORARY GARDENS
Modern box ⋅ allium ⋅ skimmia ⋅ olive 1/2 standard ⋅ pittosporum ‘tom thumb’ ⋅ box hedging ⋅ eryngium
Silver ⋅ white ⋅astilbe ⋅ white tulip ⋅ gaura ⋅ pachysandra ⋅silver birch
Simple ground cover ⋅ acer ⋅ viburnum davidii ⋅ heuchera ⋅ shield ferns
Planting combinations ⋅ traditional ⋅ contemporary ⋅ zen
Combine lush foliage with vivid vibrant colours. With natural landscaping materials. Real timber decking and natural paving stone. For a contemporary twist. Add a hardwood slatted fence. Focal points. Water feature for movement. Specimen plants, tree ferns and palms.
Design features ⋅ hardwood decking ⋅ q-deck ⋅ slatted fence ⋅ sunken hot tubs.
Paving ⋅ slate ⋅ black limestone ⋅ granite
Edging ⋅ borders ⋅ timber ⋅ black limestone setts ⋅ ever edge
Retaining walls ⋅ softwood sleepers ⋅ hardwood sleepers
Materials ⋅ paving ⋅ decking ⋅ raise beds ⋅ fencing ⋅ ideas gallery
Add drifts of hot colours. Combine with a backdrop. Of lush green foliage. Add height and interest. Specimen plants, Tree Ferns and Palms. Enclose or screen areas. Add bamboo. Soften fences or walls by Adding climbers.
Focal points ⋅ tree ferns
Red ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ canna Lilly ⋅ camelia ⋅ rhododendrons.
Blues ⋅ agapanthus ⋅ iris ⋅ azelia.
Yellow ⋅ iris ⋅ kniphofia.
White ⋅ camelia ⋅ astilbe ⋅ yucca.
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Medium ⋅ ferns ⋅ phormium ⋅ hosta ⋅ japanese surge ⋅euphorbia.
Large ⋅ fatisa ⋅ smoke bush ⋅ bamboo ⋅ mahonia ⋅ acuba.
Hedges ⋅ laurel ⋅ bamboo screen ⋅ photina.
Climbers ⋅ trachelospermum jasminoides ⋅ hedera.
Planting guide ⋅ choosing plants ⋅ how to plant ⋅ aftercare
Plant groups ⋅ shrubs ⋅ hedges climbers ferns ⋅ evergreen ⋅ low maintenance ⋅ wildlife plants
PLANTING COMBINATIONS ⋅ TROPICAL GARDEN DESIGN
COMBINE HOT COLOURS ⋅ LUSH FOLIAGE
Modern tropical ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ helenium ⋅ hosta ⋅ acer ⋅ phormium tricolour ⋅ phormium ⋅ bronze ⋅ fatsia
Planting combinations ⋅ traditional ⋅ contemporary ⋅ zen
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Create a relaxed feel to your garden design exeter. Add movement and colour. Plant coloured perennials with bladed grasses. Combine with natural stone walkways and timber decking.
Compliment drifts of colours with natural stone walkways. Add a traditional decking area for entertaining.
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Create a relaxed garden with an informal feel. Add movement and interest to your Garden Design Exeter. Combine perennial grasses with drifts of subtle colour. Care for your grasses. Leave faded silver foliage for winter interest. Cut back and encourage new growth in early spring.
Focal points ⋅ olives ⋅ laurel ⋅ photinia miscantus ‘sinensis’
Red ⋅ hellenium ⋅ poppy ⋅ guara ⋅ sedum ⋅ echinacea.
Blue ⋅ agapanthus ⋅ verbena ⋅ alliums ⋅ echinops.
Yellow ⋅ rudbekia ⋅ sunflower ⋅ iris.
White ⋅ anenomes ⋅ aster ⋅ astilbe.
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Medium ⋅ festuca ⋅ euphorbia ⋅ stipa ⋅ hebes ⋅ pennisetum ⋅ phormium.
Large ⋅ fatisa ⋅ smoke bush ⋅ phormiums ⋅ mahonia ⋅ mischanthus.
Hedges ⋅ photina ⋅ berberis.
Climbers ⋅ trachelospermum jasminoides ⋅ hedera.
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Complement traditional sandstone paving with large smooth boulders & light coloured ornamental gravel. Add Barked areas. Adding contrast to gravel beds. Lighting will add an extra dimension. Perfect for entertaining in those long hot summer nights.
Plant a string or cluster of multi stemmed silver birch trees. Under plant with ground cover: japanese pachysandra or vinca major. Add japanese shield ferns, interplanted with white astille.
bamboo, fatisa japonica, phormium, hosta, pinus mugo and clipped box cubes. acers or maples: reds acers work well with red heucheras. and surprisingly green acers work well with new ‘lime’ green coloured varieties.
Focal points 1 ⋅ magnolia ⋅ cloud trees ⋅ classic topiary.
Focal points 2 ⋅ stone sculptures ⋅ clusters of boulders ⋅ stone seating areas ⋅ zen water features.
Small ⋅ cyclamen ⋅ crocosmia lucifer ⋅ japanese blood grass ⋅ fetuca ⋅hosta ⋅ pachysandra.
Medium ⋅ red camellia ⋅ azelia ⋅ white hydrangea ⋅ white magnolia ⋅ pinus mungo.
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Bulbs are extremely easy to grow in your garden. Add formal arrangements or natural drifts of colour to garden design. Great for adding an early splash of colour. A welcome break during those dull winter months. Bulbs are great value, especially when bought in bulk.
Add aliums ‘globemaster’ and tulip ‘blue parrot’ and frame with buxus box hedging. Finish the bed off by adding ornamental gravel or a dense blue carpet of forget-me-nots.
Create an informal Prairie garden. Add Iris ‘symphony’ for its subtle yellow colour. Combine with reds poppies and blues verbena. Add grasses for height and interest: miscanthus, stipa and festuca.
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Combine yellow Tulip ‘sweet harmony’ and with a carpet of blue forget-me-nots.
Garden design ⋅ Complement with dark leave heucheras and berberis ⋅ Green leafed Euphorbia ⋅ White daffodils.
Add Crocus ‘luteus’. Yellow goblets of colour, surrounded by a carpet of rich magenta – cyclamen coum. Add white snow drops, for that extra sparkle.
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Recreate the timeless classic. Restrict your colour palette. Select plants flowering in shades of white or cream. Create a white twilight glow.
Tulips ⋅ foxgloves ⋅ astilbe deutschland ⋅ white hydrangea ⋅ gaura ⋅ clematis ⋅ climbing rose ⋅ rises ⋅ pittosporum ‘tombia’.
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Achillea will add a touch of lemon to your planting scheme. Giving your beds interest & contrast. Subtle shades of lemon will cut through your garden design, highlighting each individual white drift.
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GREEN & SILVER FOLIAGE
Add foliage to your beds for support and structure. plants include: phormium, beech columns, viburnum, miscanthus and euphorbia.
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Add a contemporary twist by adding darker tones. Contrast groups of white tulips contrast with ‘Queen of Night’ black variety. Surround white tulips with an ornamental black grass (ophiopogon Niger Lilyturf).
Dark colours ⋅ pittosporium ‘tomb tumb’ ⋅ phormiums ⋅ smoke bush ⋅ black bamboo.
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Combine silver birch trees with pale hellebores, snow drops, ferns and hostas to create your own classic woodland.
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Add hot colours for extra zip. Combine red, yellow and purple hues. Plants ⋅ cotinus ‘royal purple, achillea, rudbeckia, kniphothia ‘red hot poker’, crocosmia, allium and echinops. Add a dark back drop of berberis or a smoke bush for added contrast.
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Everyone would like to re-design their garden from scratch. We don’t all have an endless supply of cash. You may already have some great features in your garden. Maybe your garden’s just tired. It needs some tlc. Exeter Landscapes, making the most of your garden design Exeter.
Why not enhance your existing garden. Add new design features. It’s great to work with what you already have.
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Add an area of interest to your garden design exeter. Add a focal point. At the end of your existing garden design exeter. A focal point leads the eye. Its makes your garden design appear larger.
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Why not add a seating at the end of your garden. Create a great area, for entertaining. In the late summer sun. Add a natural stone paving. Creating a formal seating area. Add planting and hedging. Softening paving. Enclosing the area. Creating an intimate outdoor space for entertaining.
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Choose sandstone natural stone paving. For a traditional garden design exeter. granite natural stone paving. Contemporary garden design exeter. Extend the party into the night. Add zoned outdoor lighting and a power supply. Check out our outdoor garden lighting page for ideas & inspiration.
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Surround your natural stone paving with Photina hedging. Plant beds with interesting planting combinations. Combine bold shapes and texture with hot colours. Creating stunning planting combinations.
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Over time. Plants especially shrubs become tired and leggy. These plants are past their best. Adding nothing really to your beds look and feel. They add very little your garden design exeter. Tired plants include: leggy hebes, faded choisya, woody lavender, faded red photina, brown scorched conifers and bare box balls.
Maybe you inherited plants from your previous owner. You may never have really have liked many of them. While its tempting to try to prune and to revive them. Be brave, remove and replace them.
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Think about the bed’s overall design when adding new plants. It may be worth moving some of the ‘keepers’ . This will achieve a better overall garden design. Think about which plants will work together well. Achieve great planting combinations. Again, checkout our landscape garden design pages for ideas and inspiration. October is a great time for moving your shrubs.
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Contemporary shrubs ⋅ smoke bush ⋅ phormium ⋅ photina ⋅ privot 1/2 standard.
Traditional shrubs ⋅ white hydrangea ⋅ pittosporum ⋅ rudbeckia ⋅ euphorbia ⋅ verbena.
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Hide those unsightly areas of your garden design. By adding clever screening. Including climbers, hedges and slatted fencing. Train climbers on steel wire. To soften or hide tired out buildings and tired fencing. Great climbers: Clematis armandii fast growing, white flowers and hardy.
Mature bamboo plants will instantly instant mask tall garden structures. Plant in pots to avoid the bamboo spreading overtime into unwanted areas in your garden.
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Clematis armandii ⋅ fast growing ⋅ white flowers ⋅ hardy.
Trachelospermum ⋅ white-flowered scented jasmine ⋅ added bonus of being evergreen.
Ceanothus ⋅ very hardy ⋅ producing a bright blue sea of colour in spring.
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Mask your tired fencing by adding a slatted fence. Hardwood fences can be ‘oiled’ for a rich grain. Meranti is the timber of choice. Softwood fences offer good value for large areas. Softwood slatted fences can be can be painted contemporary colours for added interest in your garden design.
Add good quality shingle or small beach cobbles. Retain with natural stone setts. Add stepping stone path for add interest.
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Create a low maintenance garden. Reduce your garden maintenance. Avoid fast growing hedging. Such as Laurel and Cupressus × leylandii. They may initially seem to offer good value for money. However, once established they keep growing and growing. Costly to cut. Generating a lot of green waste. That needs to be disposed of.
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Beech ⋅ good alternative ⋅ purple beech is particularly striking
Box ⋅ great low-lying hedge ⋅ formal hedges
Berberis ⋅ thorny ⋅ good choice for security
Yew ⋅ striking ⋅ slow growing
Holly ⋅ traditional ⋅ slow growing.
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Lets be honest. No one enjoys weeding a garden. Consider reduce the width of your beds and boarders. Maximised your gardens usable space. Reduce weeding. Climbers are a great way of adding ‘green walls’ to your garden. Masking unsightly features. Choice a slowing growing varieties. Such as Trachelospermum jasminoides (white jasmine). Semi evergreen with a great sent.
Add ornamental bark and a weed membrane your beds and boarders. This greatly reduce your weeding . It will prevent your beds drying out. During those long hot summer months!
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Edging a lawn defines a lawn. Reduces the time spent ‘hand’ edging your lawn. Natural Stone edgers are great for formal gardens. Particularly where straight lines are required.
Everedge is great for contemporary gardens. Especially when curves are required. See our Paving Page for more details.
Saving ⋅ timber edging can be used as a low-cost alternative.
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Everyone wants the perfect lawn. Heres our guide to achieve a great lawn. Exeter landscapes providing turfing services throughout topsham, exmouth and devon. Here are our top tips for turfing in exeter and exmouth.
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Your lawn see better days. Maybe your got a new build or your re-landscaping your entire garden. Re-turfing is sometimes more cost-effective than ongoing lawn care. It will give you that lush lawn you have always dreamed of.
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Remove your existing lawn. With a turf cutter. Grade and level your garden. Using turfing rake. Removing any large rocks and stones. Level the garden by raking and moving soil where necessary. Add plenty of good quality top soil, rake and level. min topsoil 4″inch ⋅ 100mm. Roll the area using a bomag pedestrian roller. Available from hire shops.
Once you are happy with your levels – add your turf. For instant carpet of grass. Remember to always water your new lawn. Water well for at least a couple of weeks or untill the lawn has becomes well established. Try to keep off your new lawn a long as possible. Avoid the kids playing football long as possible. Give the lawn a light and careful cut after a week or so. Make sure the ground is not too wet and the turf has rooted. Try lifting one of the turfs corners.
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A Shady gardens can be problematic. Parts of your lawn may be over shadowed by high hedging such as Leylandii or buildings. Too much shade can lead to thin lacklustre grass, which over time can become mossy. Try introducing as much sunlight into your garden by pruning vegetation back.
Where this is not possible or the grass is still thin:
Rolawn medallion turf ⋅ consider replacing the lawn with shade tolerant grass
Artificial turf ⋅ a great way of eradicating the problem. Your garden will look great all year round and your lawn will require minimal maintenance. Check out our artificial grass page for design ideas.
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Over time lawns can become thin and patchy. Minimal lawn care and extensive wear by pets and children are usually the cause of the problem. Depending on the extent of the lawn damage we recommend:
September is the ideal month. Rake the lawn to remove any dead grass thatch and moss. Add a top layer of a good quality lawn sand, such as Rowland Land Sand. Over seed the area with a good quality lawn seed, such are Rowlawn Medallion Premium. Water well until the grass becomes established. Especially in dry hot weather.
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Some lawns can become waterlogged, especially in winter. This may be due to:
Preventing water from draining through the lawns top layer. Your best bet is to aerate affected area. This can be back-breaking with a fork! Consider Hiring a mechanical aerator from your local Hire Company. Once aerated, why not brush in lawn sand to help maintain those drainage holes over time.
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When laying turf, its important to add a sufficient topsoil under your turf. This helps maintain your lawns health and promotes good drainage.
Rake out any thatch in your lawn. You may want to aerate the soil if it feels compacted. Try adding lawn sand on top of the grass and brush in well. If this doesn’t work consider re-turfing the affected area. When turfing, make sure you add a sufficient layer of good quality top soil (min: 4″inch | 100mm).
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Dig down in your garden and at some point you will probably hit clay. Some gardens are worse than others. An excessive clay layer can cause poor drainage. The water sits on the clay layer usually with nowhere to go, causing excessive water logging.
Digging channels laid with a suitable drainage pipe & shingle, leading to a suitable soak away. This may help to alleviate some the drainages problems. Always seek expert advice. As this can be a messy and expensive project.
You may consider replacing your lawn with artificial grass. Artificial grass is laid on a compacted layer of Type 1 MOT (crushed concrete) and granite chips. Both have excellent drainage properties. Water logging should no longer be a problem.
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You’ve completed the hard landscaping. Its time to think about the plants. Here’s exeter landscapes planting guide. Great versatile plants for stunning garden design exeter. Plants that you will want to use over and over again in your garden design.
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Colour is important in any garden design. Combined with the right textures and foliage. It adds interest to a garden. Creating stunning planting Combinations. Colour can vary from drifts of subtle shades, to full on hot colours.
Red ⋅ aster ⋅ canna ⋅ kniphothia ⋅ lily ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ helenium ⋅ poppy ⋅ sedum ⋅ gaura
Blue ⋅ agapanthus ⋅ allium ⋅ crocus ⋅ cyclamen ⋅ echinacea ⋅ lavender ⋅ iris ⋅ verbena
Yellow ⋅ achillea ⋅ kniphothia ⋅lily ⋅ sunflower ⋅ iris
White ⋅ achillea ⋅ anemones ⋅ foxglove ⋅ gaura geranium ⋅ astilbe ⋅ lily
Foliage ⋅ hebe ⋅ hosta ⋅ euphorbia ⋅ phormium
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Plants ⋅ interest ⋅ colour ⋅ pryacantha ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ aster ⋅ autumn crocus
Plants ⋅ structure ⋅ foliage ⋅ miscanthus ⋅ hosta ⋅ acer ⋅ skimmia
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Create interest by adding focal points. A focal point leads the eye. Making your garden look larger.
Grasses ⋅ carex ⋅ miscanthus ⋅ festuca ⋅ stipa ⋅ pennisetum.
Trees ⋅ magnolia ⋅ camellia ⋅ silver birch ⋅ photina ⋅ eucalyptus
Specimen trees ⋅ acer ⋅ beech columns ⋅ cloud trees ⋅ cypress ⋅ pleached trees ⋅ ½ standard olives ⋅ tree ferns
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Shrubs form the backbone of any planting scheme. Add contrast, with variegated foliage. Create backdrop and highlight colours. Compliment hot colours with dark foliage.
Colour 1 ⋅ azelea* ⋅ buddleia ⋅ camellia ⋅ ceanothus ⋅ rhododendron ⋅ erygium
Colour 2 ⋅ hydrangea rhododendron* ⋅ skimmia
Traditional 1 ⋅ aucuba ⋅ bamboo ⋅ box hedging ⋅ buxus ⋅ chamerops ⋅ choisya ⋅ elaeagnus ⋅ escallonia
Traditional 2 ⋅ ligustrum ⋅ mahonia ⋅ pittosporum ⋅ fatsia ⋅ viburnum davidii
Contemporary ⋅ fatshedera ⋅ photina ⋅ hebe ⋅osmanthus ⋅ eucalyptus ⋅ pinus mugo ⋅ trachycarpus (palm)
Dark folliage ⋅ berberis ⋅ heuchera ⋅ phormium ⋅ pittosporum ‘tom thumb’ ⋅ smoke bush
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Create an outdoor room by enclosed an area. Add climbers to mask walls or hide tired fencing. Creating vertical greenery.
Hedges ⋅ box hedging ⋅ photina hedging ⋅ copper beech hedging ⋅ yew hedging ⋅ choisysia
Climbers ⋅ clematis armandi ⋅ hedera ⋅ hydrangea ⋅ ivy ⋅ passion flower ⋅ trachelospermum ⋅ wisteria ⋅ hydrangea
Ferns ⋅ lady fern ⋅ buckler fern ⋅ harts tongue ⋅ shield ferns ⋅ lady fern ⋅ buckler fern ⋅ harts tongue
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Colour ⋅ colour ⋅ camellia ⋅ ceanothus ⋅ rhododendron*
Trees ⋅ eucalyptus ⋅ magnolia
Foliage 1 ⋅ aucuba ⋅ berberis ⋅ buxus ⋅ choisysia ⋅ elaeagnus ⋅ escallonia ⋅ fatsia ⋅ hebe ⋅mahonia ⋅ osmanthus
Foliage 2 ⋅ pachysandra ⋅ phormium ⋅ photina ⋅ pittosporum ⋅ viburnum (some) ⋅ yucca ⋅ bamboo ⋅ chamerops (palm) trachycarpus (palm)
* Requires ericaceous compost.
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Tough and reliable plants for Low Maintenance Gardens. Water plants well for the first year. For healthy root developement.
Grasses are great for a low maintenance garden. Grasses need minimal maintenance. Minimal watering Remember, they don’t like water-logged conditions. Plant grasses in groups, add hot colours and enjoy. Leave silver foliage for autumn interest. Cut back early spring.
Red ⋅ echinops ⋅ helium
Blue ⋅ verbena ⋅ agapanthus ⋅ erygium ⋅ allium
Blue ⋅ kniphothia ⋅ rudbeckia
White ⋅ heuchera ⋅ hosta ⋅ hedge ⋅ photina
Grasses ⋅ carex ⋅ miscanthus ⋅ festuca ⋅ stipa ⋅ pennisetum
Trees ⋅ acer ⋅ silver birch ⋅ magnolia ⋅ photina
Climbers ⋅ clematis ⋅ hydrangea
Shrubs ⋅ ceanothus ⋅ choisysia ⋅ elaeagnus ⋅ hydrangea ⋅ phormium ⋅ skimmia ⋅ hebe
Ferns ⋅ shield fern ⋅ lady fern ⋅ buckler fern ⋅ harts tongue
Buddleia ⋅ sunflower ⋅ skimmia ⋅ gardener exeter ⋅ garden designer exeter ⋅ gardener
Add plants to encourage bees, ladybirds, butter flies and birds.
Blue ⋅ allium ⋅ echinacea ⋅ lavender ⋅ verbena
Yellow ⋅ rudbeckia ⋅ sedum ⋅ sunflower ⋅ white ⋅ achillea ⋅ grasses ⋅ festuca
Trees ⋅ acer ⋅ silver birch ⋅ photina ⋅ climbers ⋅ hedera (ivy) ⋅ jasmine
Shrubs ⋅ buddleia ⋅ ceanothus ⋅ hebe ⋅ ligustrum ⋅ mahonia ⋅ skimmia ⋅ viburnum
Hebe ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ mahonia ⋅ gardener exeter ⋅ garden designer exeter
Add interest under trees. Mask unsightly areas. Reduce your weeding. Ground cover creates a low maintenance garden. Once planted, ground cover spreads quickly. Add a weed proof membrane. Plant ground cover plants. Soften with gravel and bark.
Folliage ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ euphorbia ⋅ hosta ⋅ sedum
Shrubs ⋅ azelea* ⋅ euonymus ⋅ hebe ⋅ mahonia ⋅ dwarf rhododendron ⋅ viburnum davidii
* Requires ericaceous compost.
Osmanthus ⋅ echinops ⋅ acer ⋅ gardener exeter ⋅ garden designer exeter
Great plants for dry sunny gardens. Always water new plants. Especially during dry hot spells.
Colour ⋅ folliage ⋅ achillea ⋅ echinops ⋅ erygium ⋅ euphorbia ⋅ sedum ⋅ verbena ⋅ hebe ⋅ lavender
Acer ⋅ holly ⋅ grasses ⋅ festuca ⋅ stipa ⋅ climbers ⋅ passion flower ⋅ trachelospermum ⋅ white jasmine
Shrubs 1 ⋅ trachycarpus (palm) ⋅ berberis ⋅ buxus ⋅ ceanothus ⋅ choisysia ⋅ smoke bush ⋅ elaeagnus
Shrubs 2 ⋅ euonymus ⋅ onsmanthus ⋅ phormium ⋅ pittosporum
Foxglove ⋅ hebe ⋅ foxglove ⋅ gardener exeter ⋅ garden designer exeter
Always try to improve your growing conditions. Prune trees and shrubs. Removing as much vegetation as possible. Select shade tolerant plants. Always water new plants. Especially during hot dry spells.
Smaller plants ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ foxglove ⋅ euphorbia
Ferns ⋅ dryopteris ⋅ polystichum
Shrubs 1 ⋅ aucuba ⋅ box hedging ⋅ elaeagnus ⋅ euonymus ⋅ fatshedera ⋅ fatsia ⋅ hydrangea ⋅ osmanthus
Shrubs 2 ⋅ skimmia ⋅ yew ⋅ viburnum davidii
Climbers ⋅ ivy ⋅ hydrangea
Trees ⋅ cherry ⋅ apple
Rhododendron ⋅ pachysandra ⋅ rhododendron ⋅ garden designer exeter ⋅ gardener exeter
Smaller plants ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ euphorbia ⋅ hosta ⋅ sedum ⋅ carex ⋅ mischanthus
Shrubs ⋅ fatsia ⋅ ligustrum ⋅ pachysandra ⋅ pieris ⋅ phormium ⋅ rhododendron
Trees ⋅ silver birch ⋅ ferns ⋅ dryopteris ⋅ woodwardia
Hosta ⋅ hydrangea ⋅ ferns ⋅ garden designer exeter ⋅ gardener exeter
Versatile plants that will grow in wet soils. Even in soils that remain wet throughout the summer. Remember improving your soils drainage. Will enable you to grow a wider range of plants.
Smaller plants ⋅ euphorbia ⋅ hosta
Grasses ⋅ carex (some) ⋅ bamboo fargesia
Shrubs ⋅ hydrangea ⋅ viburnum (some)
Trees ⋅ silver birch
Ferns ⋅ dryopteris
Phormium ⋅ sea holly ⋅ hebe ⋅ garden designer exeter ⋅ gardener exeter
Hardy tough plants for exposed sites.
Smaller plants ⋅ allium ⋅ lavender ⋅ phormium ⋅ echinacea ⋅ eryngium (sea holly) ⋅ euphorbia
Shrubs ⋅ smoke bush ⋅ elaeagnus ⋅ euonymus ⋅ hebe ⋅ hydrangea ⋅ mahonia ⋅ viburnum
Trees ⋅ acer ⋅ silver birch ⋅ eucalyptus
Viburnum ⋅ hosta ⋅ echinacea ⋅ garden designer exeter ⋅ gardener exeter
Improve drainage by adding soil and grit to planting holes. Opt for plants that will thrive in clay soil.
Red ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ helenium
Blue ⋅ echinacea
Yellow ⋅ achillea
White ⋅ achillea ⋅ foxglove ⋅ hosta ⋅ hydrangea
Grasses ⋅ carex ⋅ miscanthus
Trees ⋅ acer ⋅ silver birch ⋅ magnolia.
Thrubs 1 ⋅ aucuba ⋅ azalea* ⋅ berberis ⋅ buddleja ⋅ choisya ⋅ euonymus
Shrubs 2 ⋅ ligustrum ⋅ mahonia ⋅ skimmia ⋅ viburnum davidii
Hedges ⋅ photina.
* Requires ericaceous compost.
Iris ⋅ silver birch ⋅ hydrangea ⋅ garden designer exeter ⋅ gardener exeter
Plants that thrive in acid soils. Unsuitable for alkali soils. Add ericaceous compost to planting area.
Plants colour ⋅ geranium ⋅ iris ⋅ lily
Trees ⋅ acer (some* )⋅ silver birch ⋅ magnolia.
Shrubs 1 ⋅ yew ⋅ azalea* ⋅ rhododendron* ⋅ cotinus ⋅ euonymus ⋅ hydrangea ⋅ magnolia ⋅ mahonia
Shrubs 2 ⋅ pachysandra (ground cover) ⋅ skimmia ⋅ viburnum ⋅ osmanthus.
Climbers ⋅ jasmine ⋅ wisteria.
*Plants will only grow in acid soils. Add ericaceous compost.
Carex ⋅ rudbeckia ⋅ pennisetium ⋅ garden designer exeter ⋅ gardener exeter
Modern italian ⋅ allium ⋅ olive ½ standard ⋅ hebe ⋅ phormium ‘baby bronze’
Modern white ⋅ white hydrangea ⋅ hosta ⋅ white foxglove ⋅ heuchera
Relaxed pairie ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ rubeckia ⋅ verbena ⋅ pennisetum grass ⋅ euphorbia ⋅ phormiums
Bladed colour ⋅ allium ⋅ achillea ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ heuchera ⋅ acer
Modern zen ⋅ allium ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ euphorbia ⋅ carex ⋅ heuchera ⋅ miscanthus ⋅ acer
Contemporary pairie ⋅ echinacea ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ acer ⋅ carex grass ⋅ osmanthus ⋅ fatsia.
Agapanthus ⋅ carex ⋅ verbena ⋅ gardener ⋅ garden designer exeter ⋅ gardener exeter
Relaxed formal ⋅ allium ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ gaura ⋅ lavender ⋅ hebe ⋅ fatsia ⋅ box ‘lollipop’ ⋅ beech columns
Modern tropical ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ helenium ⋅ hosta ⋅ acer ⋅ phormium tricolour ⋅ phormium ⋅ bronze ⋅ fatsia
Contemporary border ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ echinanea ⋅ carex grass ⋅ osmanthus ⋅ fatsia ⋅ acers
Pastel border ⋅ globe thistle ⋅ lavender ⋅ echinacae ⋅ hebe ⋅ erigion ⋅ smoke bush ⋅ olive ½ standard
Classic contemporary ⋅ white astilbe ⋅ heuchera ⋅ acer ⋅ shield ferns ⋅ viburnum davidii ⋅ silver birch
Colours contrast ⋅ echinacea ⋅ verbena ⋅ helenium ⋅ achillea white ⋅ erigon ⋅ heuchera ⋅ euphorbia ⋅ smoke bush
Kniphothia ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ rudbeckia ⋅ garden designer exeter ⋅ gardener exeter
Colour grasses ⋅ achillea ⋅ echinacea ⋅ verbena ⋅ stipa ⋅ mischanthus
More grasses ⋅ rudbeckia ⋅ helianthus ⋅ globe thistle ⋅ skimmia ⋅ japanese blood grass
More grasses ⋅ carex ⋅ festuca ⋅ stipa ⋅ miscanthus ⋅ beech hedging
Box italian ⋅ allium ⋅ erygium ⋅ lavender ⋅ skimmia ⋅ pittosporum ⋅ box hedging ⋅ olive ½ standard
Box colour ⋅ agapanthus ⋅ yellow tulips box pyramid ⋅ fatsia ⋅ acuba
Hot dry ⋅ lander ⋅ verbena ⋅ hebe ⋅ globe thistle ⋅ stipa box balls
Ground cover ⋅ allium ⋅ poppy ⋅ hosta green ⋅ host white
Iris ⋅ allium ⋅ for-get-me-not ⋅ garden designer exeter ⋅ gardener exeter
Formal box ⋅ allium ⋅ yellow tulips ⋅ lavender ⋅ hebes ⋅box hedging
Relaxed box ⋅ allium ⋅ erynium ⋅ skimmia ⋅ pittosporum ‘tom thumb’ ⋅ olive ½ standard ⋅ box hedging
Small border ⋅ achillea white ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ eryngium ⋅ helenium
Classic italian ⋅ allium ⋅ lavender ⋅ box balls ⋅ standard olives
Foxglove ⋅ hydrangea ⋅ tulip ⋅ garden designer exeter ⋅ gardener exeter
Reds blues ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ guara ⋅ lavender ⋅ hebes ⋅ phormiums
Just traditional ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ lavender ⋅ guara ⋅ box balls ⋅ smoke bush
Autumn colour ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ aster ⋅ camellia ⋅ hosta ⋅ acer ⋅ miscanthus
Hot dry ⋅ iris ⋅ thyme ⋅ phormium bronze ⋅ choisysia ⋅ acer
Ground cover ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ euphorbia ⋅ rhododendron⋅ festuca ⋅ skimmia
Acer ⋅ pinus mugo ⋅ hosta ⋅ garden designer exeter ⋅ gardener exeter
A relaxed feel and structure. Great for both Contemporary and Traditional Garden Design.
Classic zen ⋅ astilbe ⋅ euphorbia ⋅ hosta ⋅ black bamboo ⋅ dwarf bamboo fargesia
Coloured zen ⋅ clematis ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ euphorbia ⋅ hydrangea fatsia ⋅ hedera ⋅ acer ⋅ carex ⋅ miscanthus
Tropical zen ⋅ camelia red ⋅ camelia white ⋅ fatsia ⋅ choiysia ⋅ dwarf bamboo
Zen ⋅ ferns ⋅ fern blechum ⋅ ferns dryopteris ⋅hosta white ⋅ hosta variegated ⋅ fatsia
More zen ⋅ magnolia ⋅ white hydrangea ⋅ fig ⋅ camelia red ⋅ skimmia ⋅ pittosporum tobira
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