Exeter Landscapes Garden Designer Exeter ⋅ Gardener Exeter

Date: 15 Sep 2018

By: Mark King

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PLANT GUIDES ⋅ GARDEN DESIGNER • GARDENER

You’ve completed the hard landscaping. It’s time to think about the plants. Here are 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.

• Adding Colour · Contrasting • Plant Foliage · Plant Texture • Plant Shape

• Autumn colour • Garden Designer Exeter • Gardener

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PLANT MENU • GARDEN DESIGNER EXETER • GARDENER

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PLANT MENU • GARDEN DESIGNER EXETER • GARDENER

FURTHER IDEAS ⋅ INSPIRATION ⋅ GARDEN DESIGNER EXETER • GARDENER

Further ideas ⋅ inspiration

KEY PLANTS ⋅ COLOUR • GARDEN DESIGNER EXETER • GARDENER

Plant texture • Plant Shape • Plant Foliage • Garden Designer Exeter • Gardener

KEY PLANTS COLOUR – Agapanthus ⋅ kniphofia ⋅ iris ⋅ garden designer ⋅ gardener Exeter

ADDING COLOUR TO YOUR GARDEN DESIGN • DESIGNER EXETER • GARDENER

Colour is important in any garden design. It will add interest to any garden design project. It’s a matter of personal taste. Bold brash colours will look great in any contemporary garden design. Muted pastel shades work well in a prairie garden design.

Less is More • Colour • Garden Designer • Exeter • Gardener

Is a good idea to identify a couple of key colours. When planting a bed. Two or three main colours. Will give you your bed. More of an impact. Also, it’s a good idea to plant in groups. Giving your bed more of a visual impact.

Red & Yellows • Work well together. As do blue and yellows. Colour can vary from drifts of subtle shades to full-on hot colours.

COMBINING • COLOUR • TEXTURE • FOLIAGE • GARDEN DESIGNER EXETER • GARDENER

Once you have your colour scheme. Why not add a little more interest to your garden design? Combined your colours with the right textures and foliage.

Create An interesting Back Drop • Garden Designer Exeter

Ferns add a great backdrop to your colour scheme. And also have interesting foliage. Adding interest to your garden design. Creating stunning planting Combinations. Smoke bush has dark rich foliage. Creating a rich contrasting backdrop. With hot colours ‘popping’ in your planting scheme.

PLANT SHAPES • COLOURS • GARDENER DESIGNER EXETER • GARDENER

You’ve added colour, foliage, texture and a backdrop. Finally, add a few interesting shapes to your planting scheme. Classic examples include. Box balls, bay standards and pleached trees.

COLOUR • FOLIAGE GUIDE • GARDEN DESIGNER EXETER • GARDENER

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

Adding Colour • Intro

AUTUMN COLOUR • GARDEN DESIGNER EXETER • GARDENER

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WHY AUTUMN INTEREST • GARDEN DESIGNER EXETER • GARDENER

Summers Months • Flowering Plants • Garden Designer Exeter • Gardener

Most gardeners put all their effort into those summer months. They are when we spend the most time in our gardens. And the months in which a lot of coloured plants thrive. Why not carry this colour into those dully autumn months?

BULBS • GRASSES • LEAVES • GARDEN DESIGNER EXETER • GARDENER

Some colour is available. Autumn bulbs can be planted. There is an emphasis on foliage and colour. As grasses and leaves to a golden autumn brown. They can add a backdrop to plants. And of course evergreen plants. Provide a green cover all year round.

Autumn Bulbs • Garden Designer Exeter • Gardener

Autumn bulbs include cyclamens, autumn crocuses and autumn snowflakes. They are all small in appearance. With delicate flowers. They should be planted on mass. Or in elevated containers. So they are not lost in your beds. Planting drifts of single colours. Or in a vibrant mix of colours.

Autumn Plants For Colour • Garden Designer Exeter • Gardener

There are some flowers tipping into those autumn months. And off coarse plants with berries. Rudbeckia straddles late winter to autumn. Helenium just about does the same. Asters can add some welcome colour. Some hydrangeas can keep their flowers into autumn. And not forgetting autumn flowering Hebes.

Autumn Plants For Folliage • Garden Designer Exeter • Gardener

Grasses • Garden Designer Exeter • Gardener

Grasses will turn a rusty brown in early autumn to late winter. Whilst many gardeners feel the need to give your grasses a haircut. At the earliest opportunity. Leave them as is. They will create an interesting backdrop to your garden. Especially in those frosty winter months. Cut back finally in early march to encourage that new spring growth.

Autumn Foliage • Coloured • Berries Garden Designer Exeter • Gardener

Virginia creeper and the judas trees create a golden brown backdrop during those autumn months. Pyracantha and skimmia offer some welcomed red berries.

Evergreen Plants For All Year Interest • Garden Designer Exeter • Gardener

Evergreen plants add all-year interests to your garden design. Bambo is a firm favourite. Add screen, movement and sound to your contemporary garden design. They do well in containers if watered well. In those long hot summer months.

Trachelospermum is a great evergreen climber. White jasmine has a great scent. Once established it really takes off. Bay trees work well as does box topiary.

AUTUMN COLOUR KEY PLANTS – Exeter Landscapes ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ hosta ⋅ skimmia ⋅ garden designer ⋅ gardener Exeter

Add Autumn interest. Create an autumn Planting Scheme. For your Garden Design Sidmouth.

Plants’ ⋅ interest ⋅ colour ⋅ pyracantha ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ aster ⋅ autumn crocus

Plants ⋅ structure ⋅ foliage ⋅ miscanthus ⋅ hosta ⋅ Acer ⋅ skimmia

Autumn ⋅ Colour

FOCAL POINTS • GARDENER EXETER

Box Balls ⋅ trees ferns ⋅ water feature ⋅ garden designer Exeter ⋅ gardener Exeter

CREATING FOCAL POINTS

Many garden designs will benefit from a strong focal point. Adding interest to your garden design. A great focal point can be architectural. And also achieved by clever well thought planting.

Architectural Focal Points • A stone fireplace • a sculpture • a decorative fence • water feature

Plant Focal Points • Box Topiary • Speciement Planting • Raise Beds • Architectural Trees and Shrubs.

Why Add a Focal Point To Your Garden Design?

Why should I add a focal point? A focal point creates interest in your garden design. Especially if it can be viewed from seating areas in the garden. Or from vantage points in your house. A focal point leads the eye. Making your garden look larger.

Grasses ⋅ carex ⋅ miscanthus ⋅ Festuca ⋅ Stipa ⋅ Pennisetum.

Trees ⋅ magnolia ⋅ camellia ⋅ silver birch ⋅ photinia ⋅ eucalyptus

Specimen trees ⋅ Acer ⋅ beech columns ⋅ cloud trees ⋅ cypress ⋅ pleached trees ⋅ ½ standard olives ⋅ tree ferns

Focal Points

KEY PLANTS⋅ SHRUBS ⋅ GARDEN DESIGNER EXETER

WHY ADD PLANTS TO YOUR GARDEN DESIGN ⋅ GARDEN DESIGNER EXETER ⋅ GARDENER EXETER

Shrubs • Fast Growing • Great Value for Money ⋅ garden designer Exeter ⋅ gardener Exeter

Shrubs form the backbone of any planting scheme. They offer great value for money. Most are not expensive. Choiysia, Fatsia, Acuba and Smoke bush. Offer great value for money.

Most grow relatively quickly. Why not plant smaller less expensive shrubs in the autumn months? They will quickly grow throughout the year. Filling out any bed. Adding contrast, with variegated or dark foliage. Create a backdrop and highlight colours. Compliment your 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

Plant Shape ⋅ Box Balls ⋅ tree ferns ⋅bamboo ⋅ gardener exeter ⋅ garden designer exeter

Shrubs

HEDGES ⋅ CLIMBERS ⋅ FERNS

Why Add Hedges To Your Garden Design • Garden Designer • Exeter • Gardener

Hedges add privacy and security to your garden design. They can be added to simply add a boundary between your and your neighbour’s property. Or enclose a front garden. They do look better than a fence. But will require maintenance and looking after.

Hedges • How Fast Will They Grow • Garden Designer • Exeter • Gardener

The rate at which your hedge grows depends on the plant. A fast-growing hedge will give you privacy quicker. But will ultimately require more maintenance. A Laurel Hedge will grow fast. But will require hard cutting back every few years.

Box • Yew • Photina Hedging • Garden Designer • Exeter • Gardener

Box looks great. But is slow growing. If you want an established topiary. You will have to opt for mature plants. Again yew looks great. But is extremely slow growing. Photina is of great value. Relatively fast growing. And easy to maintain.

Create An Enclosed Outdoor Room • Garden Designer • Exeter • Gardener

Create an outdoor room by enclosing an area. Add climbers to mask walls or hide tired fencing. Creating vertical greenery.

Climbers • Garden Designer • Exeter • Gardener

Great for creating vertical greenery in your garden design. Mask an ugly wall or soften a long run of fencing. Climbers can be easily wired to most structures. Once established they cover surfaces quickly.

Ferns • Garden Designer • Exeter • Gardener

Great for planting shaded areas. Where other plants could struggle. They love moist conditions. Plant in groups for maximum impact. Shield ferns and tree ferns look great in an urban zen garden design. And can be used to effectively create a focal point in any garden design.

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

Hedges • Ferns • Climbers

EVERGREEN ⋅ PLANTING ⋅ GARDEN DESIGNER EXETER • GARDENER

WHY ARE EVERGREEN PLANTS USEFUL?

Evergreen plants create greenery all year round. If properly looked after they will give you a year of pleasure. Forget those bare winter beds. They can be a lifesaver. Adding interest in those cold winter months.

My favourite evergreens include Skimma, with those red winter berries. Bay standards and box balls. And evergreen magnolia and camelia.

ADD INTEREST • Skimmia ⋅ magnolia ⋅ ferns ⋅ Gardner Exeter ⋅ garden designer

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.

Evergreen Plants

LOW MAINTENANCE ⋅ PLANTING

WHY LOW MAINTENANCE PLANTING

Let’s be honest. Most people want to enjoy their garden. Rather than working on it. By selecting the right plants for your garden design. You can produce a relative low-maintenance garden. Add an irrigation system. And an artificial lawn. Less time gardening. And more time. Relaxing and enjoying your self!

WHAT ARE LOW-MAINTENANCE PLANTS?

Tough and reliable plants for Low Maintenance Gardens. All plants will need to be watered well for the first year. For healthy root development. Once established. Low-maintenance plants will need the occasional feed. And watering in periods of drought. Reduce the weeds. By adding a weed membrane and bark!

THINK GRASSES • GARDEN DESIGN EXETER • GARDENER

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.

PLANT IDEAS · Agapanthus ⋅ rudbeckia ⋅ pennesetium ⋅ garden designer exeter ⋅ gardener exeter

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

Low Maintenance

WILDLIFE GARDENS ⋅ PLANTING

NATURAL PLANTS – 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

GROUND COVER ⋅ PLANTING ⋅ GARDEN DESIGNER EXETER

CLASSIC HARDY PLANTS – 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.

DRY SUNNY SITES ⋅ PLANTING ⋅ GARDEN DESIGNER EXETER

PLANT FOR DRIER GARDENS – 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

DRY SHADY SITES ⋅ PLANTING

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

MOIST SHADY SITES ⋅ PLANTING ⋅ GARDENER EXETER

CLASSIC PLANTS – 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

WET SOILS ⋅ PLANTS ⋅ GARDENER EXETER

WET GARDENS – 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

WINDY SITES ⋅ PLANTS ⋅ GARDENER EXETER

WINDY CONDITIONS – 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

CLAY SOILS ⋅ PLANTING

HEAVY CLAY – 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.

ACID SOILS ⋅ PLANTS ⋅ GARDENER EXETER

ACID SOILS – 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.

CONTEMPORARY ⋅ PLANTING COMBINATIONS

GO FOR GRASSES – Carex ⋅ rudbeckia ⋅ pennisetium ⋅ garden designer exeter ⋅ gardener exeter

SMALL BED ⋅ PLANTING COMBINATIONS ⋅ GARDEN DESIGNER 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.

LARGE BED ⋅ PLANTING COMBINATIONS ⋅ GARDEN DESIGNER EXETER

1 – 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

2 – 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

TRADITIONAL ⋅ PLANTING COMBINATIONS

3 – 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

4 – 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

ZEN ⋅ JAPENESE ⋅ GARDEN DESIGNER EXETER

5 – 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

FURTHER IDEAS ⋅ INSPIRATION

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Landscape Garden Designer ⋅ Exeter ⋅ Devon ⋅England. Interests ⋅ Traditional Garden Design ⋅ Contemporary Garden Design. Passion for Plants ⋅ Planting Combinations.