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5 GREAT PLANTS FOR PLANTING
Five great plants we always try to include in our gardens designs. Easy to grow and to care for. An ideal plant for 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 to create truly stunning planting combinations. Plants you will want to use over and over again in your garden design.
1# ALLIUMS ⋅ GARDEN SERVICES EXETER ⋅ TOPSHAM
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Add purple ‘lollipops’ floating in the spring breeze. Alliums are instantly recognisable. 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 ornamental grasses or other coloured plants. Try adding agapanthus and echinacea.
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Plant bulbs or plants in a sunny position. Alliums like well-drained soil. The bulbs don’t like waterlogging. They tend to rot. Add grit to clay soil to improve drainage or when planting in raised beds. Mulch in winter to protect bulbs from frost. Alliums are great for encouraging wildlife in your garden. The nectar-pollen rich flowers attract many insects. Including butterflies, bees and moths.
Alliums ⋅ globemaster ⋅ marsh ‘mellow’ ⋅ ‘his excellancy’
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Three alliums you want to use time and time again in your garden. Plant in groups to produce swathes of pastel 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.
1. PLANT IDEAS 1 – Exeter Landscapes ⋅ tulip ‘blue parrot’ ⋅ allium ⋅ forget-me-not ⋅ garden services topsham ⋅ exmouth ⋅ sidmouth
Looks great with 1 ⋅ box hedging ⋅ stipa ‘feather’ grass ⋅ hebes ⋅ eryngium ⋅ tulip blue parrot
Looks great with 2 ⋅ forget-met nots ⋅ sedum ⋅ poppy ⋅ hosta ⋅ box ⋅ achillea
2. Exeter Landscapes Ideas⋅ allium ⋅ achillea ⋅ euphorbia ⋅ garden services topsham ⋅ exmouth ⋅ sidmouth
PLANTING COMBINATIONS
Modern Italian ⋅ allium ⋅ olive ½ standard ⋅ hebe ⋅ phormium ‘baby bronze’
Relaxed box ⋅ allium ⋅ eryngium ⋅ skimmia ⋅ pittosporum ‘tom thumb’ ⋅ olive ½ standard ⋅ box hedging
2# Crocosmia⋅ garden services exeter ⋅ topsham
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One of our favourite plants. Bold fast-growing plant. With hot red flowers. Crocosmia produces swathes of sword-like lush green foliage. Irs green bladed foliage 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 phormium baby bronze. Its dark foliage 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 maximum 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.
Crocosmialucifer’ likes well-drained soil in full sun. Divide clumps every couple of years. This will help to encourage bright red long-lasting blooms.
Looks great with ⋅ rudbeckia ⋅ verbena ⋅ achillea ⋅ agapanthus ⋅ kniphothia ⋅ phormiums ⋅ stipa ⋅ echinops ⋅ smoke bush ⋅ bamboo
PLANTING COMBINATIONS
Relaxed prairie ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ rudbeckia ⋅ verbena ⋅ Pennisetum grass ⋅ euphorbia ⋅ phormiums
Bladed colour ⋅ allium ⋅ achillea ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ heuchera ⋅ acer
3# Phormiums ⋅ garden services exeter ⋅ topsham
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Phormiums are the ideal plant for adding architectural shapes to a garden. Phormiums work well in both contemporary and traditional garden designs. They are also a great addition to tropical and zen planting schemes. Phormium looks great combined with boulders and gravel beds. Add other architectural plants to add contrast. A Smoke bush contrasts well with lighter green phormium varieties such as tricolour. Add colour for interest. Irises and canna lilies 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 waterlogged conditions. Add grit to improve soil drainage. They can also be prone to frost damage, particularly the red varieties. Wrap up plants in insulation, before any extreme snaps. Phormiums are tolerant of salty winds. Making them a great addition to any coastal garden planting scheme.
Phormiums ⋅ tricolour ⋅ firebird ⋅ baby bronze
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Phormiums look great planting in groups. The variegated tricolour variety looks great against a dark backdrop. Create contrast. Combine phormium tricolour with phormium baby bronze, berberis or a smoke bush. Baby bronze looks great with hot colours, particularly 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
4# Verbena ⋅ garden services exeter ⋅ sidmouth
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A traditional plant that equally works well in a contemporary garden design. Verbena is underrated, unfussy plant. It’s great for softening bold timber structures when planted as a screen. This upright 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.
Verbena 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. Combine verbena with crocosmia, rudbeckia and kniphofia.
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Verbenas like 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 severe frost is on its way. Plants are self-sowing, replacing any plants killed by frost. Verbenas flowers are rich in nectar. Great for encouraging butterflies into your garden.
Looks great with 1 ⋅ agapanthus (white blue) ⋅ crocosmia ⋅ echinacea ⋅ rudbeckia ⋅ miscanthus grass
Looks great with 2 ⋅ Festuca grass ⋅ hosta ⋅ sunflower ⋅ sedum ⋅ heuchera ⋅ lavender ⋅ echinops
PLANTING COMBINATIONS
Colours & contrast ⋅ echinacea ⋅ verbena ⋅ helenium ⋅ achillea white ⋅ erigon ⋅ heuchera ⋅ euphorbia ⋅ smoke bush
Hot dry ⋅ lavender ⋅ verbena ⋅ hebe ⋅ globe thistle ⋅ stipa ⋅ box balls
5# Box hedging ⋅ topary ⋅ garden services exeter
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Box is a versatile 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 agapanthus. 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 available in a variety of shapes including cubes, pyramids, balls and spirals. Box will grow in moist well-drained moist soil. In full sun or partial shade.
When shaping topiary, less is always more. Always lightly trim your shapes in mid to late summer. Hard pruning will result in 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
