Mid-spring planting at this garden near Leeds Castle, Kent. The bergenia (Bergenia ‘Eroica’) was chosen despite its strong pink colour. The leaves are mahogany red all winter and is underplanted with single white snowdrops for an early show. Later, when the flowers...
Working within a limited palette – creams, whites, silver and purple – the plants in the foreground comprise Alchemilla mollis, Stipa tenuissima, Bergenia ‘Bressingham White’, Miscanthus ‘Morning Light’, Hydrangea ‘Annabelle’, Carex elata ‘Aurea’, Heuchera ‘Palace...
The white walls of the house show off Calamagrostis × acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ on the left with euphorbia, nepeta, hydrangea, philadelphus and sambucus making up the scheme.
A summer border with cleome, dahlias, canna, amaranthus and cosmos. Hylotelephium ‘Matrona’ is the only permanent plant in the bed and was retained to attract butterflies. In the distance miscanthus and tree ferns are planted by the...
Mixed materials underfoot provide a walk through mixed planting. Shrubs to the left are Heptacodium miconioides with Ceanothus ‘Puget Blue’ in flower. To the right is a young Cornus controversa ‘Variegata’
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