The planting reflects an abandoned, or regenerating, moist garden in the shade of alder and hazel trees. The herbaceous planting relies primarily on shades of green and foliage texture but also has subtle colour throughout
Selected as a variety of the native species. This variety is selected for the delicate, medium-sized canopy it will provide to the garden. This genus is noted for its ability to thrive in poor, wet conditions and is widely used in land reclamation.
Selected as a native species and as contrast to the cut-leaved alder. A large, deciduous shrub or small multi-stemmed tree, about 6m tall, with rounded mid-green leaves turning yellow in autumn, and yellow male catkins to 6cm long in early spring, followed by edible nuts in autumn.
“The planting is biodiverse and is intended to provide a wide variety of food and habitat for wildlife. Garden designers need to rise to the challenges of the biodiversity crisis.”
Selected to provide structure repeated though the garden. This popular, rounded, evergreen shrub has glossy, finely toothed, dark green leaves beautifully offset by highly scented, jasmine-like, white flowers in mid and late spring.
Chosen for its ability to meander among coarser, large leaved herbaceous plants. A vigorous herbaceous perennial which may form significant clumps. It has mid-green leaves and lilac-pink flowers.
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Chosen as a native groundcover that blends well with other plants for part shade. A densely tufted, evergreen sedge to about 40cm with arching, dark green or greyish green leaves and short spikes of greenish-brown flowers in summer.
Polystichum setiferum Plumosommutilobum Group occurs in the greatest quantity in the garden but is one of five different ferns used. There are over 360 ferns in the garden. Ferns form the bulk of the herbaceous planting in part for their suitability to the moist, shaded setting, as well as for their own beauty and the contrast they provide to the other selected plants.
Plant lists are provided by the designer of the garden as a guide to the plants they hope to use in the Garden based on the time of year, the location and the Client Brief. The plants that feature at the Show depends on a variety of factors such as weather during the growing season and availability. While the designers try to update lists where possible, the accuracy of the list cannot be guaranteed.
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