greencube garden and landscape design, UK

greencube's ornamental grass and perennial  border  Here in my own garden, I took time out on Friday evening after mowing the lawn to take some photos, the sun was low and the light was soft.  The front window of the studio looks out onto this border. This is the border that sweeps around the drive now in its third year, the structural layer consists of Buxus cubes and Euphobia wulfennii with large swathes of Calamagrostis  'Karl Foerster', Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus' mixed with a tapestry of perennials and bulbs planted en-masse. Our soil is incredibly sandy and so drought tolerant plants are used but I do feed and mulch with mushroom and green compost with added fertiliser every year to give the plants their best shot. Here is Papaver 'Patsy's Plum' which I sowed from seed, now doing incredibly well. New in the border this year seems to be a favourite at Chelsea also. Its a new plant called Lysimachia atropu...

Our large sweeping perennial and grass border has done incredibly well this year, it's second summer and all the perennials have filled out. I cannot see any gaps due to the great selection of gap fillers ( a very important plant to tie borders together and to suppress the mundane task of weeding). The soil is sandy but I have enriched with green compost and mushroom compost. Here's a selection of my favourites taken throughout the month of June: Nepeta 'Walkers Low' and Osteospermum jucundum, the bee's love the Nepeta   Saxifragra x urbium (London Pride) Allium multibobosum nigrum The Alliums are mixed with Salvia 'Caradonna' The Eremerus and Verbena's will be next to follow The Diascia 'Daydream' which we have used quite a bit in various gardens this year is filling the gaps on cue. Sanguisorba menziesii is looking great with the Calamagrostis 'Karl F...