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Edging Plant: some cases, edging is purely ornamental, but in others it s needed to keep surface materials such as gravel and bark n place, and to keep soil from overflowing from the beds.
NOT ALL surfaces need to be edged but it often adds the finishing touch. Use bricks or tiles or, for a more informal, rustic effect, logs. Plants themselves can also be used as edging. Low clipped hedges of box go particularly well with brick or stone surfaces. Lavender is a more decorative choice and it can also be clipped into neat shapes.
Use edging around flowerbeds to stop the soil overflowing on to surrounding areas, especially gravel or paths laid with chipped bark. Edging also helps prevent the edges of hard surfaces breaking away or sinking.
Bricks set in a number of ways are commonly used for edging, as is stone, but you can also use logs in a woodland setting. Tiles also serve the purpose well.
READY-MADE panels are simply nailed between the posts. Prop each panel on bricks or offcuts of wood so that it is level before driving the nails home. You can prevent the panel edging from splitting by drilling pilot holes for the nails first.
You can also buy U-shaped brackets for nailing to the posts. These allow the panels to be dropped into place and then secured with nails driven through the brackets. Where cement posts are used, the panels simply slot in from the top.
Most ready-made panels are held together by short, thin nails or even staples, so if one needs shortening it is a relatively easy job to prise off the edging, cut the panel to length with a hand or power saw and nail the edging back on.
The single or semi-double flowers of this vigorous plant are either crimson-red or deep purple. /•"'Corallina" The scarlet and purple flowers of this fuchsia are medium-sized and are freely produced. The foliage has a bronze tint. Growth is arching and spreading. F. "Lady Thumb" A dwarf, upright shrub, this fuchsia is very bushy and can be used as an edging plant, in a hanging basket or trained against a support. It has small, semi-double flowers: the white petals are pink-veined and the sepals and tubes are reddish-pink. |
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