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Taller Plants: WHEN GROUPING plants in a hanging basket, it is useful to have one larger central plant surrounded by smaller-growing kinds, but planting several of a single kind can be equally effective. The side plants in a basket will usually be trailing types, with taller, bushier plants set in the top so that the finished planting creates a ball of color.
Bedding displays can be simple or elaborate according to taste, and the patterns may be given permanent form by being edged with small shrubs such as box or lavender.BEDDING OUT means putting plants in the garden for a limited period only, while they are able to contribute most to the display, and then replacing them with other plants. Spring bedding plants are those that make their display from early to late spring; summer bedding plants are those that are at their peak from early summer to early fall.
Beds can be filled with a number of plants of differing habits and, usually, mixed colors. Carpeting plants are used as a base planting, with taller plants employed to produce a second or third tier of flowers.
Such a border can be planted anywhere, even in open lawn, although where it can be viewed from each side there will be more restrictions on the types of plants you can use. Most usually a background wall, Fence or hedge will provide the necessary frame, and will also provide a windbreak, which is important when taller plants are being grown.
The dedicated planner can devise a highly scented border devoted to one type of plant (such as the rose), or a theme— delphiniums, dahlias, chrysanthemums and roses, among those that immediately come to mind, but there are so many others that the gardener can be spoilt for choice. |
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