By garden designer Mark Draper. This is a no-nonsense, practical garden, where the visually strong elements of soft lines and planting were key requirements.
It has been designed for a mature couple who enjoy outdoor life. They prefer traditional materials, but want a design that uses them in an imaginative way.
They want their garden to blend with their stone cottage, connecting the indoor living space to the outdoor area.
The couple enjoy gardening and entertaining, but also want a space that is calm and quiet where they can relax and plan for the future.
They are keen to add detail to the design, while at the same time keeping the basic elements of privacy, a seating area, lawn and a water feature.
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Herbaceous Plants
Aquilegia 'Clemintine
Red'
Aquilegia 'Milk & Honey'
Arisarum
proboscideum
Asplenium
scolopendrium
Brunera 'Jack
Frost'
Camassia cusickii
Camassia leichtlinii
Alba
Dicentra spectablis
alba
Dryopteris felix mas
Epimedium x rubrum
Euphorbia
'Purpurea'
Euphorbia x
robbiae
Geranium clarkei
'Kashmir White'
Geranium macrorrhizum
Geranium phaeum
album
Heuchera
'Greenfinch'
Heuchera 'Obsidian'
Hosta 'Devon Green'
Hosta 'Paxtons Original'
Hosta undulata
'Albomarginata'
Iris sibirica
Pachysandra
terminalis
Polygonatum x
hybridum
Pulmonaria
'Sissinghurst White'
Rodgersia
podophylla
Salvia officinalis
Tellima grandiflora
Thalictrum
aquilegifolium
Tiarella 'Tiger Stripe'
Tiarella cordifolia
Bulbs
Allium 'Purple
Sensation'
Allium nigrum
Shrubs
Buxus sempervirens
Cercis Forest
Pansy
Choisya 'Aztec
Pearl'
Cornus
controversa
Cotinus Grace
Euonymus alatus
Exochorda 'The
Bride'
Hebe 'Mrs Winder'
Myrtus communis
Osmanthus delavayi
Osmanthus x
burkwoodii
Philadelphus
coronarius
Pittosporum
tenuifolium
Rosmarinus
officinalis
Sarcococca confusa
Viburnum
xanthocarpum
Viburnum opulus
Viburnum plicatum
'Mariesii'
Viburnum x
carlcephalum