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Replicate the style of Packwood’s punchy ‘mingled’ borders by repeating plants singly or in small groups with occasional architectural plants as punctuation points

WORDS: CHRIS MORLEY.

ROSA ‘AMERICAN PILLAR’ This beauty frames the arch into the Carolean Garden. A vigorous rambler (up to 6m high), it puts on a spectacular summer show, with clusters of deep-pink flowers with pale centres, set off by glossy green foliage. It will grow in full sun or partial shade. Available from thompson-morgan.com GENTIAN SAGE Add contrasting form to plants with domed profiles with the willowy, blue-spired Salvia patens (1.2m high). With large, nodding flowers in a piercing shade of blue, this plant will dazzle from July to September. It’s not fully hardy but you can grow it in a container. Available from sarahraven.com SLENDER VERVAIN The Latin name for this herbaceous perennial is Verbena rigida, and it is shorter and more floriferous than the better-known Verbena bonariensis. Growing to around 60cm, it looks fabulous planted in drifts,…

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Woman & Home (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2022

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