Three key ideas to help create & maintain a major feature border in the garden. 

This week on The Horti-Culturalists we take a close look at one of Stephen's major borders that is at the main entrance to his garden. In planning this border Stephen considered three main points: seasonal succession, different foliage form and lastly a colour theme for flowering plants. Looking at those three principals we've followed the border through the year to mark the major changes from season to season and get an understanding of the complexity of the planning involved to maintain interest throughout the year. And gardening is forever a work in progress so we'll also look at things that haven't worked and long term plans for the future!
This episode begins and ends with the magnificent Ferula communis, or giant fennel, and you can watch our video exclusively about that here: • Great winter foliage p...
We also mention the wonderful golden bamboo and you can find out more about that plant in this video: • How to garden with Bam...
There is also a video about the colour theme of this border which you can find here: • How to create a colour...
And lastly Stephen's passion for suckering thugs is fully explained here: • How to manage suckerin...