Corner Bed

July 2003 - Fuchsia magellenica to right

This border screens our neighbour's parking space, so lots of evergreen shrubs have been planted - see plant list below. Lavatera were initially planted to form a quick screen, but these are slowly being removed as the other shrubs mature. Although we want to screen the parking space, there are views behind to woodland and pasture, which we want to retain. For this reason, the shrubs chosen are those described as suitable for hedging, which means they can be pruned to keep them at the right height. The border seemed to lack a focal point so I have created an informal path leading to a large terracotta container, in the centre of the border. The path is made simply from the fragments of sandstone that are present in the soil, just pressed into the earth. The right hand side of the border faces north west, and gets very little direct sunlight, whilst the left hand side gets full sun.

Geranium 'Ann Folkard'

Anemone 'Honorine Jobert'

Plant list

Evergreen shrubs: Escallonia 'Crimson Spire', Pittosporum tenuifolium, Ceanothus 'Concha', Prunus lusitanica, Photinia x fraserii 'Red Robin', Cotoneaster lacteus, Hebe 'Great Orme', unnamed variegated Hebe, Camellia 'Anticipation', Rhododendron 'Hotei', Skimmia japonica 'Rubella'

Deciduous shrubs and climbers: Paeonia suffruticosa 'Kinshi', Rosa 'New Dawn', Rosa 'The Fairy', Clematis montana, Fuchsia magellinica, Clematis 'Jackmannii Superba'

Perennials: Anemone 'Honorine Jobert', Geranium 'Ann Folkard', Penstemon 'White Bedder', Phormium 'Cream Delight', Bergenia 'Bressingham White', Pulmonaria officianalis

Biennials: Digitalis purpurea (foxglove), sweet william

Bulbs: Narcissus 'Mount Hood, Scilla mischtschenkoana, Allium neapolitanum

Clematis jackmannii 'Superba' and Fuchsia magellenica

Tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa 'Kinshi')