Evergreen garden bed

Landscape layering is designing a garden that uses a variety of different plants positioned in multiple rows to form a casual, mixed border planting.

White Wax Begonias Wax begonias are tender perennials in Zones 8-11 but I grow them as a flower suitable for edging beds in light shade. It has waxy leaves and produces clusters of single or double white flowers. Wax begonias bloom non-stop throughout the entire season until first frost. It looks great with another annual, Purple Angelonia, as I planted here.

The sculptural, textural, and colorfully steady presence of conifer trees is reassurance that the garden is there all year to enjoy.

Hi to all I have a small back yard and entry (terraced house) which I am trying to turn into a nice area to sit in.I have put old cast iron rain hoppers onto the wall and planted these up( they are doing very well ) All of my plants are in small tubs(roses, hydranga,and annuals) I have built 2 platers size 10ft length 2 foot wide and 2 ft 6 deep I know they are narrow but space was a real issue.

A couple of years ago the Conifer Quarterly had Spruce as the featured conifer. For some reason it got my imagination going and inspired the idea that it might be fun to do an island bed featuring only Spruce cultivars. I was hoping for a riot of color in the Spring. Here's some pics of it from yest...

As most cottage gardens are located in countries with cold winters they can become bare in winter. This makes cottage garden evergreen plants extremely valuable! Here I list and summarise twelve of the best evergreen plants for cottage gardens.

This carefully curated plant palette perfectly hides a fence while creating style. Find the plants used for this back border here.

Conifers provide the garden with incredible form, color and texture in every season. Learn one expert’s secrets to designing with these evergreens.

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