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EASY IDEAS
GOOD IDEA

Plant 40-50cm away from a
fence or wall to avoid the rain

shadow where rain doesn’t
reach, making the soil very dry

PLANTS TO BUY
1 Star jasmine x 1

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2 Mexican feather grass x 3
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3 Astrantia x 3

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4 Box balls x 2 (20cm diameter)
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TOTAL: £137.94

growing above, below and outwards from the wire HOW TO DO IT Subsequent rows should be 45cm apart.
using a soft twine, but don’t tie too tightly. You
may need to do this several times during the YOU WILL NEED 2 Thread the wire through the first hook and
summer depending on the rate of growth. Any ✽ Screw eye hooks, £2.89/10 twist a few times to secure. Stretch across to
growth that spoils the shape can be snipped away screwfix.com the other hook and do the same, cutting off
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Feather grass needs very little attention. ✽ Multi-purpose compost, £4/50L 3 Dig over the planting area, removing
Wearing gloves, just gently comb through it in wickes.co.uk weeds and large stones, and dig in compost.
April to remove any old growth and flower heads. ✽ Garden twine, £6 nutscene.com
4 Dig a hole the same depth but twice as
Trim the box balls in June and again in WHAT TO DO wide as the jasmine pot. Add the plant
September to develop a good shape and a dense 1 Create rows of wire by screwing the eye so that it sits at the same level as the
structure. Use clean, sharp secateurs to remove hooks into the fence. Use a spirit level and surrounding soil. Backfill and firm in place.
the fresh growth, which will be lighter in colour tape measure to make sure they’re straight.
than the more mature leaves. The first row should be 30cm from the soil. 5 Spread out stems and tie onto the wire
using the twine.
Throughout summer, cut away the fading
flower stems of the astrantia to encourage more 6 Add the other plants, spacing them 50cm
flowers to emerge and to stop it seeding apart. Water using a full can per plant.
everywhere. In March, remove any old growth to
just above the ground.

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EASY IDEAS

Floral faffery

WITH JANE
JANE SCOTT is a renowned floral designer. Her simple,
stylish ideas are beautiful, easy to create and don’t cost
a fortune. This month, she makes an early summer wreath

Ayoung romantic would hang 1 5
a wreath on the doorway of
a lover as a declaration of 2
commitment and undying love 3
in ancient Greece. Later, in a
more formal Victorian England, 4
they were used as a mark of respect for the
FEATURE & PHOTOS: JANE SCOTT guest of honour at a banquet. Just like sprouts Exbpaesreimmenattienrgiawlsith Gatherainngd lleeaftfoyvterrismming 1 VIRGINIA CREEPER
and crackers, they are one of our most treasured 2 PAMPAS GRASS
festive staples. The great news is, they are now 3 ROSE
a year-round floral must-have. From welcoming 4 HEATHER
door hanger to thoughtful gift, modern wreaths 5 LAUREL LEAVES
are simple, stylish and quick to make.
BirthAdasyim’ phleeat‘hHearpwpyreath
So, grab your scissors and some garden twine
and follow my simple steps to a wallet-friendly
wreath you can love all year-long. I’ve chosen
flowers, greenery and twigs that either last for
ages out of water or dry well and stay put.

First, decide on your base material. My top
three are made with stems of pussy willow,
virginia creeper or forsythia. Check your own
stems are fresh and bendy, then gently shape
one into a hoop, binding the ends firmly
together with twine. Weave a few more lengths
around the first hoop, tucking the ends in and
checking you are keeping to a circle.

Now for the decorations. I’ve used foliage
gathered from the garden or foraged while
out walking the dog. The roses are bouquet
leftovers. Snip all your stems so they’re about
10-15cm long and gather them up in bunches of
three or five. Plan your final design by laying the
bunches out in a line.

Bind your first bunch tightly to the base with
twine. Lay the next bunch over the stems of
the first and bind. Keep going until you have
covered about a third of your base. Be sure to
tie the final bunch on securely with a double
knot. To finish, tie a strip of fabric around the
top. In true upcycling style, I used an offcut
from an old pillowcase. Your botanical beauty
is now ready to hang wherever you fancy. And
if the word wreath sounds a little too stuffy and
formal, then how about seasonal flower ring?

Jane

Instagram @janescottflowers

blog www.janescottflowers.com

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BEST FOOT FORWARD 1

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Plant GET THE LOOK
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White Rust-Oleum Garden Furniture
1 Spray Paint, £5.15 sprayster.com
Ivy, £5.99 waitrosegarden.com
GO TROPICAL Purple shamrock, £4.70/10 bulbs
Use natural-coloured wicker baskets to
allow vivid-orange Begonia boliviensis dejager.co.uk
‘Starshine Orange’ to add an exotic touch Pelargoniums, £11.99/6 jumbo plug
with its pendant blooms, jungle-look leaves
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October. £7.99/3 young plants unwins.co.uk Nemesia, £12.99/12 mega plug plants

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TRY GORGEOUS SWEET PEAS 3

Instead of growing them up a trellis, let their

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EASY IDEAS

5GROW STRAWBS TO GO!

Home-grown strawberries in a
basket are perfect for the patio
where you can watch them
grow and pick and enjoy at your
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Add in the bright green, upright leaves of grasses. The ‘Feather Falls’ variety is

pelargoniums with deep pink flowers and evergreen and will be happy in sun, shade

contrast them with delicate, pale pink nemesia, or frost. It has plumes of feathery cream

which will flower from now until the first frosts. flowers in spring. £21/3 plants hayloft.co.uk ➣

JUNE 2019 MODERN GARDENS 57

GOOD TO
KNOW

FILL WITH FULL-ON COLOUR 7

If you haven’t tried calibrachoa ‘Million

Bells’ before then you’re in for a treat!

They come in a myriad of colours and

flower from late spring until the first frosts.

Low-maintenance and drought-tolerant,

you don’t need to keep watering all the

time. Carnival Mix, £8.99/6 suttons.co.uk

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10 EASY IDEAS

GO RETRO, GO MODERN!

Begonias are back in fashion! Forget

the garish colours that were popular in

the 70s, these trailing beauties in dreamy

hues of orange and peach will add the

wow factor to any style garden from

June to October. Trailing Begonia ‘Peach

Melba’ £9.99 vanmeuwen.com

BRIGHTEN A SHADY SPOT 8

No sun on your patio? Then you’ll love

the amazing petunia ‘Shock Wave Deep

Purple’, which is as happy in light shade as

it is in sun. It will treat you to an abundance

of cascading magenta-crimson flowers

throughout the summer. £14.99/24 plug

plants marshalls-seeds.co.uk

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HANG UP HERBS 9 11

There’s nothing nicer than adding fresh herbs to your

food. Keep the essentials to hand by planting up a basket PLANT PRETTY PURPLES

filled with parsley, chives and basil outside your back door. For a blast of eye-catching colour, try purple, which

Cheat the look by putting plastic pots of supermarket looks wonderful contrasted against lots of greenery.

herbs in one hanging basket or container! Just remember Petunia Surfinia ‘Sky Blue’ flowers from June to Oct.

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KEEP IT CHIC 12

If you prefer a limited colour palette

of white and green, try bacopa

‘Snowtopia’, which has tumbling,

evergreen stems that are smothered ADD A DASH OF SPICE 13
with snow white flowers throughout

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pretty? Then try growing some chillies in
a hanging basket. They look stunning in
full fruit and you can pick and use them
fresh or dry them for later (from July-
October). Basket Of Fire Chilli Peppers,
£10.95/3 x 9cm pots dtbrownseeds.co.uk

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Any combination of planting can look cool and modern if

you chose the right planter. This zinc container has had holes

drilled into the bottom for drainage, along with two each side

of the top, and hung with two S-hooks and chain. It’s been

filled with (clockwise from left) heliotrope ‘Midnight Sky’,

£13.95/5 young plants sarahraven.com, white marguerite,

£14.99/3L pot crocus.co.uk, petunia ‘Blue Star’ £8.99/6

jumbo plug plants and calibrachoa Can Can ‘Double Lemon’,

£14.98/12 jumbo plug plants, both jparkers.co.uk. These will

all be in flower from now until October.

PIMP IT WITH PINK 14

One of this year’s big colour trends

for the garden is bright pink, and you

can get the look with the easy-to-grow

African daisy ‘In The Pink’ (£9.99/2L

pot suttons.co.uk), which flowers

June-October. Plant them in a conical

container and add some sphagnum moss.

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EASY IDEAS

Quench their thirst Bring peonies Buy a pulley
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June 21 is the longest day of Make watering easier with a
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Move succulents outdoors

It’s now warm enough for these plants to be
outdoors, so move them into a sunny spot
in your garden. Let the compost dry out
between watering. Once every two weeks
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easy ideas

10 minute

sort out

✽ trim bay trees
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designer KATE GOULD

LIGHT A CANDLE OR TWO
Simple, romantic, charming. You
can’t go wrong with a natural
flame. Stay safe though by
avoiding putting them on or
near a flammable surface and
never leaving them unattended.

The topic of garden lighting is so broad It would be very easy to provide broad security? Would you like the ambient glow of ➣
that I could write a whole book about brushstroke advice about lighting gardens and light at all times of the year or would you prefer
it. Over the past ten years or so the say that all gardens should be lit. However, the to have the option to ramp up the drama for
demand for lighting in private gardens problem is that every garden and every site is entertaining or special occasions?
has increased exponentially. The simple reason different. Some gardens in conservation areas
for this increase is that we are all working longer cannot be lit. Other gardens, for example those My response when clients ask me these sorts
hours and returning home later. That, combined in areas where there are no street lights, could of questions is: do as much as you can to make
with the larger expanses of glass that nowadays be distracting if they were illuminated. And what the lighting you install flexible but also reliable
connect our inside and outside spaces, such as type of lighting do you need? Should you use – and by that I mean using the best fittings
plate-glass windows and bi-folding doors, means electric light or settle on candle lanterns? What you can afford and having them installed by
that our gardens have to work very hard for us. is the correct answer? a qualified electrician. However, if you decide
Lighting prevents our outside spaces seeming to use electric light outside, where rain, frost
like dark black holes when viewed from the If the truth be told, the answer – as with and the occasional gnawing of foxes can cause
inside of the property. most things in the design world – is to use havoc, you will need to think your plans through
what works for you. Do you need lighting for as well as implement them carefully.

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KEY HIGHLIGHTS
Water features and sculptural
items should be lit and you
may wish to illuminate these
elements as standalone pieces
to create high drama.

GOOD IDEA INSTANT AMBIENCE

‘Moonlighting’ is where a light Candle lanterns are best used
is installed high in a tree to
shine down and create magical on table tops or as arker

shadows on the ground lights. Try ikea.com £2.

Light fittings up the plant (often through lower-growing ✽ Trees and architectural plants are the next
foliage) and softly away into the night, which setting, followed by lower-storey plants.
✽ Downlights: Can be used on walls, steps and means that the light does not cast great halos ✽ As a general rule of thumb, I don’t tend to
vertical structures such as pergolas and sheds. into the dark sky. light paving because it can be very expensive
✽ In-ground lights: Depending on their size, to do so. Exceptions to this rule might include
in-ground lights can be used to uplight large trees Urban light pollution is a huge problem for a regularly used pathway to the front door or
or illuminate steps and details in paving. migrating birds, bats and insects so it’s important access to bins that would be tricky to negotiate
✽ Solar lights: Best used as path markers, solar to take this into consideration when designing without lighting to guide the way.
lights should be sited away from foliage and in full your lighting scheme. It’s also crucial to take ✽ Unless you absolutely love an expensive light
sun to ensure the panels receive a good charge into account the effect your lighting may have fitting (and admittedly there are many to love),
each day. on neighbouring properties because your a simple casing for a light will be cheaper and
✽ LED strip lights: Install LED strip lights under neighbours may not wish for their gardens to be the light will be the star instead.
benches or countertops. Marine-grade LED strip washed with the light from your own garden.
lights can be fully submerged in water and are There are also different colours of light to
ideal for lighting ponds and water features, Planning your scheme consider. Coloured lights are an acquired taste
although deploy with caution if there are fish in
your pond. I always include a lighting scheme in any plans
✽ Feature lights: There are now many exterior that I draw for my clients. The amount of light
floor lamps and electric candle lanterns that can depends on the budget as well as the situation.
add a true indoor/outdoor feeling to a garden As previously mentioned, there are some areas
space. These are the kind of lights that you want where you may not be able to use lights, such as
to showcase in their own right. They work well conservation areas or areas of street darkness.
around seating and dining areas. In addition, trees with a Tree Preservation Order
(TPO) cannot be lit or have lights fixed to them.
Highlighting plants If your property is not restricted by one or more
of these categories then you can begin to
Plants really soak up light. In fact, it is incredible design your scheme.
how much light it can take to highlight a plant or
a tree successfully. The best plants to highlight Lighting is most effective when
in this way are those with architectural forms. complemented by darkness. Not everything in
Yucca, phormium, dicksonia, phyllostachys your garden has to be lit at once. Think of the
and trachycarpus will all look dramatic when garden as if it were a room that needs different
illuminated at night. levels of light to create different effects. Here
are some things to consider:
Uplights (those lights that are either recessed ✽ Perhaps you need a base setting to highlight
into the ground or set on a moveable spike) are changes of level, steps or the bottom of walls
ideal for highlighting plants. Their light diffuses for safety.

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OUTDOOR LIVING

SOFT AND GENTLE
There’s something
beautifully tranquil
about candles floating
on water. Try glow.co.uk
for giant floating candles
Dia6.5cm £1.99 each.

LIGHT UP A PERGOLA A comparison
Hanging pendant lights of light types
look great suspended over a
dining table. For similar, try ELECTRIC LIGHT
illumination.co.uk £9.94 each. ✽ Instant effect at the flick of
a switch.
✽ Will provide many years’ use
if installed correctly.
✽ Can be operated on a timer
system to provide security.
✽ Many different light colours
and effects are available.
✽ The most practical light source
for modern living.

SOLAR LIGHT
✽ Requires ample sunlight to
charge the lights.
✽ Will come on every night.
✽ Only has one level of light.
✽ Batteries are not very effective.
✽ Fittings tend to be clumsy.

CANDLELIGHT
✽ Requires some planning.
✽ Can only be used in fair weather.
✽ Burning candles cannot be
left unattended as this can be
extremely dangerous.
✽ Flames are simply flame
coloured.
✽ Generally deemed to be the
most attractive type of light and
also the most atmospheric.

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OUTDOOR LIVING RECREATE THE LOOK
Try the Vista Outdoor LED
Spike Light Kit 12W 4 pack,
£67.98 screwfix.com

GOOD IDEA TAKE THE
INSIDE OUT
Highlight trees and Exterior lamps
planting with uplights include all the
fixtures and fittings
but they can w ner or a qualified interiors have to
are in tune with the overall design. They befit electrician who can answer your questions and offer, making the
cutting-edge contemporary schemes and those assist you further. Lighting is not a DIY task. outside a true
where minimalism takes the floor. Coloured extension of your
lights provide a garden with an otherworldly feel Basement gardens home. Try
and can work to great effect when illuminating pagazzi.com £94.
textured walling or architectural plants. ✽ Angle lights downwards to avoid shining light
into your neighbours’ windows. IN THE SPOTLIGHT
In the lighting world, there are different types ✽ Create drama by using light to highlight Illuminate planting and paths with a
of white light, just like the multiple shades of architectural forms. Choose small spike lights decorative post light. For similar, try
whites you will find on paint charts. However, the with angled heads so you can fine-tune the gardenlightshop.com £42.83.
choice isn’t onerous because there are basically effect, especially as plants grow.
two types of white light: cool and warm. In most ✽ Basement spaces are dark by nature, so add GET THE BOOK
cases, warm whites are preferred. Cool whites light sparingly to avoid a too-bright effect. ✽ Extract adapted
look great but – just like their name suggests ✽ Avoid solar lights because they probably from Urban
– they have a cooling effect. Warm whites are will not charge adequately in the shade of a Garden Design by
the best choice for you if you want to feel cosy basement. Kate Gould,
outdoors and you’d like your outdoor space to published by Kyle
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Photography by
Lighting small spaces ✽ Light feature plants to create an enticing Helen Fickling.
effect.
Are there particular rules for lighting small ✽ Light paving only if truly necessary, if it is
spaces? In terms of rules, as long as you design needed to highlight level changes or steps or as
the scheme with a light hand, the result should markers to a gate or to bins.
be fine. Always err on the side of caution – you ✽ Utilise multiple circuits to give you the
can always add more lights, but taking them greatest flexibility.
away is more difficult. ✽ Don’t forget about candle power – it may
be the answer to a soft lighting scheme in the
Adding drama where you have architectural summer.
plants or forms and contrasting those with areas
with spaces where there are no lights, thereby Roof terraces
enhances the focal point. Practical matters also
take consideration with lighting and generally ✽ Don’t use uplights in paving because, with
I would start with areas that need to be lit for nothing above them, their effect will be lost as
safety and then add detail above that, usually they shine into the sky.
on different circuits for the most amount of ✽ Avoid a strong light display as this will draw
flexibility of use. attention to the roof and cause conflict with
neighbours.
If you are considering using lighting in your ✽ Try to keep light within the space to avoid
garden and are unsure whether it is worth the unnecessary light pollution.
outlay, first try a scheme with candles to see if ✽ Consider installing solar lights. They should
the effect is something that you think will add charge well on a roof or balcony with good light.
value to the space. The next step is to contact

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Making an Cretan brake

ENTRANCE

Turn your hallway into a QUIET
RETREAT from a busy world with
these simple planting ideas

Sharry Baby Guzmania

Ferns

RECREATE THE LOOK
For similar style planters, try
the Galvanised Trough Planter,
£14.99 primrose.co.uk.

SO Cretan EASY IDEAS
EASY!
A zen entry
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This design takes its inspiration from the Saihoji
A vertical garden for a more compelling design. Make sure the Kokedera (moss temple) garden in Kyoto, which
plants’ grow pots aren’t taller or wider than the is mostly swaths of green mosses and where
If your entryway is a true pass-through, hang vessel (cut off any offending plastic if one is visitors instantly feel relaxed upon entering
a living wall to keep plants in sight but out slightly too tall). through the garden gates. To mimic that calming
of the way and save all surface areas experience at home, display a prepotted bonsai
– including the floor – for other uses. Recreate 4 To visualise where the planters will hang, tree, or recreate this mini Japanese landscape
the design pictured left using simple shelving measure each planter and create actual-size with a handful of easy-to-find plants.
brackets and long metal planters with these cutouts with scrap paper. Attach the cutouts
seven steps. to the wall with painter’s tape, then use the YOU WILL NEED
tape to vertically ‘draw’ in a few plants’ heights.
WHAT TO DO Step back and take a look. Stand at the front ✽ Ferns (try shrublandparknurseries.co.uk)
door and take another look. Move the cutouts and mosses (try brittanyperennials.uk)
1 Choose the vessels. These low, long metal around until your design is pleasing. For a ✽ Wide, shallow bowl (for similar, try
troughs can be found at flower shops or lush look, hang the vases close to one another primrose.co.uk, £24.99)
home-goods stores, but any lightweight and fill the wall with green. Or go for a sparer ✽ Potting mix
vessels with flat backs will do. These were design with just one or two vessels. ✽ Smooth, protruding rock
already lined with plastic, but if yours
aren’t, waterproof them by lining them with 5 Hang each vase with a bracket (ideally, WHAT TO DO
cellophane and/or individual plastic liners. French cleat and a bottom spacer that
allows for a plumb hang and ample air flow 1 Set the plants inside the bowl to plan the
2 Select the plants. Mix textures, add pops between the wall and the planter to prevent layout of the arrangement. Although it is the
of bright yet related colours, and include a dampness and mould). It’s best if your living combination of all the plants that makes the
welcoming burst of fragrance. Avoid plants wall is easily detachable so you can clean design beautiful, the space that holds the subtle
with suckers, such as creeping ficus, ivy, away dust and bugs that linger and hide moss ripples is the most impactful feature. Let
philodendrons and similar plants if you don’t behind the installation. the tranquil power of the negative space radiate;
want them climbing up the wall and potentially be thoughtful and add other plants sparingly.
causing the paint to chip. Here ‘Sharry Baby’ 6 Set each plant inside the vessel in its original 2 Soak the moss in water.
oncidium orchids, guzmania bromeliads, and plastic grow pot. If the grow pot is too short, 3 Fill the bowl about three-quarters of the way
jasmine grab the attention, with a combination prop it up with something waterproof like with potting mix – leave enough room so the
of fine and wide-leaved ferns as the backdrop. bubble wrap or an upside-down plastic cup. plants and moss will rest below the rim when
they’re added.
3 Design the plantings. Keep the majority 7 Follow the care directions for each 4 Add a few more scoops of soil and, with
of the plants the same from container to plant. If ease of care is important to you, be cupped hands, mould the soil piles to form
container for visual continuity. Let a couple of sure to choose plants with similar water and tiny mounds.
the containers act as supporting players and light requirements. 5 Place the rock off-centre in the bowl. Unpot
keep them simple so that the others can shine and plant a small fern, tucking it in at the base of
the rock as if it grew there naturally.
6 Plant the biggest fern at an angle, letting it
drape over the edge of the bowl.
7 Grab clumps of the soaking moss and give
each a squeeze to release the water. Gently
rest the moss on the soil – mood moss naturally
mounds and creates an undulating layer of
green, but the mounds give any type of moss a
lift. Tuck in a piece of sheet moss or any other
kind of moss in the fall of the ripples to create a
wave-like moss meadow.

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(C) 2019.
Photographs by
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Ask the grandiflora
Star jasmine
DESIGNER

Each month we help sort out a reader’s
problem garden with clever advice from
he best experts in the garden design world

Q How can I split my garden into two areas, for
eating and relaxing, with hardly any grass
and a water feature? Robin Goldthorpe, Yorks

A “WE WERE GIVEN A SIMILAR often regret paving over the lawned Thwea1s0.i5n nxee9d.5omf ssoomuethc-lfeavceinrgzognairndgen
BRIEF FROM A CLIENT WHO area of their garden. As an alternative, I
wanted a simple space to entertain and suggest opting for good quality artificial ✽ Add scent
lie out in the sun,” says garden designer Emma grass, such as Easigrass (easigrass.com).
Lyne (thelondongardener.co.uk). It’s a good idea to ensure there are elements
“Real and artificial grass might work to see at both ground and eye-level, and
✽ Zoned areas together in a zoned garden if both lawned to consider scent. “A good climbing plant is
areas aren’t seen at the same time as they star jasmine, a glorious evergreen with white,
“We began this garden (pictured far right) by will always look different. Consider keeping scented flowers. I like to plant it close to doors,
looking at how it was to be used and dividing the planting low in front of a lawn so that on walls or fences, so the smell travels into the
it into zones – you generally break the space you can see through to the rest of the house, or near a seating area where it can be
into thirds,” explains Emma. “Deciding where garden and are given a sense of space. enjoyed in the evening,” says Emma.
the patio or terrace areas should go is about
observing where the sun is at various points of ✽ Structured planting ✽ Creating shade
the day, particularly in the evening when you
might want to catch the last rays. In the client’s garden, Emma used clipped “Like Robin’s, our client’s garden is south-facing
evergreens box and English yew combined meaning the sun can be quite intense, so we
“I would suggest Robin extends his patio with attractive obelisks and clematis to planted trees to provide dappled shade and
to cover the first third, the middle third should provide year-round structure and interest, to add height to the space,” says Emma, who
be laid to lawn with wide planted borders, and while layers of flowering shrubs, grasses explains that her choice of evergreen Magnolia
a paved final third at the end of the garden and perennials, along with spring-flowering grandiflora with attractive leathery leaves also
can be used as a dining, or lounge area. The bulbs, provide colour. helps offer shade. The client had a bespoke
path could continue down the left-hand side, awning fitted to the back of the house and uses
with taller plants on the back fence and lower Geranium ‘Rozanne’ flowers for around five the parasol when sitting out on hot sunny days.
planting for another defined area. My tip would months to ‘soften’ the edges where the border
be to increase the size of the borders, especially meets the patio. “It’s ideal because it’ll reach just
on the left-hand side, to around 50 or 60cm 40-50cm in height and spill onto the paving,”
deep to balance the planting with the scale she explains.
of the house.”
“Along with these, Robin could plant
✽ The value of grass ornamental grasses such as Carex oshimensis for
movement, aquilegia varieties for their spring
“Robin’s garden is a very large space not to have flowers, dianthus, with small, pink, scented
an area of lawn in the flat, middle area. People flowers in summer, and anemones for autumn
colour, with a mix of allium and tulip bulbs,
ensuring there’s something for all seasons.

EMMA LYNE, DESIGNER

Paved areas should be generous enough
that you are not crammed in. Ensure you have

”enough space for furniture to be used comfortably.
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Invest in large paving slabs, Hydrangea ‘Annabelle’
900 x 600mm. These look flourish in both sun
better in large gardens and and shade. They are
you reduce the amount of long-flowering and
pointing, which, in time, cracks look amazing.
and allows weeds to grow.
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✽ Lighting up
Easy ways to get the look
“I would always look to light the main features
in the garden such as trees,” says Emma. “And I 1 AWNING burncoose.co.uk, star jasmine £14.99/2L pot
tend to use spike lights to uplight in the borders. Retractable awning. See wayfair.co.uk for a rhsplants.co.uk, clematis £9.99/9cm pot
Warm white LEDs have a better effect than range starting at £129.99/2.4 x 2m. thompson-morgan.com, box topiary ball
blue light. Aim for a quality fitting that’s durable £12.99/2L pot and yew £5.99/2L pot
and won’t let in water. Try Solar LED Garden 2 OBELISKS both best4hedging.co.uk
Spotlight, £5.99, or 4 Solar Garden Path Lights Abinger Obelisks, from £245 muntons.net
Warm White LEDs, £24.99, lights4fun.co.uk. 4 PAVING
3 PLANTS Indian Sandstone, £24/m2 londonstone.co.uk
“Up and down lighters work well on the Magnolia grandiflora £120/1.50m frame
back of the house, and if you want to make the tendercare.co.uk, geranium ‘Rozanne’ 5 LIGHTING
garden more atmospheric, choose festoon lights £11.50/1.5-2L pot burncoose.co.uk, For similar, try Southbank Up and Down Light,
that can be strung overhead around the seating hydrangea ‘Annabelle’ £16/2-3L pot £49.99 waitrosegarden.com
or dining area.”
WANT SOME DESIGN INSPIRATION?
✽ A touch of water
Email us, including a picture of your garden, at [email protected]
“In terms of a water feature, my suggestion
would be to keep it simple,” says Emma. “Get
a large attractive dish and fill it with water then
add a small pump to create a little fountain.”

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Fill your garden with

towering

KES

FEATURE: SARAH WILSON PHOTOS: GAP, VISION PICTURES o add that larger-than-life factor White-flowered foxglove
to your garden, opt for dramatic
upright plants. Towering spires Foxgloves
of flowers such as showy lupins,
delphiniums and foxgloves that shout ✽ Foxgloves flower from June to August.
‘look at me’ will catch the eye with their Predominantly dusky pink, they also come
luscious layers of stacked petals. Swaying in shades of creamy-white, pale-yellow
magnificently in a summer breeze, they add and pinky-purple. Each tall spike can bear
height to enliven an area and bring a bold up to 80 bell-shaped blooms.
linear touch to the early summer garden ✽ The Latin name Digitalis means
that’s hard to beat. You can pack them in pots ‘finger-like’ and refers to the tubular
on the patio too for a stunning display you spires of flowers. It is also the name of the
can get right up close to. drug that comes from foxgloves that is
prescribed for heart conditions.
IN THE MODERN GARDEN

These strong performers punctuate any
display of plants or pots with a jaunty
exclamation mark to give structure and a
striking focal point to engage the eye. A
few vertical notes from plants like this will
lift a run-of-the-mill border or bed and turn
it into something special. It’s also a natural
way to add height, creating a stunning look
when framed against a background such as
a brightly painted fence. Alternatively, use
them as a screening device to detract from
an ugly fence.

Choose tall, poker straight spires of
flowers to add a vivid splash of colour with
vibrant jewel brights in lemon, magenta,
amethyst and tangerine. This makes a shady
corner pop or adds a zingy colour accent
to a bold-themed look. Alternatively, if you
want something a little more subtle, choose
delicate pastels in pale-lemon, creamy-white,
dusky-pink and smoky-blue. This works well
if you want to create the effect of a soothing
colour palette of neutrals. Or choose touches
of moody colour such as deep-purple and
dusky-claret to add a note of sophisticated
glamour. Plant in dreamy drifts, dot towards
the back of beds to add a touch of majesty or
pack into pots to create a stylish focal point.

‘Pagan EASY IDEAS

Delphiniums No fuss
and
✽ Delphiniums flower in June and July,
depending on the variety. They come in a whole beautiful
spectrum of blues from pale and smoky to dark
and dense, as well as creamy-white, soft-pink and
delicate-mauve. Some varieties are nearly 2m tall.
✽ This flower gets its name from the Greek word
for dolphin (delphin). Look closely and you will
see why – the buds are shaped like baby dolphins.

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Lupins

✽ Lupins bloom in June and July, depending on the variety.
The flowers come in every shade from sherbet-lemon and
hot-orange to cherry-red, dusky-pink and deep-purple.
Some lupins can reach 1.5m.
✽ Some parts of the lupin plant are edible. The latest
super-healthy food doing the rounds is lupin beans.

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Foxgloves CREATE A STATEMENT PLANTER
Tall foxgloves mixed with the scarlet
One of the most distinctive garden plants of all with and purple mini spikes of Vial’s
their tall spires of tubular bells, shade-loving foxgloves primrose in a zinc planter create an
can reach up to 2m. This means they are suitable for eye-catching display.
the back of beds and borders, where their tall form
will create a sense of distance. Add these spears of
dusky-pink, soft-apricot and mauve, then sit back and
watch the bees humming happily around the enticing
nectar in their velvety trumpet-shaped blooms. These
colourful plants will add a lovely vertical dimension with
their tapering spires rising from whirls of finely pointed
leaves. Get up close and you will notice the blooms are
dusted with pretty maroon and claret speckles too.

SO EASY TO GROW

Fans of a shady spot, foxgloves can be planted at the
back of a bed or border to form a drift of colour then
just left to get on with it. They are low-maintenance
plants that are hardy and can cope with any soil. The
common foxglove freely self-seeds so if you are lucky
you will end up with a patch of pretty pinky-purple
blooms springing up en masse where you previously
had just one plant. Cultivated foxgloves come in a
wider range of colours from pastel-creams and
pale-yellows to deep pinks and reds.
✽ ‘Excelsior Hybrids’ has delicate bell-shaped flowers
with heavily spotted petals in shades of mauve, pink,
yellow and white. It adds a spectacular presence at the
back of borders, where it will reach a height of 150cm
(£9.99/15 garden ready plants, thompson-morgan.com)
✽ A good variety for a smaller garden is the
strawberry foxglove, which has lovely pink flowers
and soft greyish-green leaves. It flowers from mid to
late summer, reaching 75cm (£13.95/3 x 9cm plants,
claireaustin-hardyplants.co.uk).
✽ If you’re looking for a white form to brighten up a
shady spot, the quick-growing white-flowered foxglove
is a lovely plant that grows up to 1.8m, with pure,
ethereal-white flowers (£4.99/9cm plant, crocus.co.uk).

POT THEM UP

Foxgloves can sometimes falter when grown in
containers if you don’t give them enough room, so
always choose a large pot. Remember how tall they
grow so plant them in the deepest pot you can find and
offer support with bamboo canes or a frame so they
don’t flop. Since container-grown foxgloves are so tall,
they can be planted very effectively surrounded by
shorter trailing plants, serving as the ‘thriller’ element
of the ‘thriller, filler, spiller’ effect. Use a rich
multi-purpose compost such as John Innes No 3
(£3.99/10L, waitrosegarden.com). Make sure the soil
never dries out. ‘Primrose Carousel’ is a new variety
that comes in creamy-yellow with large claret speckles
that is ideal for pots (£6.99/2L pot, larchcottage.co.uk).

Plant foxgloves SCREEN A FENCE
en masse for a Tall foxgloves add a
drift of colour graceful touch planted
against a fence painted
80 MODERN GARDENS JUNE 2019 in the same shade.

EASY IDEAS

‘Aurora Blue’

PICK A STUNNER AIM FOR HEIGHT
The lofty delphinium A rectangular planter filled
‘Magic Fountains with towering delphiniums
Pure White’ looks creates a moveable screen
sensational every time perfect for sectioning off a
it flowers. seating area for more privacy.

ADD A PRETTY TOUCH Delphiniums ✽ Grow semi-double, deep-purple blooms
A harmonious mix of pink with ‘Pagan Purples’. The towering columns
and mauve delphiniums When it comes to towering spikes, of intense colour grow to a magnificent
arranged with cord grass delphiniums are the most statuesque height of 1.8m to add a stunning
makes a wonderful display performers of all with their large heads punctuation mark in the garden (£8.99/9cm
for a summer party. of ruffled, frilly flowers. These superstars plant, waitrosegarden.com).
of the summer garden feature densely
packed spires of flowers in midsummer GET A GREAT DISPLAY
that will be much admired. Available in
every shade of drop dead gorgeous blue Choose a sunny site for your delphiniums.
from pale-aquamarine to deep-sapphire, They will flourish planted in well-drained
indigo and purple, they also come in softer soil with regular feeding during the
tones of amethyst, mauve, pink and white growing season with Blood, Fish and Bone
if you prefer a more subtle approach. They (£6.99/1.25kg, suttons.co.uk). They will
look great planted in clumps, either in the need staking with bamboo canes to keep
their hollow stems upright as the plants will
garden or containers, and will give you be flattened by strong winds or heavy rain.
two months of glorious colour as
long as you look after them.

GO FOR BRING THEM INDOORS
STUNNING
COLOUR Delphiniums look wonderful in a vase,

✽ ‘Aurora Blue’ has making great cut flowers that will last up
heavenly frilled
spires of the to a week. Choose a sturdy vase as the

prettiest double, blooms will be top heavy. If the spires are
deep-blue
flowers that will particularly tall, insert a cane into the hollow
add form and
structure and stem to avoid it breaking in half with the
grow up to 1m
tall (£19.95/5 plug weight of the petals.
plants, crocus.
co.uk). Strip away any leaves that might touch

the water and cut stems diagonally to

maximise the area for taking up the water.

The long sturdy stems of mauve and

midnight-blue highlander ‘Sweet Sensation’

look spectacular in a vase (£6.99/1 plant,

jparkers.co.uk). ➣

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EASY IDEAS

Lupins tutti frutti shades of lemon, tangerine and Add a
raspberry, or go for a more delicate look with splash
It’s easy to see why garden designers love creamy white, dusky-pink and smoky-blue. of bright
lupins. They pop up year after year at the For a modern look, avoid the gaudy pick colour
Chelsea Flower Show. These densely packed ‘n mix multi-packs. Instead, choose a bank
flower plumes demand to be the centre of of just one colour, planting masses of them
attention, and, best of all, you can pick up together for a chic effect.
sturdy plants from the garden centre now for ✽ The classic combination of white flowers
that straight into the garden moment. and green foliage looks super-stylish. Make
a cool statement with a show of white lupins.
Whatever colour scheme you favour, there ‘Noble Maiden’ has elegant, creamy-white
is a lupin that will work for you. They come in flower spikes that grow to 100cm (£12.95/3
a fantastic range of jewel bright shades that x 9cm plants, sarahraven.com).
are perfect for adding a splash of colour to ✽ Add a vibrant burst of colour, height and
the summer garden. If you prefer something grandeur with ‘My Castle’. The intense red
more neutral, opt for subtle, muted tones of the blooms will add a strong accent colour
instead including white and cream, which to your garden and grow to 90cm (£11.50/
always look stylish. 1.5-2L pot, burncoose.co.uk).

Lupins are a great way of adding a vertical PACK THEM IN FILL A VASE
accent to draw the eye, creating a structural Majestic lupins
focal point for interest as the spires dance in Lupins are happiest in a bed, where they will make wonderful cut
the breeze. You can slot them towards the gradually spread into a large clump. They flowers and look
back of a bed or plant them in pots where come back year after year if you cut them beautiful paired with
you can show them off on the patio. They down to the ground in autumn. They like a lacy cow parsley.
will grow up to 1.5m tall and are happiest sunny spot and well-drained soil. Dig a hole
in a sunny spot. They are strong and will and pop in the plant, firming it into place,
survive winds without needing to be staked. then water. You can grow a stunning display
If you cut the dead blooms off regularly, new in a pot too, in a free-draining multi-purpose
flowers will appear. The nectar-rich blossoms compost such as John Innes No 3 (£3.99/10L,
are a favourite with butterflies and bees too.
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Lupins come in just about every colour from
hot-brights to pale-pastels. Choose from

PERFECT FOR PATIOS
Pot up some lupins and
position them in full view
for maximum enjoyment.

EASY ON THE EYE
A raised bed of lupins
will give you months of
stunning colour to enjoy.

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Plant a This month, the garden
starts to heat up. Summer
JEWELLED flowers that have a
CORNER gemstone-bright, tropical
feel start to flower for the first
Every month we give you easy time around now. If you plant them
ideas for creating a special directly into a sunny corner, you
corner in your garden can add an instant hit of colour,
injecting ruby and garnet red,
What to buy amethyst purple, golden shades of
citrine yellow, all strung together
with the deep emerald of June’s
fresh green leaves. Many are
beautiful blooms that add colour
and drama for months.

SALVIA NEMOROSA GEUM ‘FIRE OPAL’ X 2 ECHINACEA ‘HOT PAPAYA’ X 2
‘CARADONNA’ X 2
Fiery red-orange blooms emerge from a Echinacea usually flower in soft shades of
This easy-to-grow salvia is loaded with cushion of soft emerald-green leaves, making mauve but this super-floral pom pom version
deep purple-blue spikes of flowers from this one of the brightest summer flowers you is a hot red, adding tall colour pops to a
June to October. Height 50cm Spread can grow. Height and Spread 50cm. sunny, sheltered corner. Height 80cm
35cm. £4.95 sarahraven.com £6.80 westcountrylupins.co.uk Spread 40cm. £8.99 crocus.co.uk

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EASY IDEAS

Three more colourful combinations

Make

SHADY
gLoW

astilbe ‘fAnAL’ beGonia ‘ILLuMInAtIon JAcoB’S LADDEr
AprIcot’
these thrive where the soil is moist, and add a dash of clear sapphire-blue to dappled
in normal soils too as long as it’s shady. these plants are perfect for adding bright or partial shade with this plant. the leaves are
their flowers make bright plumes of pink, colour to shady places. Move them indoors as ferny and a gorgeous green, adding a touch
red or purple. Height 60cm Spread 45cm. a houseplant october-May. Height 30cm of exotic lushness. Height 50cm Spread
£5.99 waitrosegarden.com Spread 40cm. £8.99/6 jparkers.co.uk 30cm. £6.99 crocus.co.uk

Best for a

DrY
ArDEn

rock roSE ‘HEnfIELD centaurea montana achillea ‘WALtHEr funckE’
BrILLIAnt’
With its glowing indigo-blue and purple this plant will grow well even in the driest of
you can’t beat this low-growing plant for blooms, this flower is a little firework of soils, producing wide, flat-topped flowers in
bright burnt-orange flowers. they love to sapphire for well-drained soil. It’s tough and glowing shades. this variety has orange-red
bask in a sunny spot among rocks. Height easy-to-grow too. Height 45cm Spread flowers that fade to a creamy yellow. Height
35cm Spread 60cm. £6 woottensplants.com 60cm. £4.95 claireaustin-hardyplants.co.uk and Spread 60cm. £5.99 crocus.co.uk

deal for a f e at u r e: M eL I S Sa M a BB I t t Ph otoS : S h ut er S to ck , a L a M y, g a P

SMALL
Spot

Verbena bonariensis Gaillardia ‘SpIntopS’ salVia nemorosa
‘LoLLIpop’ ‘BLuE MArvEL’
known as blanket flower because their low
If you only have a small spot to fill, this shorter mounding shape is always smothered in this dwarf salvia has short stems but larger
version of the normally tall and airy Verbena flowers, these fiery blooms will keep coming amethyst-purple flowers – perfect for making
bonariensis is ideal. Height 50cm Spread all summer-long. Height 40cm Spread a big impact in a small space. Height and
40cm. £12.95/3 sarahraven.com 50cm. £11.99/6 thompson-morgan.com Spread 30cm. £12.99 thompson-morgan.com

june 2019 MoDerN garDeNS 85



EASY IDEAS

Just hanging

AROUND...
Create the ultimate RELAXING SPOT in your garden with
lots of lush greenery and an on-trend hanging chair

One of this year’s easy-to-achieve spent travelling to exotic climes. Add in local, different size and style pots planted up with big
microtrends for your patio or feel-good crafts such as macramé and mix it and bold foliage plants. The more varieties the
deck is the nod to the hippy 1960 all up with a laid-back attitude and chill out in better! Just be aware that most of these plants
and 1970s vibe. Think lush and a hanging chair. The key to getting this style won’t survive in cold UK winters, so bring them
low-maintenance plants reminiscent of time right in your chosen spot is to fill it with lots of indoors when it gets cold and carry on the vibe!

ON Get the vibe...
REND!
✽ Cotton Cream Macramé Hanging
Amazonian Chair. Heavy-duty cotton cord has been FEATURE: JULES BARTON-BRECK PHOTO: DOBBIES COM
knotted onto a durable, powder-coated
philodendron frame. £69.99 dobbies.com.

✽ Horsehead philodendron. Pretty
ruffled leaves sit atop fleshy stems. It
likes partial sun. Height up to 55cm.
£9.95/12cm pot bakker.com

✽ Radiator plant. This on-trend
succulent has gorgeous plump leaves
that like to be kept out of direct sunlight.
Height up to 35cm. £8.99/20cm pot
hortology.co.uk

✽ Amazonian elephant's ear.
Like its namesake, its heavily veined,
dark-green leaves are large and
impressive. It prefers partial shade.
Height 45cm. £19.99/16cm pot
waitrosegarden.com

✽ Column cactus. With fleshy stems
covered in spines, this easy-to-grow
plant will add an architectural look. It
loves direct sunlight. Height up to 1.5m.
£6.50/10.5cm pot bakker.com

✽ Lipstick plant. This trailing plant
owes its name to its long, red, tubular
flowers that resemble a lipstick! It
prefers partial sun and flowers June
to September. Height up to 1m.
£19.95/15cm pot bakker.com

✽ Ferns. Their lush foliage shapes make
them ideal for patio pots. Height up to
80cm. They flower from June to August,
£9.99/3 jparkers.co.uk

JUNE 2019 MODERN GARDENS 87

“I’m in the garden”

Every month, we have a peek over a
reader’s garden fence. This time it’s the
turn of Ady Jennison of East Yorkshire

Thethveiehwouosfe twheasga‘rbdoerningfr’om g*aIrsdheanrewmithy… open onto the garden, and the view was boring.
I didn’t have much interest in gardening until
my wife Linda. There’s just I had a ‘eureka’ moment and ordered two
ourselves now the kids have Japanese banana plants from Groupon. That
grown up but I love it when inspired me to go tropical! I like the bright,
friends come round. They unusual flowers, the shapes of the leaves and
can’t believe what a great the fact it’s not the usual type of garden.
place it is when they open the gate!
I planned and constructed everything myself
* My garden is… L-shaped and over the last year-and-a-half. Space was at
a premium, so I had to make it compact. I
measures approximately 13 x 14m. We live in started with the decking, which measures
a 1960s detached dormer bungalow, which we 4 x 5m and is outside the lounge. Having
moved into six years ago. The garden is done other decking projects, it was quite
south-facing, open to the drive and laid to lawn straightforward. I later added lighting to show
with shrubs. There was no fence or hedge, so off the tree ferns, running the cables beneath
there was no privacy from neighbours. the decking or gravel.

Eighteen months ago, we replaced a window
in the dining room with French windows that

Dining out is a must

FEATURE: MELANIE WHITEHOUSE The summerhouse is Ady’s
bar and music room

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YOUR GARDENS

Looking down the garden at the Banana plants frame a sunny spot
tropyicoaul wplearnetiinngc, hyiolluy’dYonrekvserhibreel!ieve

The summerhouse is 3 x 3m and made of * Best buy Two, five-foot tree ferns,
wood with 34mm logs at the sides (Peter Log
Cabin, £1,655.93, tuin.co.uk). It was which cost £125 each from Coletta &
self-assembly and took me about a month to
build after work and on days off. I’ve built a bar Tyson in Woodmansey, East Yorkshire
inside and made it into a ‘man cave’ for our
summer barbecues and family get-togethers! (colettagardencentre.co.uk). They give the
When we sit in there with music playing and
a drink in hand, we can see the whole garden. garden height and depth.
It makes me proud of what I’ve achieved on a
small budget. * Favourite plant The canna lilies. Tree ferns make a
statement and add height
* My inspiration is… visits to Kew They have lovely variegated leaves, tropical Lush, evergreen foliage is
foliage and a mass of large, brightly-coloured enjoyed all year-round
Gardens and the Eden Project and also the flowers all summer-long. The soil here is heavy
blogs of gardener YorkshireKRIS on YouTube. clay, which isn’t ideal for tropical planting, so I
They all inspired me to try tropical planting. used tubs and troughs instead,
From summerhouse to plants, I researched with John Innes Compost
everything to get the best prices. I looked 2 and 3.
online and visited lots of garden centres and
builders merchants. It was time-consuming but * Top tip
helped me keep to my budget of £3,000.
Give it a try! I had
* Best garden moment no idea about
tropical plants
When it was finally finished and I could sit back, but it all came
relax and imagine I was in the tropics! together after
watching a few
* Favourite area YouTube videos.

Sitting in the summerhouse looking down the * Latest lCoangn-nlaasltiilniegs, aanrde
garden to the tropical area. project My plan easy to grow

* Current obsession for the summer is to
build some high raised
In the summer I spend a lot of time, morning beds on a staggered stage
and night, watering the tree ferns, bamboo, and fill them with more
cannas, gunnera and hanging baskets. tropical plants.

Get in touch Tell us all about your garden by
emailing [email protected]

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YOUR PETS

&PAWS WHISKERS...

...FINS AND FEATHERS. Whatever your pet,
here’s how to enjoy your garden with them

Pet-friendly GIVE YOUR CAT a view of the
summer garden even when he’s indoors with
this Hanging Window Bed, £49.82
Keep pets happy and healthy electrostatic-magicltd.co.uk
during the warmer months.
PET IN A POT
✽ SOAK UP THE SUN
“My dog Monty loves to help me
We’re not the only ones who with the digging.” Kate Fitch
like to lounge in the sun, so
give your pets somewhere WIN!
comfy to lap up the rays. We
love this pet pillow (60 x 60cm) If your pet is featured
with flamingo print and teal next month, you could
pom poms, £59.99 aurorapets. win a porcelain pet bowl in a
co.uk. The removable cover is heart or bone design,
machine washable. £14 sophieallport.com Post

Feed the birds ✽ PROTECT SKIN your picture to facebook.com/
moderngardensmagazine or email
If your cats and dogs are out [email protected]
in the sun for any length of
time, they will benefit from 3
sunscreen on any exposed
skin. Use a pet-friendly JUNE 2019 MODERN GARDENS 91
product as some human ones
can be toxic to animals. Try
Fitabac Antibacterial Sunblock
Cream, £8 petsathome.com

As the weather starts to hot up, avoid ✽ BE STING AWARE
putting out dry food such as stale
bread for feathered visitors, as it can Dogs and cats love to chase
cause dehydration. Instead offer a bees and wasps, meaning
seed mix (from £2.99 rspb.org.uk), they’re often victims of stings.
which is suitable for young chicks just Remove a sting by using a
in case it’s taken back to the nest. scraping action with a credit
card. Then wipe wasp stings
with vinegar or bees with bicarb
of soda, use a cold compress
to reduce any swelling and
monitor for any allergic reaction.

Treat your pet SO 1 2
CUTE!
1 Lying mat for rabbits We love this Trixie
FEATURE: ANGELA KENNY foam-padded, non-slip mat for rabbits to
cuddle up on. £3.90 petsexpert.co.uk
2 Play centre When your cat bores of
chasing leaves outdoors, give him somewhere
to play indoors. £24.99 argos.co.uk
3 Chicken toy Keep them puzzling with this
fun treat dispenser that they’ll love to chase.
£10.99 amazon.co.uk

PLANT Fabulous
& Fragrant

VIBURNUM

10 REASONS you need this plant in your garden now!

&BSUAVYE,
see p122!

1SUMMER DID YOU KNOW?
STUNNER

For a spectacular summer-flowering
viburnum, choose ‘Mariesii’ with its
pompom heads of lacy white blooms
in May and dark green leaves turning
reddy-purple in autumn. It makes a
breathtaking addition to the garden
that’s easy to grow in any situation.
Height 3m Spread 4m. £74.99/12L
pot waitrosegarden.com

92 M O D E R N G A R D E N S J U N E 2 01 9

easy ideas

2eaSy to 5gorgeouS
pleaSe Scent

Viburnums are happy-go-lucky shrubs, settling nothing beats the intoxicating
into pretty much any soil or position in your perfume of a good viburnum
garden with the minimum of fuss. you can sit in the crisp winter air. choose a
back and relax as you don’t need a lot of plant deliciously scented variety for
know-how to achieve spectacular results. they a fragrant hit every time you walk
require little or no attention from you one past. Brush against Viburnum
year to the next. Just make sure they don’t get farreri and the perfume of almond
waterlogged if your soil is heavy. adding grit will and clove will waft over you.
help, and the rest is easy. it’s a reliable choice with pink
budded clusters of white flowers
throughout winter and into
spring. Height 3m Spread 2.5m.
£12.50/9cm pot hayloft.co.uk

6neeDS little 8the perfect
pruning BackDrop

Most viburnums don’t need any pruning and choose an evergreen variety and it will give
those that do, require just the lightest of the garden year-round structure and interest,
tidy-ups just after flowering. making a lovely backdrop for other plants.
one of the most reliable and easy evergreens,
3aDDS intereSt 7loVeS a pot ‘gwenllian’ is a dense shrub with clusters of feature: Sarah WilSon
year-rounD as long as it’s a big one! Most deep pink buds opening to lacy white flowers photoS: flora preSS, gap
viburnum varieties will thrive in containers throughout winter followed by stunning
Viburnum is a shrub that keeps on giving if the pot is large and deep enough but metallic-blue or black berries. Height and
whatever the month. it produces showy they must be fed, watered and repotted Spread 2m. £9.99/9cm pot bakker.com
pink or white blossoms, luscious foliage and regularly as they will be more needy than
clusters of shiny berries, giving your garden garden-grown ones. try the long-flowering 9fillS a VaSe
an elegant finishing touch throughout the evergreen Viburnum tinus. it is easily Snip a few sprigs of viburnum for
seasons. Beautiful and fragrant, in april clipped into a smart lollipop shape perfect instant impact and scent that will fill the
the tips of Viburnum carlesii ‘aurora’ are for the porch and produces pretty flowers room whatever the time of year. Make
covered with fat, pink buds that open to throughout winter to welcome you home. a clean diagonal cut and remove lower
large clusters of white blossoms with an Height and Spread 3m. £49.99/5L pot leaves. use alone or as a filler, particularly
exquisite scent that perfumes the air all waitrosegarden.com with other pink and white flowers.
around. glossy black berries ripen in the
autumn and the leaves turn bronze then 10gooD for
red. Height 3m Spread 2m. £18.99/3L WilDlife
pot suttons.co.uk
Birds love viburnum because it provides
4MakeS a everything from a canopy for nest building to an
pretty heDge abundance of glossy berries for them to feast on.

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bodnantense ‘Dawn’ is highly ornamental with
dark green leaves. it makes a delightful scented
winter-flowering hedge with its dense clusters
of dark pink fragrant blooms appearing from
november through to March. Height 3m
Spread 2m. £29.99/3 x 2L pots 3fatpigs.co.uk

love and quick makes to add

This month we bring you easy id
COLOUR to your summ

10 CANDY STRIPE £4.58

MINUTES LOLLY PLANTERS

We love these planters because
you need to eat a fair few lollies
to make them, although you
can buy the sticks separately.

F E ATU R E: E MM A HOWC UT T- K E L LY. PH OTOS: L IV I N G 4 M E D I A , F LO R A P RE SS WHAT YOU NEED

✽ Old plastic containers or glass jars
✽ Dulux Standard Mint Macaroon Tester
Paint, £1.79/30ml homebase.co.uk

✽ Dulux Standard Pretty Pink Tester Paint,
£1.79/30ml homebase.co.uk

✽ Natural Wooden Craft Sticks 50 Pack,
£1 hobbycraft.co.uk

✽ Strong glue
✽ Cut flowers

WHAT TO DO
1 Soak off any labels on your containers using
hot soapy water.

2 Paint half the sticks in Mint Macaroon and half
in Pretty Pink, then leave to dry.

3 Run a line of glue down the length of a stick
and press it firmly onto a container. Repeat this
process, until both containers are covered. Mix
up the colours or stick to one colour for each.

4 Leave until the glue is set, then you’re ready
to fill them with water and display your flowers.

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SIMPLE MAKES

£9.10 SUPERFAST AND EASY LIGHTS!

BOTANICAL TABLE TOP
TEA LIGHT HOLDERS

Stick a leaf you like the shape £2.98
of on each glass jar using
low tack adhesive (try diy.
com), then paint the jars the
colour of your choice. Once
dry, peel the leaves off. Add a
tea light to each jar and, when
lit, you will be able to enjoy the
pattern left by the leaves. Try Coloured
Glass Paint, £1.49/20ml the range.co.uk

60MINUTES CHOPPING Perfect
BOARD TABLES for

patios

These clever chopping
board garden tables are
simple to make and will
add a touch of picnic style
to your garden.

WHAT YOU NEED 30 CITRONELLA £4.99
✽ 1 x Planed Softwood 18 x 144mm
x 1.8m, £7.10 homebase.co.uk MINUTES CANDLE HOLDERS WHAT TO DO
✽ Two chopping boards 1 Cut the poles to 70cm in length.
✽ Wilko Emulsion Paint Tester Pots in Keep the bugs away on 2 Paint each stick white. You may need to give
Neptune & Moonlight White, £1/75ml summer evenings with these them two coats.
each wilko.com stylish holders. 3 Alternate with shades of blue/green to create
✽ Strong glue stripes on the poles.
WHAT YOU NEED 4 Put a generous amount of glue on the base of
WHAT TO DO ✽ 2 wooden poles or branches each pot and stick to the top of the poles. Allow
1 Cut four pieces of softwood to 25cm ✽ Wilko Emulsion Paint Tester Pot to dry thoroughly.
long for the legs of your tables. Moonlight White, Minted & Bali, 5 Push firmly into your raised bed or garden
2 Paint the chopping boards and softwood £1/75ml wilko.com border and pop a tea light into each pot.
table legs. ✽ Strong glue
3 Once the paint is dry, add another coat. ✽ 2 plant pots or tea light holders BE FIRE AWARE: NEVER LEAVE A BURNING CANDLE
4 Put a thick layer of glue along the edge ✽ Citronella candles £1.99/24 therange.co.uk UNATTENDED
of the legs and push firmly in place. Leave
to set.

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EDGING A rustic solution for small spaces.
Turn boring borders into modern features
with these easy UPCYCLING IDEAS YOU WILL NEED
✽ A selection of washed tin cans of the
When you’re putting together a need to spend a fortune and you don’t need to same size
wish list of changes to make in the ✽ Hammer and nail
garden, putting new edging round employ a landscape gardener to tackle it. ✽ Multi-purpose compost, £1.50/20L
your lawn and borders probably wilko.com
isn’t in your top three – if it’s there at all! But That’s the beauty of recycling your own ✽ Plants of your choice (see
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materials, you can use edging to quickly make a unwanted bits and pieces, or seeking out what of plug plants)
real difference to your outside space. You don’t
you need at boot sales or salvage yards. You WHAT TO DO
1 Make sure the flower bed is free from
can create something unique to your garden on weeds before you begin.
2 Create drainage holes in your cans
a tiny budget. We’ve picked nine easy ideas to using the hammer and nail.
3 Line up your tin cans and fill three
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4 Add your plants – only one to a can as
they will spread.
5 Position your cans in a curved shape to
follow your border edge. You may need
to dig into the soil to bed them in.
6 Water the plants.

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FreeBEER BOTTLE PATHWAY
Finally, a way to recycle all those old
wine and beer bottles you’ve got WHAT TO
lying around! 1 Clear your pathway of any dirt
and debris.
YOU WILL NEED 2 Use your garden edging tool
✽ Garden edging tool to create a groove at each side of
✽ Plenty of washed, green and the pathway.
brown glass bottles (beer bottles 3 Upturn your bottles and position
are best) them in the groove.
✽ Wood offcut 4 Place the wood offcut on top of the
✽ Mallet bottles and gently tap them into the
ground using the mallet.

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YOU WILL NEED
✽ Old tyres (try your local friendly garage)
✽ Multi-purpose compost, £1.50/20L
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✽ Herb plants, £8.99/6 jparkers.co.uk

WHAT TO DO
1 Choose a flower bed with plenty of space in
which to place your tyres.
2 Clear the area of any weeds.
3 Lay a tyre in position and fill it with compost.
4 Add your plants. Herbs work particularly well
planted in raised beds.
5 Water well.
6 Repeat this process if you’re using more than
one tyre.

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From functional to quirky. WHAT TO DO
1 For a square bed like this, create a trench along
YOU WILL NEED three of the edges using the garden edging tool.
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Brighten up an unloved area of the garden
with this quirky project.

YOU WILL NEED
✽ Empty, washed plastic bottles
✽ Rust-Oleum Painter’s Touch
Multipurpose Paint, £2/0.02L diy.com
✽ Paint brush

WHAT TO DO
1 Make sure the bottles are clean and dry.
2 Apply a coat of paint to each bottle and
set aside to dry.
3 Once dry, position each bottle face down
into the soil in your chosen flower bed.

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You’d never know that this edging is made from
wine bottles!

YOU WILL NEED

✽ Empty wine bottles

✽ Plasti-kote Gloss Spray Paint in
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WHAT TO DO
1 Clean the wine bottles and soak the labels
off using hot soapy water.
2 Once dry, lay the bottles on some newspaper
and apply the first coat of paint.
3 Repeat until you’ve sprayed all the bottles.
Leave to dry. Add a second coat if required.
4 Upturn the bottles and slide into your
chosen border.
5 Finish off with a length of flexible steel
edging if you wish. Try ewburrownursery.co.uk,
from £25.36/2m.

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Here’s an easy way to reuse old roof tiles in the garden.
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✽ Garden edging tool
✽ Reclaimed roof tiles
✽ Mallet

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