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Besides organizing the flowers in bedding-out schemes limited to annual and perennial flower beds, careful design also takes the labour time, and the color pattern of the flowers into account. Flower color is another important feature of both the herbaceous border and the mixed border that includes shrubs as well as herbaceous plants .
These fast-growing plants in seasonal flower beds create colourful displays, during spring, summer, fall or winter, depending on the climate. [1] [2] [3] Plants used for bedding are generally annuals, but biennials, tender perennials, and succulents are also used.
Maintaining the herbaceous border is work-intensive, as the perennials have to be dug up every 3–4 years and divided to keep the bed clean-looking and prevent overgrowth of the plants. In World War I this type of border became less popular in Britain as there was a shortage of labour to keep the gardens maintained. However, there are still ...
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Bedrock Gardens include "multiple garden beds full of unusual specimens of trees, shrubs and perennials: a diamond-patterned, 100-foot (30 m) fence on which 11 varieties of apple trees have been espaliered: a formal garden with pools, fountains, and water features; a 1-acre (0.4 ha) wildlife pond with a bridge, and 2 miles (3 km) of woodland trails."
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Letter Garden. Spell words by linking letters, clearing space for your flowers to grow. Can you clear the entire garden? By Masque Publishing
Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers—Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies is a horticulture and gardening book by John Wood, published in 1884 in London by L. Upcott Gill. [1] The book consists of descriptions of common British flowers, organized alphabetically by their scientific name.