Plants & Planting
Providing the best quality plants and trees for new planting schemes from established suppliers here in the South West.
New planting schemes for your garden borders
Plants play a vital role in any great garden. Understanding the conditions of the garden, the style of the property, and the local environment is key to creating a fresh and exciting new planting scheme.
Used creatively, plants can achieve so many functions in a garden. While providing colour and seasonal variation, plants also create height, structure and interest. Hedges are often the best way to define boundaries, and act as the natural backdrop to the rest of the planting.
A good planting scheme will have a sense of visual rhythm. The balance between different plant types will create interest and harmony, while allowing for moments of dynamic variation. Repetition of plants throughout the scheme will make the design appear cohesive and strong.
Giving thought to the seasons and how plants will look throughout the year is also important. Bold herbaceous borders that look fantastic in high summer will invariably look relatively bare in the depths of winter. Conversely, evergreen shrubs that have an impact in winter will remain relatively static in summer.
Mix it up with some striking container planting
Many beautiful shrubs and small trees do very well in pots and containers, happily thriving for many years. A large pot will act as a focal point within a garden, while twin pots can dress either side of a front door. Pots lining a terrace or placed down a set of wide steps will add a sense of luxury to your property.
Planting in pots and containers also allows you to place plants in otherwise less appropriate spaces, adding another visual element to the look of the garden. Selecting the right pots and containers is all-important, and these should fit in with the overall design. A few large pots of the same style will usually look much more effective than an eclectic mix of smaller containers.
Clear detailed planting plans
Planting plans give you a precise layout to follow when planting a new scheme, ensuring the correct spacing between plants. This avoids the congestion of trees and shrubs in future years, resulting in a more appropriate layout that has the space to gradually mature over time. Because of this, understanding the eventual height and spread of each one of your plants is all-important.
Delivering new plants and planting up your garden
Please contact me for competitive prices for delivering top quality plants straight to your garden, from established suppliers here in the South West. I will arrange to take delivery of all plants and plant them up carefully and correctly in your borders and containers; as laid out in the agreed planting plan.