The Garden Architect

They are happy in sun or shade and enjoy dry, almost impoverished, soils. This plant deserves to be seen in isolation, so grow it at the end of a border where the magnificent glossy leaves remain in view. Be certain in your choice of site, too, for this stately inhabitant sends down a long tap root not easily persuaded to move.

The English cottage garden has specialised in gaily-coloured hay but I suggest you look to your body, bones, prickles, spikes and stems. Half our plants should be chosen for their firm, lasting leaves. The wise garden architect does not depend solely on colour, but on the essential structure of plants, which will be longer-lasting and more firmly planned.

Visits these sites for winter gardening ideas:-

Colour in the winter garden.

A walk through a winter garden.

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Graham Leatherbarrow.
February, 1999.

English Town Gardening comes to you from Cheshire in north-west England, Zone 8.

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