The English Garden
I've always loved gardening. Maybe I got it from my father who had a beautiful rose garden in our first childhood home, and peonies along the fence. Who also used to pull radishes right out of the ground and eat them on the spot! But I don't think my passion really reached its height until I found the Houzz website; all of those beautiful pictures made my head spin with ideas! Especially the pictures of formal, or not so formal, English gardens. I couldn't get enough!!! I'm in the long process of transforming my small plot into something spectacular.
But my question is what do those lovely gardens look like in late fall through winter?? I'd love to see pictures if anyone from across the pond would like to share. I'd like to see US gardens in winter, too, so don't be shy!!!
Fabulous!! But what does this look like off season??
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Faith
vor 5 JahrenWell, I don’t have an English garden, but I consider my style similar to cottage style in that I plant quite densely, incorporate edibles in my design, use lots of plants that self-sow, etc. here is my garden in July, and the same bed now (from a different angle). We haven’t had our first frost yet, although it’s forecast for early next week.
July:
Early October:
I’m looking through my photos to see what I have for winter and here’s one from last March of my dog eating a rose hip off the bush. No evergreen grass here in Colorado! This pic is from almost the exact same angle as the last one:
But like floral_uk says, the hardscape carries the garden in winter:
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vor 5 JahrenThank you for your interest and posting this image from my portfolio. As @floral_uk suggest, you need to see this section of the border as part of the bigger picture for this garden...
Planting design. English country garden, Ilkley, West Yorkshire. · Mehr InfoWinter interest is provided by the evergreen yew hedging (also lots of holly and rhododendrons) and the large conifer at the back. Lawn, and stone rill and pond, steps and walls all provide structure, form and a variety of materials. In terms of the planting design for the raised beds you mention, we did explore topiary, grasses and obelisks to add variety and structure - but the client didn't want any of those! The design process allows the client to consider all sorts of elements, at the end of the day it's their garden - tailored to what they like and want.
For a different client I was able to explore the use of topiary and grasses to add some form and variation in texture.
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Curvy Topiary Complete Planting Design - Yorkshire, England · Mehr InfoWith colour coming from plant foliage as well as flowers. Do take a look and let me know if this is more what you like?
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vor 5 JahrenZuletzt geändert: vor 5 Jahren@floraluk - good point about the hardscape. I guess what I am trying to determine is with all of the perennials planted on the wall what does that look like when they all die back. I have two rustic walls and a patio but with a mix of perennials and shrubs and I don't cut back all of the perennials but would think with more that would look messy. I'm not sure I want a messy look all winter.
Here is part of my yard in winter (snow not always center stage!):
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Grasses are the neighbors:
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vor 5 JahrenZuletzt geändert: vor 5 JahrenI am not an English garden, but most of my garden is cottage. If I can get Houzz to cooperate, I will post a couple of matching photos that show a similar angle and area of a bed. This bed pretty much disappears from view against the row of evergreens in winter. So in summer, the evergreens are a dark background that highlights the flowers and colored foliage, but when the perennials are cut back and the clematis supports removed, the evergreens are the star of the show. We tend to get quite a bit of snow. As you can see, it is a bit distant from the house, and so is most often viewed from a vehicle entering or leaving the drive or from the road which runs parallel to the bed, so I haven't planted many smaller or groundcover plants. In my nearer areas of the yard, most of the beds have evergreen flowering groundcovers so that during the late fall and early spring months in between freezing weather and snow, there is a range of colors and textures of leaves: cottage pinks/Dianthus, especially ones with frosty foliage; Veronica 'Gerogia Blue'; thyme; perennial candytuft,/Iberis sempervirens; cranberry/Vaccinium; and sedges such as 'Ice Dance'.
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vor 5 Jahren@NHBabs That's a great idea to use dark evergreens as a backdrop for summer flowers.... then leaving you with that interest in winter.
@Cathy Kaufell What a fabulously deep border to create drifts and blocks of planting. Roses are great - particularly repeat flowering ones, for that impact for cottage and country gardens. They can be used in a more contemporary way too with grasses...
In this garden, I needed to work in an existing, mature, purple-leaved Acer into a flowering border, and discovered roses are a perfect match - so versatile I think.
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vor 5 JahrenZuletzt geändert: vor 5 Jahren@Cathy - I am envious of your lovely perennial garden! It has color, texture and depth!! I have some work to do in my cottage garden moving taller plants to the back of the border and
incorporating ones that bloom at different times. I also need to lengthen the border, I think.
This was year 1 (2016) and I don't have anything more recent; it is quite full now on both sides but the fence side is where I have work to do.
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This is retaining wall # 1 in year 1 (2015). Since then it has filled in nicely, and I have added echinaceas, salvias and cardinal flowers. I also switched out one of the butterfly bushes for a native Summersweet. It's a very different looking yard now with the far end partially enclosed to provide privacy. But of course I don't have any more recent photos!
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vor 5 JahrenI have a fairly small garden and it changes from time to time as I get taken in with another plant I just have to have. Some of these pictures are recent, some from a few years back. My gardening days are dwindling down due to health problems but I still have my photo album :).
There's an old tree stump under this.
Border against the side of the house.
Towards the back of the garden.
We took this little pool out as it was getting a bit much for us to cope with.
Lots of green but different textures.
More green.
A hydrangea I gre from a cutting.
One of my last projects, the left side behind the rock wall hadn't been weeded or planted yet. I have to admit, I'm a bit of rebel when it comes to gardening I follow no rules. I plant what I like LOL.
A winter scene
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vor 5 Jahren@aftermidnight - What a beautiful garden in both seasons!! Thanks so much for sharing.
I'm afraid I am guilty of the same; I buy what I like and plant it then need t o move it later. I cant help it; there are too many plants to choose from!
I'm quite impressed that you grew what looks to be a lacecap hydrangea. I love the look of those and almost bought one this summer. But when I went back for it there were none left. I will try again next year.
I need a water feature somewhere, other than the runoff!! I have a pottery pond with a water fountain but its too small for the yard.. I have it on my patio but I would like a small pond at the bottom of my lower retaining wall. Maybe someday.
Thinking something like this(tough to see but this on is at the top of the wall):
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