[Inspiration Pinterest] Romantique et champêtre, le jardin anglais est facilement identifiable. Quelques grands principes et plantes incontournables permettent en effet de l'adopter. Contrairement à son cousin français, il apprécie les formes plus floues qui laissent place au naturel. Exit donc le buis bien taillé et les allées droites, auxquels il faut préférer les "mixed-borders" et autres sentiers sinueux. Bosquets, roses odorantes et pelouses verdoyantes peuplent cet extérieur de charme aux accents oniriques. Derrière son apparence sauvage, le jardin à l'anglaise cache pourtant une organisation et des caractéristiques précises. Toujours très vert, il intègre aussi une grande palette de fleurs colorées et odorantes, avec une préférence pour les variétés anciennes. Découvrez comment faire un jardin anglais chez vous à travers 15 inspirations.
We go another 10 inches of snow dumped on us last weekend, but that doesn't mean I'm giving up on my garden dreams and plans! Mother nature can't stop me....well technically she can, since I haven't been able to get a single thing done outside yet, but she can't stop me from dreaming! I've been browsing around online for inspirational garden photos, and there are so many wonderful gardens out there that completely put my little country garden to shame! They give me the motivation to get out as soon as Mother Nature lets me and get started on all the spring cleanup that awaits me. Via This is the ultimate cottage garden, with plants spilling into one another in a riot of color. The bright colors are perfect against the white backdrop of the house and fence. They repeated colors and plants throughout the garden to keep the look uniform, despite the casual plantings. Love, love, love! Via This look could easily be duplicated on a deck or patio (Brenda!) (Shannon!) I love Impatiens - they are soooo easy to grow and fill in so wonderfully! Paired with Hostas and that sweet fountain - what a soothing spot this must be. Impatiens are perfect for a shady location, but they also make Sunpatiens now that can take the heat of the sun. Lowe's carries them, as I'm sure some other big box stores and many garden centers would. Via There's a completely different look and feel in this garden, but I adore it. I have always wanted to incorporate a Japanese garden into my landscape, a quiet peaceful corner for reflection. This one is perfect - what a haven! Via I love the limited use of colors in this garden - green, purple, and white - and how it's continued throughout. I'm definitely not that restrained, although in certain areas of my garden I do tend to stick with a color scheme....like at Papa's garden, where I use a lot of pink and white. Via One of the things I love about this garden is the fact that much of the color comes from foliage, not flowers. The various shades of greens, blues, chartreuse, magenta, and purples - absolutely stunning the way they play off one another. Using contrasting foliage in your landscape is imperative for long season color. Flowers fade, perennials bloom for only a short while, but foliage lasts all season. This is a stunning example, wow, just wow!! Source Unknown Here's another example of a monochromatic garden with Japanese elements. It's stunning in its simplicity, with the interest coming from the play on textures and foliage, not flowers. Very serene, I'd love strolling down that path with my morning coffee. Via Here's another great garden, definitely more of a cottage style - I love the bright colors with the white picket fence as the backdrop, and that stone border is charming. Those colorful Snapdragons make me glad I started Snapdragon seeds this year! They are doing well and when our weather warms I'll be bringing them outside to harden off - I see flowers in my future instead of snow, yippee!! What's happening in your garden these days? Has Spring sprung in your neck of the woods? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sharing at: Chasing Quaintness Celebrate Your Story A Stroll Through Life Inspire Me Tuesday My Wee Abode Homestyle Gathering
Whew, this time of year is sheer madness, garden designs and installs, interior designs and installs, equals one tired gal! Thankfully the shop is in the best of hands with the best of staff. One bit I am focusing on constantly when adding plantings into the designs is my clear focus on foliage shape and color, the two most important elements to an interesting landscape, with impact. It is how to extend a colorful garden Gorgeous? YES! But.....what happens when those flowers are gone? Sure there may be some flowers to follow however it could have season long impact. In this case all green, smallish leaves = b-o-r-i-n-g Same here. It is easy to create a lovely garden in mid-summer, it is the remainder of the year that is important too Uniquely attractive, in a subtle way. Today however it is all about impact created with diverse foliage POW! YES! Virtually few perennials, massive interest with diversity of colored foliage and varying leaf shapes GROUND COVERS Lamium 'White Nancy', sparkles in the evening Ajuga 'Bronze Beauty' with the added bonus of blue flowering spikes in Spring Lysimachia 'Aurea' ORNAMENTAL GRASSES Miscanthus 'Zebra Grass' Festuca 'Elijah Blue; Miscanthus 'Purpurascens ' For shade, 'Hakonechloa 'All Gold' HERBS Purple Sage Purple Basil Variegated Thyme 'Lemon' ANNUALS Caladium 'Ansel Adams'........to die for! Caladium 'Gingerland' Coleus 'Watermelon' Helichrysium 'Icicles' Ornamental Cabbage FERNS Japanese Painted fern HOSTAS Hadspen Blue June 'Coast to Coast' 'Fire and Ice' PERENNIALS Heuchera's......In every imaginable color, well, almost Geranium 'Espresso' Brownish foliage with delicate pink flowers that blooms from late April to late September. I like to underplant it with the ground cover Lysimachia 'Aurea', shown above. This is a real POP, as this beauty can fade into the mulch. You do mulch don't you? Heucherella 'Sweet Tea' Brunnera 'Jack Frost' Actea 'Black Negligee'. Tall with architectural foliage blooms in late Autumn with bottle brush spikes laced with the scent of vanilla Stachys 'Big Ears' VINES Hello Gorgeous! Clematis 'Stolwijk' Hardy Kiwi Vine Only the MALE has this coloration Climbing Hydrangea 'Firefly' SHRUBS Physocarpus 'Amber Jubilee' This is year round, not just Autumn! Pittosporum 'Irene Paterson' Sambucus 'Plumosa Aurea' Fothergilla 'Blue Mist' CONIFERS Again, not a flower in sight False Cypress 'Gold dwarf' Abies 'Silberlocke' TREES Pyrus 'Silver Frost' Cercis 'Forest Pansy' Yes, a burgundy leafed Redbud! White Birch Cornus 'Golden Shadows' And........that is just for starters! Now, how to combine these plants in your borders. This is where the leaf shape takes center stage. The best neighbors are opposites; thick leaf next to thin leaves More of the above Thick and thin Something else to note......if you have a bed that appears to be messy, the cause is often too many small leaves. Large leaves lend order. Imagine if the above tropical was not there, there would be no focal point and the Verbena would appear medowish Let's take a look at great examples of this conversation Hope you found some inspiration, I love this topic! Thank you for reading...... Debra
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