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Borders up to 1m
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Hedges 1-2.5m |
Screens 2.5m plus |
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Borders up to 1m |
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 If
your garden bed receives less than ½ a day of full sun and you have average,
well-drained soil these border plants are suitable for your garden
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Mondo grass
‘tall’ |
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Botanical
Name: |
Ophiopogon japonicus |
| Height x
width: |
30cm x 30cm |
| Planting
distance for border: |
5 per metre, note:
plants
may be divided |
| Conditions: |
Full sun to shade, can be
planted in most soil types |
| Features: |
Has a soft look that
complements cottage garden to lush tropical gardens, formal,
contemporary and modern landscapes. |
| Landscape
use: |
Borders around low growing plants,
paths, edges and in front of low hedges to create a layered effect,
also look great planted in and around plants in pots. |
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Mondo grass
‘dwarf’ |
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Botanical
Name: |
Ophiopogon japonicus |
| Height x
width: |
10cm x 10cm |
| Planting
distance for border: |
8 per metre, note:
plants
may be divided |
| Conditions: |
Full sun to shade, can be
planted in most soil types |
| Features: |
Has a soft look that
complements cottage garden to lush tropical gardens, formal,
contemporary and modern landscapes. |
| Landscape
use: |
Borders around low growing plants,
paths, edges and in front of low hedges to create a layered effect,
also look great planted in and around plants in pots. |
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Bongo Borders®
Liriope |
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Botanical
Name: |
Liriope gigantea
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| Height x
width: |
80cm x 60cm |
| Planting
distance for border: |
50-60cm |
| Conditions: |
Very hardy, likes full sun
to shade in well-drained soils. |
| Features: |
Dense, rich and glossy
dark green grass like plant, great for a range of garden styles. |
| Landscape
use: |
A border which never has to be trimmed,
pots, lush foliage great for tropical gardens, stylish
looks great for modern gardens,
even compliments cottage gardens. |
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English Box |
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Botanical
Name: |
Buxus sempervirens |
| Height x
width: |
Up to 1.2 metres, or
trimmed lower |
| Planting
distance for border: |
5 per metre for low
border, 3 or 4 per metre for taller hedge |
| Conditions: |
Full sun to part shade,
moist well drained soils |
| Features: |
Traditional slower growing
neat hedge or border with glossy oval dark green leaves |
| Landscape
use: |
Hedges, borders, topiary, mazes,
containers and general garden planting |
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Dutch box |
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Botanical
Name: |
Buxus sempervirens ‘Suffruticosa'’ |
| Height x
width: |
Up to 1m, but usually kept
quite low as slow growing |
| Planting
distance for border: |
5 or 6 per metre |
| Conditions: |
Sun to part shade in
moist, well-drained soils, but will tolerate a wide range of soils
and conditions, clip to maintain formal shape |
| Features: |
An evergreen dwarf shrub
with glossy green oval foliage and a dense growth habit |
| Landscape
use: |
Edges and borders, topiary, pots and
general garden plantings, widely used in formal gardens. |
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Japanese Box |
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Botanical
Name: |
Buxus microphylla var
koreana |
| Height x
width: |
Up to 1m, or cut back to
desired height |
| Planting
distance for border: |
25cm |
| Conditions: |
Sun to part shade in
well-drained soils. |
| Features: |
Glossy fine oval-shaped
green leaves |
| Landscape
use: |
Low border, formal border, mazes,
topiary. |
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