Woodland garden

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By Garden Designer Adam S. Bailey. Contemporary seating areas add a fun splash of colour in the middle of a shady woodland in this family garden where children can explore nature and chill out with friends

2 Sep 2006 | 1 min read

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Block rendered walling and natural oak combine to echo the shapes of spring bluebells, whilst lighting extends the use of the garden.

Plant list:

Shrubs
Berberis thunbergii 'Rose Glow'
Buddleia 'Black Knight'
Ceratostigma willmottianum
Cornus 'Midwinter Fire'
Corylus avellana 'Purpurea'
Deutzia gracilis
Elaeagnus x ebbingei
Escallonia x iveyi
Euonymus alatus
Euonymus europaeus
Euonymus 'Emerald Gaiety'
Fargesia nitida
Fuchsia 'Genii'
Lavandula 'Hidcote'
Lavandula 'Munstead'
Lonicera nitida 'Baggesen's Gold'
Lonicera pileata
Mahonia 'Apollo'
Nandina domestica
Osmanthus delavayii
Perovskia 'Blue Spire'
Philadelphus coronarius 'Aureus'
Philadelphus 'Manteau D'Hermine'
Phormium 'Baby Bronze'
Phormium tenax 'Variegatum'
Phormium 'Yellow Wave'
Phygelius x rectus 'Salmon Leap'
Pittosporum 'Tom Thumb'
Prunus 'Otto Luyken'
Ribes 'Brocklebankii'
Ribes speciosum
Ruscus aculeatus
Sarcococca saligna
Skimmia 'Rubella'
Spiraea 'Gold Flame'
Teucrium fruticans
Viburnum davidii
Viburnum lanata
Viburnum opulus 'Compactum'
Weigela 'Florida Variegata'

Grasses
Carex elata 'Aurea'
Carex morrowii 'Evergold'
Deschampsia cespitosa 'Goldtau'
Hakonechloa macrodonta 'Aurea'
Miscanthus 'Ferne Osten'
Stipa arundinacea
Stipa gigantea
Stipa tenuissima

Perennials / biennials
Acanthus spinosus
Anemone 'Honorine Jobert'
Bergenia cordifolia 'Purpurea'
Brunnera 'Jack Frost'
Centranthus ruber
Crocosmia 'Star of the East'
Dicentra formosa
Digitalis ferruginea
Echinops ritro
Euphorbia amyg. 'Purpurea'
Euphorbia robbiae
Geranium 'Anne Folkard'
Geranium macrorrhizum
Geranium phaeum
Geranium renardii
Helleborus niger
Hemerocallis 'Frans Hals'
Hemerocallis 'Stella D'Oro'
Heuchera 'Bressingham Bronze'
Heucherella 'Viking Ship'
Iris foetidissima
Kniphophia 'Little Maid'
Kniphophia 'Nancy's Red'
Liriope muscari
Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant'
Polygonatum x hybridum
Pulmonaria 'Diane Claire'
Pulmonaria 'Sissinghurst White'
Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm'
Sisyrinchium striatum
Symphytum 'Goldsmith'
Tellima grandiflora
Tiarella cordifolia
Vernena bonariensis

Climbers
Clematis cirrhosa 'Freckles'
Jasminum officinalis
Lonicera henryi
Rose 'Zephrine Drouhin'
Rose 'Mermaid'
Rosa 'New Dawn'
Trachelospermum jasminoides

Ferns
Asplenium scolopendrium
Blechnum spicant
Dryopteris felix-mas
Polystichum munitum

Herbs
Allium schoenoprasum
Anethum graveolons
Coriandrum sativum
Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum'
Myrrhis odorata
Petroselinum crispum
Salvia officinalis
Tanasetum parthenium
Thymus adoratus

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