Create a contrasting garden with ornamental grass
COTTAGE GARDEN STYLE
CONTRAST
with ornamental grass
Combining roses with delicate grasses is a great way of creating a mixed border full of texture. The fine, delicate nature of ornamental grasses contrast wonderfully against the large colourful rose blooms and their denser, bushy foliage. The overall effect is graceful and refreshingly contemporary.
COTTAGE GARDEN STYLE
CONTRAST
with ornamental grass
Combining roses with delicate grasses is a great way of creating a mixed border full of texture. The fine, delicate nature of ornamental grasses contrast wonderfully against the large colourful rose blooms and their denser, bushy foliage. The overall effect is graceful and refreshingly contemporary.
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Grasses are a great way of providing colour in your border year round, we particularly love Stipa tenuissima, Festuca glauca, Carex comans ‘Bronze Perfection’ and Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gracillimus’.
COTTAGE GARDEN STYLE
TWO PLANT
cottage garden
Plant with abundance a combination of English Roses and English Lavender for an easy upkeep cottage style garden. Simplicity in a narrow selection of plants should not be underestimated. This combination will provide colour and fragrance all summer long.
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Grasses are a great way of providing colour in your border year round, we particularly love Stipa tenuissima, Festuca glauca, Carex comans 'Bronze Perfection' and Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'
Featured rose
Grace (Auskeppy)
Grace looks delightful in a cottage style garden with it's lovely pure apricot flowers – darker in the middle, paler towards the edges. They form perfect rosettes with reflexed outer petals and a warm Tea scent. A branching shrub; its growth is broad and arching.
GARDENER'S TIP
Plant smaller grasses towards the front of the border and taller grasses at the back. As your grasses sway in the breeze they will provide glimpses of what is behind them.
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