Prairie planting

Design a native landscaping plan that resonates with the general public. Consider these tips to keep your landcape from being the neighborhood "weed patch".

This perennial border is brimming with a colorful, naturalistic planting. It is the perfect tranquil setting in which to relax and enjoy a summer day with friends and family. Easy to grow and fairly low care, most plants are attractive to butterflies or hummingbirds!

Tips on using structural grasses and colourful perennial to create a prairie-style planting

Garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith raised his own prairie garden from seed and was delighted to find it requires a fraction of the maintenance of a conventional border

Mixtures of grasses and flowering perennials have, in recent years come to be known as prairie planting. Most effective in larger areas, the relaxed, naturalistic feel can also be achieved in smaller gardens.

Piet Oudolf has added a selection of bright annuals to his trademark perennial plantings at Museum Voorlinden. Find his inspirational planting list here

Prairie plantings includes Echinachea purpurea, Phlox paniculata and Melica ciliata, Jan Spruyt Nursery

In the February 2015 issue of Fine Gardening, we introduced you to a stunning garden in central Illinois designed by Adam Woodruff. Here are the plants featured in each of the photos.

Stipa giganta and wildflowers edge a gravel path in the Merton borders at University of Oxford Botanic Garden. #gardenista #gardendesign #meadowgarden #wildflowers

Everyone has their preference when it comes to colour. I’m a sucker for the reds, orange and yellows of the colour wheel. I absolutely love planting up red hot colours for clients bringing that feeling of summer to a border. When I started to design the #explodingatomgarden the red hot central core was the starting […] The post Hot Border Planting Ideas in the Exploding Atom Garden appeared first on Garden Ninja Ltd Garden Design.