The Venetian Stained Glass Border
Grow these plants for their rich, intense, saturated colours of blown glass with the Euphorbia cornigera ‘Goldener Turm’ and Artemesia lud. ‘Silver Queen’ giving a calm balance between the flowers.
The Clematis alpina’Ruby’ will flower from very early on providing a presence throughout the year, tumbling out of a deep and elegant pot.
Erysimum ‘Winter Orchid’ and the Euphorbia cornigera ‘Goldener Turm’ will flower early too, followed by the Verbascum ‘ Helen Johnson’, Delphinium ‘Black Knight’ and Angelica gigas, later to be joined by Phlox paniculatas ‘Tenor’ and the dahlias which will keep the border colourful until winter.
Ultimate 10 plant collection (19 plants in total) Suggested Border Size: 8ft x 5ft. Sunny aspect.
- Angelica ‘gigas’ x 1.
- Euphorbia cornigera ‘Goldener Turm’ x 3
- Delphinium ‘Black Knight’ x 4
- Verbascum ‘Helen Johnson’ x3
- Clematis alpina ‘Ruby’ x1
- Dahlia ‘Waltzing Matilda’ x1
- Phlox paniculatas ‘Tenor’ x1
- Dahlia ‘Mambo’ x1
- Artemisia lud. ‘Silver Queen’ x1
- Erysimum’ Winter Orchid’ x3
For a smaller border 5 plant collection (9 plants) Suggested Border Size: 4.5ft x 8ft
The reduced, smaller version of this collection is to take the central five, the Clematis, Euphorbia, Dahlia’Mambo’ and Phlox and you have a brilliant colour combination for a small, sunny space. You could join this on to another combination or have a repeat after a teepee of Lathyrus ‘Matucana’.
- Clematis alpina ‘Ruby’ x1
- Verbascum ‘Helen Johnson’ x3
- Euphorbia cornigera ‘Goldener Turm’ x 3
- Dahlia ‘Mambo’ x1
- Phlox paniculatas ‘Tenor’ x1
