Prairie Border Plant Collections

Head Nurseryman and Gold medal winning planting designer Mike has conceived some border collections using his style of plants which take away the difficulty in choosing the right plants for the right place, and to guide in designing a specific look for your borders. These border collections reflect the Prairie planting style of flowing, naturalistic mixed perennials and grasses, and have a sympathetic mix of heights, flower colours and seasonality. A range of 50-50 perennials and grasses will be chosen to obtain this effect. Plus a full colour, laminated A4 layout plan is included in the pack, to help you place your plants correctly into a border. along with detailed instructions of how to prepare the soil.

There are three Border sizes

Small covers 5 sq metres and contains 12 plants

Medium Covers 10 Sq Metres and contains 24 plants

Large Covers 15 Sq Metre s and contains 36 plants

There is also a cost saving on buying the plants in these collections rather than ordering singly. Chosen from our 9cm plant stock well established varieties ready to plant out now.

Perennials Low- Campanula - Cirsium - Geum - Geranium- Gypsophila - Potentilla- Scabiosa - Lychnis- Nepeta,

Perennials Medium to Tall Allium-Anemone- Anchusa- Acanthus- Anthemis- Angelica-Echinacea- Erigeron (medium) Gaura- Rudbeckia- Verbena- Cephalaria- Cynara- Digitalis -Coreopsis- Crocosmia- Knautia- Eupatorium- Eryngium-Salvia- Silene- Trifolium- Perovskia- Persicaria- Phlomis- Thalictrum- Veronicastrum-Agastache-Helenium-Aster-Helianthus-Kniphofia-Lythrum-Lysimachia-Verbascum.-Echinops. Nepeta (Medium)- Sanguisorbia-

Grasses low - Chasmanthium - Deschampsia, Stipa, Anemanthele, Festuca, Briza, Sesleria - Melica- Koelaria- Ophiopogon- Carex- Uncinia - Luzula- Sporobolus (low) - Hakonechloa- Pennisetum (Low) - Imperata-

Grasses Medium to Tall- Cortaderia- Calamagrostis- Chrysopogon, Festuca (medium) Miscanthus- Molinia -Panicum- Eragrostis-Pennisetum - Stipa (medium to tall varieties) Sporobolus (Medium to Tall varieties)- Melinus- Leymus- Sorghastrum- Schizachyrium

The plants in this collection prefer full sun in a moist but well drained soil, and need spacing at around 50-60cm from each other

Supplied as healthy plants fully labelled in 9cm pots

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