Garden Answers Mini-Mag

Get the
look
Team orange flowers
and silver foliage for a
bold border scheme
Matthew Keightley’s Sentebale
garden at last year’s Chelsea
Flower Show was packed with
dramatic architectural plants. While much
of the planting was too tender to survive a
British winter, we found this corner of
hardy plants that would make a fabulous
border display for a sunny, sheltered spot.
COMBINE THESE PLANTS
HANG IT ALL
Here’s a round-up of the
smartest swings in town
pGondola
with parashade
£399 Whitestores
0333 123 5235;
www.whitestores.co.uk
❤
CELEBRATE
uHanging chair £106.73
Mood Adventures
0031 6 5137 1061;
www.moodadventures.nl
Chelsea
t
Suspension
3 Vert Anis
£252.19
BOQA 0033 6
9593 2933;
www.boqa.fr
ERYSIMUM
‘APRICOT TWIST’
Evergreen
perennial with
grey-green leaves.
Prefers full sun.
H45cm (18in)
HYSSOPUS
OFFICINALIS
Clump-forming
aromatic herb for
full sun or part
shade. H60cm (2ft)
S1m (3ft 3in)
tDante pod £399
John Lewis
0345 604 9049;
www.johnlewis.com
TEUCRIUM
FRUTICANS
Silvery foliage and
pale blue flowers.
A useful mediumsized
evergreen
shrub. H60-100cm
(24-39in)
PHLOMIS
RUSSELIANA
Whorls of hooded
pale yellow flowers
from late spring to
autumn. H90cm
(3ft) S75cm (29in)
DIANELLA
CAERULEA
‘CASSA BLUE’
Silvery phormiumlike
perennial.
Evergreen in
sheltered spots.
H and S40cm (16in)
ARTEMISIA
LUDOVICIANA
‘VALERIE FINNIS’
Dramatic, scented
silvery-green foliage
perennial for full sun.
H and S60cm (2ft)
pIndoor-outdoor
hanging chair £350
Cox & Cox 0844 858 0744;
www.coxandcox.co.uk
Book review
The City Grower by Matt
Franks (Kyle Books, £16.99)
THIS USEFUL guide to growing your
own is a must-read for anyone short
on space. Author Matt Franks is an
accomplished urban gardener and
full of novel ideas for growing crops
in even the most unlikely spaces.
He begins with all the practical
basics such as how to find a spot
with sufficient sunlight, using the
pRitiki garden swing
seat £1,599 Out There
Interiors 0208 099 7443;
www.outthere interiors.com
vertical dimension
of your garden to
create growing
space, saving
rainwater and
making planters
from recycled tyres
and pallets. This is
followed with a series of planting plans
– for fast crops and shady spots – and
explains how to adapt them.
It’s certainly an absorbing read! We
especially love his pallet and oil drum
planters. ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿
PHOTOS: MATTHEW ROBERTS/BAUER; ALAMY; SHUTTERSTOCK
Subscribe at www.greatmagazines.co.uk 5