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Need as few pick-me-ups for your spring borders? Ready to add some color and life to your floral displays? Well, if so, read on to learn about some great ideas for your new spring borders!
Think about the view of your garden from your own house. Spring borders or even clumps of spring perennials always look pretty when seen from your house, so consider planting them next to a path or around the base of a tree. This would add interest to your yard, as well as provide a lovely view from your windows. Remember, most spring flowering plants like shelter because of the low temperatures when they bloom, so think about planting a border of spring perennials at the base of clematis for a stunning floral display. Shrubs also provide shelter and under-planing with perennials gives a lift to woody plants such as hydrangeas.
Formal or informal? Spring perennials can look formal or informal, depending upon their use. In carefully manicured and landscaped flowerbeds, they will appear formal. However, if you plant spring perennials in random clumps that suggest a wildflower garden, the exact same plants will look much more informal. This is especially true if you allow the plants to self-seed.
The grouping of your spring perennials also contribute to the overall look of your garden. Clumps of three to five of one variety make much more of an impact than does planting a single perennial here and there. However, self-seeding perennials such as hellebores look very charming when planted in the various odd spaces you always have in a garden. Groups such plants as white-variegated lungwort is very effective in a shady spot, such as around the base of a tree or large bush.
It is important to think about what types of plants you are partnering your spring perennials with. You should consider underplanting spring-flowering magnolias such as the star magnolia with a dense swath of begonias for a very lovely look. This will allow the two-level floral display that is so popular in cottage gardens. Think about combining primroses, lungworts, and Soloman’s seal for a blue, white, and yellow color scheme. You might even want to consider adding in a few lilies-of-the-valley for a nice fragrance. Or try combining blue Siberian iris, pale pink peonies, and pink and white dicentras for an old-fashioned look. These are very popular in cottage gardens. The unfurling spring leaves of hostas make them a pretty partner for spring-flowering perennials and add interest to your floral display, especially when the spring perennials are finished for the season.
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