Living carpets
Planting low-growing foliage plants that knit together into a ground-covering carpet can be visually striking and is often easier to maintain as weeds are suppressed. Planting smaller plants in groups of three or more ensures their foliage has as much impact as their larger neighbours and prevents them getting swamped.
A Foliage-First Design
Clipped hedge
Lonicera nitida
Scaly Male Fern
Dryopteris affinis
Clipped box
Buxus sempivirens
Multistem Serviceberry
Amelanchia lamarkii
Evergreen Solomon’s Seal
Disporopsis pernyi
European ginger
Asarum europeaum
Japanese forest grass
Hakonechloa macra
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