Fowey

Cut Flower-Herb Garden

​Newly planted herb garden adopting a prairie style. Replicating the grasslands of North America, this garden contains a combination of grasses, flowering perennials and herbs. A haven for wildlife, this ecological design contains several plants listed by the RHS as 'Perfect for Pollinators' and will have something in flower for almost every month of the year. An ecological design with additional edible functions. Feature plants include: Eryngium bourgatii, Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote' and Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens'

Cut Flower-Herb Garden: Culinary herbs are combined with ecological cut flowers and grasses within prairie-like surroundings. An ecological garden with additional edible and practical functions. A favourite for bees and pollinators.

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The scheme includes a range of flowering plants appropriate for cut flowers, which the client harvests and enjoys at home. Many of these flowers are also beneficial to wildlife, some can be seen below/right: 

Echinops ritro 'veitch's blue' RHS 'Perfect For Pollinators'

Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm' provides yellow accents and autumnal seasonal interest. RHS 'Perfect For Pollinators'

Anenome 'Sylphide' provides pink flowers and a cut flowers all summer and autumn. RHS 'Perfect For Pollinators'

Craspedia globosa make excellent cut flowers - note the contrast between the yellow from Craspedia and Borago officinalis.

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