Border Plants

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Border Plants for Beautiful Garden Edges Every plant in every garden has a purpose; border plants are particularly sturdy plants that serve both to mark the edge of the garden and to add beauty and structure to the area․ Similar to the edges of a canvas‚ border plants frame paths‚ flower beds‚ and features of the garden with their lush growth․ They define and delineate‚ inviting visitors to the deeper beauty‚ as prologue to the brilliance of the true garden beyond․ In the choice of border plants‚ we learn again how these can work together to produce a wonderful garden from ordinary spaces․ The choice of border plants can make a huge difference to the look of a garden․ One of the most popular choices of border plants to form a pretty garden edge is boxwood hedging․ It may be trimmed into a rectangular shape with edges‚ or left to grow naturally․ An ornamental grass such as Miscanthus is an example of this gently swaying movement․ The edges of beds can be defined by the seasons‚ being tighter in the summer and framing and following the line of a more airy‚ elegant form in early autumn‚ when the grass matures to a golden color․ Plentiful flowering perennials like daylilies or echinacea can fill an entire bed and form a frame of flowers‚ inviting the observer to view the flower bed from all sides․ Low-Maintenance Plants for Borders and Walkways As paths or edges around a lawn‚ this can be more economical to maintain and less time-consuming than a lawn․ Hardy ornamental plants such as lavender can give scent and a less formal but colorful border․ The commonest lavenders have silvery green leaves‚ which can be very attractive․ The other flowers‚ purple in the summer months‚ are also attractive to bees and butterflies․ A few other hardy plantings are used: sedums‚ also known as stonecrop‚ and creeping thyme‚ both of which require minimal maintenance and make an attractive ground cover․ These sensible plants create glorious effects with minimum upkeep‚ leaving you with plen