Border Plants
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Our plants for borders are ideal for highlighting a pathway, dressing the front of a bed, edging a terrace, or flowering the base of a low wall. Not very tall, they should blend naturally into the garden. This section brings together perennials, compact shrubs, low-growing roses, and other useful plants for creating classic, flowering, or evergreen borders, depending on the desired style.
The Hardy Geranium 'Rozanne' is an iconic border perennial which blue flowering spreads over several months. The Buxus sempervirens 'Suffruticosa', or edging boxwood, remains a reference for a neat and tidy outline. Along a pathway or in front of a rose bed, you will enjoy the long pink flowering of the groundcover rose 'The Fairy'. In a small hedge along a path, the Potentilla fruticosa 'Abbotswood' that will be appreciated for its generous white flowering. These few plants illustrate well the diversity of plants that can be used to create a free-form or clipped, flowering or evergreen, understated or more abundant border.
This section includes, among others, roses for borders, hardy geraniums for borders, dahlias for borders, or even hollies for borders, interesting as an alternative to boxwood. It makes it easier to find the right plant according to the desired effect, exposure, and level of maintenance required.
For further reading, also read our articles "Which plants to border a path?" and "7 shrubs to line a path". You will find concrete ideas for creating durable, harmonious displays suited to your garden.
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