Some design tips for a beautiful garden

It happens to all of us that we’re tempted to place plants too close to each other when they’re young, only to realise how big they actually grow!  We’re then left with two options – rigorous pruning or start digging out something.  One possible way around this is to position annuals in the gaps while giving your other plants some time to grow.

So you’ve ensured you’ve got a mix of higher bushes in the back of the garden bed and lower plants closer to the front.  You’ve even found some accent plants as focal points.  OK, so now where is the repetition?  No joke!  Repetition brings a certain harmony into the appearance of your garden.  The viewers’ eye follows the different heights and textures and these shapes and colours are rounded off by repeating the same plant every now and again.
Mass plantings in a clump of a low flowering plant can have a stunning effect always leading the eye back to that area.  Another approach is to plant two of the same pretty bush next to each other and then another one a little further away.  Most of your plants can easily be repeated two to five times in the same garden beds.  Those of you who enjoy the challenge of propagating will find repetition doesn’t bust the budget either!
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