My previous video showed a small border running down the centre of my Amsterdam garden. This second border follows the same line on the other side of the sundial and uses some of the same, or at least similar, plants in order to link the two schemes and make a bolder impact within the garden as a whole.
The end of this perennial border is shaded and the plantings are adapted to account for this – hostas, ferns, epimediums, astilbes and a few shrubs including hydrangeas and Japanese maples.
The first fern shown is Athyrium vidalii and the last image is of Dryopteris wallichiana and the dramatic yellow grass is Hakenonchloa macra ‘All Gold’.
Together with Piet Oudolf, Michael is the author of Gardening with Grasses that transformed the look of modern gardens. As a member of the perennial perspective movement and the Dutch Wave, Michael has guided gardeners and designers wishing to embrace naturalistic gardening for what is now more than three decades.
His latest book about ornamental grasses goes a step further by offering detailed planting plans, not so much as templates to copy, but more to inspire and inform readers in the various approaches to using grasses in their planting plans and gardens.
Learn more here.
