Garden borders, artfully filled with a colorful tapestry of flowers and foliage, are very much back in vogue. But unlike the traditional English perennial borders, which were labor intensive and peaked mainly in spring, today’s borders are filled with plants designed to perform better, require less care and offer year-long interest. Ideally, they combine tough, flowering perennials with hardy shrubs, bulbs, grasses and other foliage plants, with a new twist on the look emerging each season.
There are plenty of reasons to add borders to existing lawns and gardens: adding a curved border to an otherwise straight-edged bed can make your whole landscape feel more inviting; adding a simple border around a water feature can soften the lines; adding a border filled with pollinator favorites and fragrant shrubs around a patio can add hours of enjoyment, and the list goes on and on.
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