Enticing sensory gardens

1 PLANT PERFECTION

Plants with interesting textures and shapes are key to sensory gardens. Try including a mix of contrasting forms to create visual interest. ‘In this design [at Beth Chatto’s Plants and Gardens] Mexican feather grass works well along the front of the border and is so tactile you want to stroke it,’ says head gardener Åsa Gregers-Warg. ‘It’s teamed with the burnt-orange spires of foxtail lily ‘Cleopatra’.’ Sea holly with its spiny rosettes of flowers introduces another shape.

2 MAGICAL REFLECTIONS

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