Peter Ward Garden Design

Two planting combinations for a sunny border. Both would provide fairly long lasting interest in a garden or municipal planting situation. Both could be described as modern in appearance and style, with the inclusion of grasses and large blocks of herbaceous material.

The two different maples used, Acer ginnala and Acer carpinifolium are both small multi stem trees suitable for small gardens. The trees work well with underplanting, as they don’t leach the soil of nutrients as a larger specimen tree would