Formal Gardens
The backbone of any formal planting is hedging or edging, Which creates the lines of the pattern to which plants are added to infill. Hard landscaping, such as the inclusion of paths, walls and formal pools, can have a role to play in the overall formal concept, and such a garden would not be complete withoni at least one vista with a focal point. This can be provided by a garden. ornament or a carefully selected specimen plant.
It is possible to create a formal garden by using only a few types of plant — perhaps as few as two or three — which are often set in grass or paving. Conifers and evergreen shrubs feature high in the lists of plants used in these gardens, and they can be supported by perennial plants with strong shapes or large foliage such as yuccas and phormiums.
Many formal gardens are based on a colour theme, such as all blue, red or white flowers, and foliage can also be used to emphasize or even impose a colour, with all silver, all gold or even red being among the most often planted.
Formal gardens might also include avenues, walkways and arches, and plants that can be used to line such features, as well as those that are suitable for hedging and edging and for use as specimen plants are identified in the directory.
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