emma wrote in message
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Hi I am a student doing a project which needs a all year round colour
border- colour must be yellow and purple.
Does anyone have any ideas. The garden design is for commercial use,
and borders are raised ideal for wheel chair height. All borders are 3-
4 metres in length and upto 1.5 metres wide.

Do you have any ideas for an eye catching focal beds which need to be
stunning and in keeping with the borders.

Thanks for any help! Much appreciated. Please feel free to email me


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emma

Hi Emma,

It would be a good idea to use foliage plants in purples and yellows (as
well as green) to relieve dangerous clashes.
Some examples a

Purples: Berberis, phormiums, heucheras, purple-leaved ajugas,
ophiopagan planiscapus nigrescens,
Yellows: Choisya ternata 'Sundance', hedera 'Buttercup' (ivy), lysimachia
nummularia 'aurea (has yellow flowers),

Yellow-flowering plants:
Helenium, rudbeckia, coreopsis, doronicum, eranthis, some lupins, some
aquilegias, thalictrum flavum, some kniphophias, some euphorbias, hypericum,
many roses, hamamelis mollis, clematis tangutica, meconopsis cambrica,
allium moly and flavum, some lilies, some crocus, some irises, alchemilla
mollis.

Purple-flowering plants:
Asters (in variety), liatris, erigerons, some delphiniums, some
thalictrums, some aquilegias, some alliums, some crocus, tricyrtis (just
about!), vinca, digitalis, linaria purpurea, some campanulas, many clematis,
some roses (very few), hebes, irises.

Hope this helps.
Spider