Ivydene Gardens Mixed Borders in RHS Garden at Wisley Garden Design:
WEST BORDER of MIXED BORDERS in the Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley:
Exit Path between Sections 7 and 8 Part 63 with
Reduce Time for Garden Maintenance: Avoid mixing plants in same area.
 

Page Menus are below the Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn photos.

Winter. Photo taken on 4 January 2013 by Heather Kavanagh. The bedraggled light yellow clump of vegetation next to the path halfway up it is a mixture of dead needle-like foliage of Allium sphaerocephalon and wide strap-like foliage of Agapanthus 'Midnight Blue'. This causes an increase in Garden maintenance time as described below.

Spring. Photo taken on 1 May 2013 by Heather Kavanagh

Early Summer. Photo taken on 1 July 2013 by Heather Kavanagh

Early Autumn. Photo taken on 19 September 2013 by Heather Kavanagh

Late Autumn. Photo taken on 23 November 2013 by Heather Kavanagh

Reduce Time for Garden Maintenance: Avoid mixing plants in same area.

MIXED BORDERS in Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley with my GARDEN DESIGN PAGES

Introduction

WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER WITH EARLY AND LATE AUTUMN SECTIONS OF WISLEY MIXED BORDERS
1-6 East Border
7-10 East Border
1-5 West Border
6-9 West Border

FOLIAGE COLOUR
.Black
.Blue
(o)Brown
.Bronze
(o)Green
(o)Grey
.Other
(o)Purple
(o)Red
(o)Variegated
(o)Variegated White
.Variegated Yellow
.White
.Yellow
.4 Season Colour

FLOWER COLOUR RANGE IN 71 PARTS OF MIXED BORDER DURING
May
June
July
August
September
October
November

7 Flower Colours per Month in Colour Wheel below.

Click on Black or White box in Colour of Month.

Photo from Chris Garnons-Williams on 4 March 2013. The plants next to the bottom path are a mixture of Allium sphaerocephalon and Agapanthus 'Midnight Blue'. Photo below from Chris Garnons-Williams on 13 May 2013.

You can see from the lower photo that the dead foliage from last year of both groups of plants has not been removed. Also it looks like new weeds are growing to the right of these plants.

The distribution throughout the 71 parts of the Mixed Borders of each flower from the

• Permanent Herbaceous Perennials, Bedding Plants and Other Permanent Plants

split into

• Blue, White, Yellow, Unusual, Red, Orange or Pink

is in each of these Month Pages

• May, June, July, August, September, October and November

Summary of the Mixed Border Planting Design and Garden Maintenance - including in tabular form - shows the number for each single colour and combinations of colours for each of these months and whether it is from the Permanent Herbaceous Perennial (See its Index Page), Bedding Plant (See its Index Page) or Other Permanent Plant (See Index in Flower Colours per Month) plant type.

See below for which of the 7 flower colours have been used for each of the 71 parts during 2013 in a table of colours.

Design of East Border

Design of West Border

Section 1 Part 1
Section 1 Part 2
Section 1 Part 3
Section 1 Part 4
Section 2 Part 4
Section 2 Part 5
Section 2 Part 6
Section 2 Part 7
Section 3 Part 7
Section 3 Part 8
Section 3 Part 9 with Seat Area
Section 4 Part 10 with Seat Area
Section 4 Part 11
Section 4 Part 12
Section 5 Part 12
Section 5 Part 13
Section 5 Part 14
Section 5 Part 15
Section 5 Part 16

Section 6 Part 16
Section 6 Part 17
Section 6 Part 18 with Plant Centre Exit
Section 7 Part 19 with Plant Centre Exit
Section 7 Part 20
Section 7 Part 21
Section 7 Part 22
Section 8 Part 22
Section 8 Part 23
Section 8 Part 24
Section 8 Part 25
Section 9 Part 26
Section 9 Part 27
Section 9 Part 28
Section 9 Part 29
Section 9 Part 30
Section 10 Part 31
Section 10 Part 32
Section 10 Part 33
Section 10 Part 34 with Access Road

Section 1 Part 35
Section 1 Part 36
Section 1 Part 37
Section 2 Part 38
Section 2 Part 39
Section 2 Part 40
Section 2 Part 41
Section 3 Part 42
Section 3 Part 43
Section 3 Part 44
Section 3 Part 45
Section 4 Part 45
Section 4 Part 46
Section 4 Part 47
Section 4 Part 48
Section 5 Part 48
Section 5 Part 49
Section 5 Part 50
Section 5 Part 51
Exit Path between Sections 5 and 6 Part 52

Section 6 Part 53
Section 6 Part 54
Section 6 Part 55
Section 6 Part 56
Section 7 Part 57
Section 7 Part 58
Section 7 Part 59
Section 7 Part 60
Section 7 Part 61
Exit Path between Sections 7 and 8 Part 62
Exit Path between Sections 7 and 8 Part 63
Section 8 Part 64
Section 8 Part 65
Section 8 Part 66
Section 9 Part 66
Section 9 Part 67
Section 9 Part 68
Section 9 Part 69
Section 9 Part 70
Section 9 Part 71

SPRING FOLIAGE COLOUR
Spr-Black
(o)-Brown
(o)-Green
(o)-Grey
Spr-Other Colour
(o)-Purple
(o)-Red
(o)-Variegated
Spr-White
Spr-Yellow
Spr-None
Spr-Multi-Colour

SUMMER FOLIAGE COLOUR
Sum-Black
(o)-Brown
(o)-Green
(o)-Grey
Sum-Other Colour
(o)-Purple
(o)-Red
(o)-Variegated
Sum-White
Sum-Yellow
Sum-None
Sum-Multi-Colour

AUTUMN FOLIAGE COLOUR
Aut-Black
Aut-Brown
(o)-Green
Aut-Grey
Aut-Other Colour
Aut-Purple
Aut-Red
(o)-Variegated
Aut-White
Aut-Yellow
Aut-None
Aut-Multi-Colour

WINTER FOLIAGE COLOUR
Win-Black
Win-Brown
(o)-Green
(o)-Grey
Win-Other Colour
(o)-Purple
Win-Red
(o)-Variegated
Win-White
Win-Yellow
Win-None
Win-Multi-Colour
 

Plant Height from Text Border

Bulb

Brown =
0-4
inches
(0-10
cms)

Blue =
4-8
inches (10-20
cms)

Green = 8-12
inches (20-30
cms)

Magenta = 12-16 inches (30-40
cms)

Red = 16-20 inches (40-50
cms)

Black = 20-24 inches (50-60
cms)

Orange = 24+
inches
(61+
cms)

Besides the secateurs for each member of the garden maintenance staff, the following gardening equipment is used by staff from Mixed Borders at RHS Wisley. Photo by Chris Garnons-Williams on 13 May 2013. The black flexible garden trugs are used to put the weeds in before they are transferred to the wheelbarrow. The fork is used to plant/remove plants. The hoe is used to hoe the weeds and the brush to sweep the earth off the path.

It is difficult to hoe between the alliums and the agapanthus!

Using the above garden maintenance scheme is quite quick, but if you had to hand weed round each plant or between needle-like foliage of the Allium and the basal broad strap-like leaves of the Agapanthus in the same area, it would be a nightmare!

I personally would prefer to see a 4 inch depth (10 cms) of organic mulch over the weeded beds after this Spring cleanup. If this mulch is left until December, then hoeing the top of the mulch is easier when a weed is seen, and the annual weeds would not germinate. The mulch would also prevent the sandy soil from drying out through the action of wind or sun on the bare soil, together with providing nutrients for the plants during the growing season. This would also reduce your irrigation costs.

The following shows the same problem with mixing different plants together - Iris pallida 'Argentea Variegata' in bottom left corner and Astrantia 'Roma' in the middle:-

Perennial

1 inch = 2.5 cms,
12" = 1 foot = 30 cms,
3 feet = 1 yard,
40 inches = 1 metre

Brown =
0-1 feet (0-30
cms)

Blue =
1-2 feet (30-60
cms)

Green =
2-3 feet (60-90
cms)

Red =
3-6 feet (90-180
cms)

Black = 6+ feet (180+
cms)

Brown =
0-1 feet (0-30
cms)

Blue =
1-3 feet (30-90
cms)

Green =
3-5 feet (90-150
cms)

Red =
5-10 feet (150-300
cms)

Black = 10+ feet (300+
cms)

Brown =
0-20 feet (0-600
cms)

Blue =
20-40 feet (600-1200
cms)

Green =
40+ feet (1200
cms)

Blue =
0-3 feet (0-90
cms)

Green =
3-10 feet (90-300
cms)

Red =
10+ feet (300+
cms)

Blue =
0-2 feet (0-60
cms)

Green =
2-6 feet (60-180
cms)

Red =
6+ feet (180+
cms)

Plant Soil Moisture from Text Background

Wet Soil

Moist Soil

Dry Soil

Click on thumbnail to add the Plant Description Page of the plant named in the Text box below that photo.
The Comments Row of that Plant Description Page details where that plant is available from.
Flowering months append the Sun Aspect in the Text Box below each Thumbnail.

Permanent Plant Name if background is yellow

Flower Colour

with link to a Design of East Border or
Design of West Border Page where that plant is located

Flowering Months

with link to each Month of that Flowering Colour Page

Height x Spread in inches (cms)

1 inch = 2.5 cms,
12" = 1 foot = 30 cms, 3 feet = 1 yard, 40 inches = 1 metre

Foliage Colour

Bedding Plant Name if background is blue

Spring

with link to that Foliage Colour in the Spring Page

Summer

with link to that Foliage Colour in the Summer Page

Autumn

with link to that Foliage Colour in the Autumn Page

Winter

with link to that Foliage Colour in the Winter Page

Alternative or Extra Plant Name if background is pink

Bamboo

Bedding

Bulb

Allium sphaerocephalon

Green, then Purple and ages Reddish-Purple

July, August

24 x 3
(60 x 8)

Strap-like, Mid-Green

Strap-like, Mid-Green

Winter Form from Mixed Borders at RHS Wisley. Photo from Chris Garnons-Williams on 4 March 2013.

Galtonia candicans

should be named Ornithogalum candicans

White

July, August, September

48 x 16
(120 x 40)

Strap-shaped and Mid-Green

Strap-shaped and Mid-Green

Strap-shaped and Mid-Green

Climber

Conifer

Deciduous Shrub

Deciduous Tree

Catalpa bignonioides 'Aurea'

White

Evergreen Perennial

Evergreen Shrub

Evergreen Tree

Fern

Spring Form in front from Mixed Borders at RHS Wisley. Photo from Chris Garnons-Williams on 25 April 2013.

Grass

Stipa gigantea
'Gold Fontaene'

Plant removed after 20 January 2013

Straw Yellow

Hedge

Carpinus betulus (Hornbeam)

Green Catkins

May

480 x 320
(1200 x 800)

Mid-Green

Mid-Green

Brown dead leaves

Brown dead leaves

Herbaceous Perennial

Strobilanthes wallichii

Violet-Blue

Plants in front grew higher than this plant, so could not photo flowers of this plant

August, September, October

48 x 24
(120 x 60)

Dark Green

Dark Green

Dark Green

Verbena rigida

Purple or Magenta

Maybe this plant was dead and replaced with some other plant

June, July, August, September, October

24 x 16
(60 x 40)

Light Green

Light Green

Light Green

Herb

Odds and Sods

Rhododendron/ Azalea /Camellia

Spring Form from Mixed Borders at RHS Wisley. Photo from Chris Garnons-Williams on 13 May 2013.

The plant label for Astrantia 'Roma' is about to be overgrown.

The plant has Iris pallida 'Argentea Variegata' growing to the left of it and with it. The astrantia is overgrowing the iris and so those iris plants are wasted. When 2 different plants grow together, one of them becomes the dominant one and then the effect of the comparison between them is lost. I would suggest that the irises within the group of astrantias are moved elsewhere.

Rose

Soft Fruit

Top Fruit

Vegetable

Wildflower

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Solution to Unemployment in Britain:-

"The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Auckland, New Zealand, have taught 3 rescue dogs to drive in an effort to encourage people to adopt and love shelter pets."

Besides the trained dogs who aid Blind People in walking, these other dogs could be trained to drive in Britain. Then, when a Blind person wishes to be driven, an unemployed person could earn their benefit by being in the front passenger seat giving directions to the dog who is doing the driving, but not to the dog who is sitting in the back seat alongside the Blind passenger.

The Blind person gets social interaction and the unemployed person - in aiding this blind person to go further than that person can walk for shopping or to visit friends - increases their self-esteem and self-worth.

The cars are maintained and operated with the dog driver during 8 hours each week by these unemployed. The running costs, cars and car parts are paid for by the local Government Employment Department.