I had never get wind of Vestra Wealth before this year ’s Hampton Court Palace Flower Show and that ’s for one very adept reasonableness – I have no wealth to negociate . Should I come up trumps in the lottery , I would have no hesitancy in beat a way of life to Vestra ’s door , based purely on the strength of their show garden . Decisions like these are probably why I am not a millionaire .
Vestra Wealth do a bonnie degree of prudence in commission show garden veteran Paul Martin to plan their showpiece . The result , a contemporary blank space focussed on outdoor entertaining , was cool , calm and carefully considered ; the sort of space someone in self-will of both money and sense of taste might aim to . I for sure did .
Everything from the cloth to the planting was attractively detail . A smooth cedar rill render water system into a puddle surrounded by hostas and sword lily . The massive board , make from the same timberland , cantilevered over an area thick planted with ferns , Geranium‘Rozanne ’ andLavandula‘Hidcote ’ , delicately veiled byDeschampsia cespitosa .
Ground level airfoil were composed of traditional hoggin , unruffled terrazzo and neatly sawn slate which contrast beautifully . Gabions top off with copper color sheeting or cedar wood were intended to pull wildlife , although how welcome bugs and beasties would have been in this sleek space is debateable .
In a garden so inviolable structurally it would have been easy to oversimplify the planting , but this factor of the design was not plant lack . Paul ’s training at the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin shone through in the spot palette of plants , which focussed on greens , whites and blues .
Paul Martin had understood his client ’s brief , and his node ’s clients ’ well , producing a garden rich in texture , interest and quality without resort to ostentation . I am certain it will have make him some fittingly affluent new customer . As for me , I ’m off to buy a incision card … ..
A cedar rill seemingly floats above a plinth of clipped box
Plant List
Acanthus mollis‘Rue Ledan’Agapanthus africanus‘Albus’Agapanthus‘Northern Star’Agapanthus‘Silver Moon’Agastache foeniculum‘Black Adder’Ammi majusAngelica‘Ebony’Aster laterifolius‘Horizontalis’Brunnera macrophylla‘Jack Frost’Buxus sempevirensDarmera peltataDeschampsia cespitosaEchinacea purpurea‘Magnus’Epimedium rubrumEryngium bourgatii ‘ Oxford Blue’Ferula communisGeranium‘Rozanne’Hakonechloa macra‘Albo Striata’Hakonechloa macra‘Aureola’Hosta‘Royal Standard’Hosta sieboldianavar.elegansHosta sieboldiana‘Frances Williams’Hosta tardiana‘Halcyon’Hydrangea arborescens‘Annabelle’Hydrangea arborescens‘Incrediball’Iris pseudacorusLavandula‘Hidcote’Lavandula stoechas‘Christiana’Nepeta faasenii‘Six Hills’Nepeta faassenii‘Blue Wonder’Penstemon‘Electric Blue’Perovskia atriplicifolia‘Blue Spire’Salvia nemerosaSelinum wallichianumStipa giganteaThalictrum rochbruneanumThymus‘Pink Chintz’Tiarella‘Pink Skyrocket’Tulbaghia violaceaVerbena bonariensisVerbenamacdougalii‘Lavender Spires’Veronica longifolia‘Charlotte’Veronicastrum virginicum‘Album ’
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Posted by The Frustrated Gardener
The dining table cantilevers over an area of lush planting
Cool terrazzo, traditional hoggin and stacks of split cedar create a varied texture
A top-up please!
Hosta sieboldiana‘Frances Williams’ mingles withGeranium‘Rozanne’
