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17 September 2014
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Introduction
Hot spot design
Building terraces
Hot spot plants
Top ten plants
Terrace planting
Soil care
Herbs
Overwintering
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Terrace planting tips
Now you know the plants, you can afford to be as theatrical as you like with them.
This planting plan offers a good mix of colour, height and texture across each of the four terraces.
Top terrace
Phormium
Cardoon
Globe thistle
The next terrace down
Osteospermum
The next terrace down
Phormiums
Astelias
The bottom terrace
Daisies (yellow bidens, blue felicia)
This design will fill the garden with colour throughout the summer and has a good mix of spectacular focal plants to provide year-round interest.
Introduction
Hot spot design
Building terraces
Hot spot plants
Top ten plants
Terrace planting
Soil care
Herbs
Overwintering
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Preparing the soil
Plants with sword like leaves
Silver leaved plants
Succulents
Planting herbs
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This design will fill the garden with colour throughout the summer and has a good mix of spectacular focal plants to provide year-round interest.
