Anita Sullivan Gardens

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'Planting Potential' easy-care, high-impact plants

Here are some examples of high-impact, easy-going plants... and some ideas about how to combine them with each other and with sculpture.
Others who worked on this project: Ben Fearnside Furniture,Finishing, Fine art
Tree echiums and marine salvage. Spiky and tall, with round and smooth. Planting by Anita Sullivan. Photo Benjamin Fearnside
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Bergenia. Fantastic evergreen easy-care plant with architectural leaves and spring flowers. Combines well with strappy-leaved plants like phormium. White variety also available. Planting by Anita Sullivan. Photo Benjamin Fearnside
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Zantedeschia, arum lily. Fantastic architectural leaves and impossibly white flowers. Looks wonderful in a large solo group. Pest resistant! Planting by Anita Sullivan. Photo by Benjamin Fearnside
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Clematis Montana 'Elizabeth'. Lovely dark leaves and pink flowers, off-set by a painted storm-wood sculpture. Planting by Anita Sullivan. Sculpture and photo by Benjamin Fearnside
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Seakale, Crambe Maritima. Lovely blue-silver crinkley leaves and strongly honey-scented white flowers. Sadly not evergreen, but very striking and easy-going. Big leaves can be used to cover spring bulbs, once they have finished: two season of planting in one place. Planting by Anita Sullivan. Photo...
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Foxglove. Statuesque plants, tolerant of a variety of positions. Pest free, bee friendly. White variety is also lovely. A tall plant that doesn't need tying-up or staking. Can be combined with cottage garden plants or modern evergreen minimalism. Planting by Anita Sullivan. Photo Benjamin Fearnside
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Perennial geranimum 'Brookside'. Easy-care long-flowering. Pest free, bee friendly. Fantastic bold colour, easy to combine or contrast. Planting by Anita Sullivan. Photo Benjamin Fearnside
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Some plants have wonderful autumn texture. Here a miscanthus grass works alongside marine salvage sculpture. Planting by Anita Sullivan. Photo Benjamin Fearnside
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Thalictrum 'Thundercloud'. A tall plant that doesn't need staking. Froth of mauve flowers, turning cream on dark purple stems. Looks great with tall purple verbenas. Planting by Anita Sullivan. Photo Benjamin Fearnside
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Let ground-cover plants knit together. Here ophiopogon japonica (black lily-turf) weaves through a tiny gunnera and black leafed ajuga. Planting by Anita Sullivan. Photo Benjamin Fearnside
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Tree underplanting. Carex 'Frosted Curls' and Sedum 'Bertram Anderson'. Acid-green and magenta are a really zingy combination for part shade. Crocus bulbs flower through this in Spring. Planting by Anita Sullivan. Benjamin Fearnside
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Sedums and echeveria need very little soil to thrive, so can be planted in all manner of fairly shallow containers. Here, this echiveria is planted into the bowl of an upturned stump. Lovely! Photo Ben Fearnside
'Planting Potential' easy-care, high-impact plants
Echinacea isn't just good for people. This Comma butterfly is enjoying it too. Combines wonderfully with grasses. Planting by Anita Sullivan. Photo Ben Fearnside
'Planting Potential' easy-care, high-impact plants
Scabious 'Chillie Black' (I think?). Dark flowers and bright green foliage are a winning combination. Photo Ben Fearnside
'Planting Potential' easy-care, high-impact plants
Macleaya cordata, the plume poppy, is a tall plant that doesn't need staking. Pest free, very easy., with fantastic big silvery leaves. Will creep a bit. Planting by Anita Sullivan. Photo Ben Fearnside
'Planting Potential' easy-care, high-impact plants
You can use different varieties of the same plant in combination. Here, white and pink Echinacea. Photo Ben Fearnside
'Planting Potential' easy-care, high-impact plants
Salvia 'Amistad' works wonderfully with blues and mauves. Also with reds and purples for a hot, bold effect. Planting by Anita Sullivan. Photo Ben Fearnside
'Planting Potential' easy-care, high-impact plants
Thalictrum 'Thundercloud'. A tall plant that doesn't need staking. Froth of mauve flowers, turning cream on dark purple stems. Looks great with tall purple verbenas. Photo Ben Fearnside
'Planting Potential' easy-care, high-impact plants
Sanguisorba 'Tanna'. Small flowers on nose-height wire stems. Adds height and movement, but won't block light. Try it with pale yellow Cephalearia Gigantea. Photo Ben Fearnside
'Planting Potential' easy-care, high-impact plants
Colour combinations don't have to be restful. Here a magenta astilbe combines with a shrimp pink bistort for an eye-popping contrast. Photo Ben Fearnside
'Planting Potential' easy-care, high-impact plants