Creating Town garden and
patio
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Your design may well include such structures
as steps, walls, trellis, banks and terraced levels. You can also create a
sense of structure using plants, either formally as clipped hedges, or
informally, purely for their outline.
Box (Buxus
sempervirens)
Makes one of the best 'shaping' materials for a small garden
because it is easy to keep to size. You can use it as hedging material, as
single plants clipped into particular shapes, or even allow it to grow as a
small, free-standing tree. A single annual trim, in midsummer, will keep it to
the desired dimensions. Alternative evergreens include yew (Taxus), holly
(Ilex), privet (Ligustrum) and hedging honeysuckle (Lonicera
nitida).
Topiary
If you want to
clip evergreens into specific shapes, use a frame or a mould made of wire
netting and encourage the plants to grow through the shape you have made. Each
year, trim the plants back to the desired shape.
Shrubs
When
creating informal outline or structure, remember that certain shrubs will
provide a distinctive winter and summer outline. The corkscrew hazel (Corylus
avellana 'Contorta') is a fine example. Standard weeping dwarf willows, such as
weeping pussy willow (Salix caprea 'Kilmarnock') are also useful for outline,
as are standard roses or tall, upright conifers.
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