The Victorian Aviary Garden

The Victorian Aviary Garden planting plan

This is a 1.75 metre square parterre planting plan for a sunny spot.

1. 25cm high hedging of Buxus sempervirens with small pyramids at each corner

2. Tall pyramid of Taxus baccata

3. Alchemilla mollis 4 x 3

4. Astrantia minor ‘Roma’ 8 x 1

5. Salvia x sylvestris ‘Mainacht’ 8 x 1

6. Allium hollandicum ‘Purple Sensation’ x 26

7. Stipa tenuissima 8 x 1

8. Iris ‘Jane Phillips’ 4 x 3

9. Iris ‘Superstition’4 x 3

10. Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata ‘Nora Barlow’ 8 x 1

11. Verbascum ‘Cotswold Queen’ 4 x 3

12. Paeonia ‘Sarah Bernhardt’ 4 x 1

13. Geum ‘Mrs J. Bradshaw’ 8 x 1

See the award-winning Chelsea garden this planting plan is based on