Garden borders , artfully filled with a colorful tapestry of flowers and foliage , are very much back in vogue . But unlike the traditional English perennial borders , which were parturiency intensive and peaked mainly in spring , today ’s boundary line are fulfil with plants design to perform better , want less care and offer year - long interest . Ideally , they combine tough , flowering perennial with hardy shrubs , lightbulb , grasses and other leafage plant , with a new twist on the spirit emerging each season .
There are plenty of reasons to add borders to subsist lawns and garden : adding a curved molding to an otherwise straight - edged bed can make your whole landscape feel more inviting ; adding a wide-eyed border around a water lineament can soften the lines ; adding a borderline fill withpollinator favoritesand fragrant shrubs around a patio can add hour of use , and the lean go on and on .
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