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This is my first blooming border and is a new category for the RHS Spring Festival. Inspired by the edges of the Forest of Dean Iowa noted to create a border that would benefit human and wildlife alike. Native hedges and wildflowers provide habitat for birds whilst tree stumps form homes for invertebrates. Paired with more cottage ornamental planting this is a feats for all who inhabit it.

Plant list

Sorbus intermedia (Swedish white beam)

Native hedgerow - hawthorn, horn beam, wild pear, elder, field maple

Wild flowers - red campion, cow parsley, foxglove, ragged robin

Ornamentals:

Thalictrum black stockings

Solomon’s seal

Salvia nemorosa caradonna

Phlomis amazone

Phlomis fructosa Bourgaie

Scabiosa kudo pink

Scabiosa mariposa blue

Delphinium dark blue black bee

Leucanthemum maximum western star

Geranium rozanne

Genista

Diascia pink sorbet

Diascia hopleys

Erigeron karvinskisnus