Four steps to a modern garden
Planting advice that will transform your green space
‘Contemporary planting schemes tend to feature fewer plants in greater numbers,’ says Helen Derrin, in-house designer at Crocus. Here, she shares her four easy steps to creating a stylish modern garden…
Add a splash of green
Evergreen hedges and shapely topiary will offer uniform colour and form throughout the year, whilst adding structure to your outdoors. Pictured: The Porsche Garden - RHS Hampton Court Flower Show 2008 by Sim Flemons and John Warland
Choose feathery foliage
Select grasses and perennials with a strong profile – allium, calamagrostis (pictured), achillea, agastache, hakonechloa and stipa.
Adopt the gentle touch
Soften structural planting with umbellifers (aromatic plants from the cow parsley family), such as anthriscus, astrantia (pictured) and selinum.
Finish with a spray of colour
Fill any gaps in your planting scheme with fast-growing flowering plants. Geranium, geum (pictured), erigeron and nepeta are good options.
For more about creating a modern garden, read our Making a Modern Garden feature full of tips from the experts.
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