Garden Design Comments on RHS Garden at Wisley in the 71 pages of the EAST and WEST Borders in the MIXED BORDERS

Flower Colours in each of the 71 Parts of the Mixed Borders - with area indicating that the respective colour has not been used in this part .
 

More (See un-labelled bedding) than 102 plants (This is 29%, which is almost a third) were missing their identity when in flower in 2013 out of 348 in 768 square metres of Mixed Borders garden beds - These herbaceous borders are 6 metres (20 feet) deep and 128 metres (427 feet) long.

Part Number of East and West Mixed Borders

Each page provides details and photos of every plant used in that part

Unu-sual Col-our

Number of either invisible or missing identity when in Flower

Each page may also detail a
Design Concept

Perm-anent Herb-ace-ous Pere-nnial

Other Perm-anent Plants

Bed-ding

49 mis-sing out of 176

19 mis-sing out of 73

34 mis-sing out of 99

East 1

Formal style required in moving people from Entrance to outlying areas

East 2

1

Position plants with tiny flowers close to the lawn or path

Provide plant support structures

East 3

3

Make plant labels visible to aid plant sales and

No plant labels on Pansy / Viola Display

East 4

5

Create History of each garden bed, so that planting errors can be corrected

East 5

4

1

1

Use a system to select your plants from their flower colour

East 6

2

1

1

Use the colours of the buds, flowers and seedheads with different foliage colours in Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn of each heather for your groundcover and background

East 7

5

1

Use

• number of flower petals,
• Flower Shape and
• Flower Natural Arrangement

to choose from

• 25 Bedding Plants and 74 Bedding Plants from the Mixed Borders in the RHS garden at Wisley,
• 94 Evergreen Perennials and
• 91 Herbaceous Perennials

East 8

6

Use turf protected paths instead of slabbed paths for small gardens

East 9

2

Make your flowers all the same colour like White to harmonise as your flower colour in the simplest flower colour scheme

East 10

1

Bulbs can provide flowers from January through to May in the bare ground round the permanent shrubs and perennials

East 11

1

Replace bedding and perennials with wildflower lawn edged with normal lawn to reduce gardening time to 1 hour a week

East 12

1

With limited garden space, put a wildflower lawn on the roof of your shed / garage / leanto or concreted area on ground to provide flowers

East 13

1

1

Create fun version of Snakes and Ladders game using clock flowers

East 14

2

1

Further reasons to create garden bed Histories

East 15

1

1

Create track and use the Square Foot Gardening system for:-

• wheelchair-bound disabled to use for radio-controlled models on the ground-level of the garden
• wheelchair-bound children/adults to maintain and replant the raised beds, whilst sitting with their knees under each raised bed
• school pupils to learn to grow plants
• wheelchair supported children/adults recovering in hospital, rest or care home to go outside, view them and/or maintain those beds themselves
• transport the raised bed into the patient's room, so that the patient can admire close-up what they normally see outside from their bed; and then for them to maintain or simply view for a while before that raised bed is returned outside that same day
• infirm children, adults or pensioners to maintain and replant the raised beds, when they do not need to kneel down, bend their knees or reach above their shoulders

East 16

1

2

Climber not seen due to plants in front growing higher than it.

East 17

3

2

Create game using Slider Signs that alternate turning left or turning right at each Path Row Junction for you to pick your fruit, flowers, grasses or vegetables.

East 18

2

1

Turf protection from wear by people walking or standing on it

East 19

2

Balance Income with Expenditure in Garden

East 20

2

2

Safety - If a visitor reports a safety concern, then do not ignore it

East 21

3

2

East 22

2

1

1

East 23

1

1

1

East 24

2

East 25

1

3

Hide unwanted views of buildings or other areas of garden

East 26

1

2

East 27

1

1

East 28

2

East 29

3

1

East 30

1

2

East 31

3

2

East 32

4

East 33

3

1

Select tender plants and then provide Plant Protection from Frost

East 34

2

2

Control human movement through areas

Part Number

Unu-sual Col-our

Either invisible or missing identity when in Flower

Unlabelled Bedding plants

Plant Labelling - A suggestion for plant labelling to help visitors

Further Plant Label and Path Foundation Comments

WISLEY WISLEY Rose Classification System

Perm-anent Herb-ace-ous Pere-nnial

Other Perm-anent Plants

Bed-ding

West 35

3

West 36

4

West 37

1

3

West 38

3

1

West 39

5

West 40

5

West 41

3

West 42

2

West 43

2

1

West 44

1

1

West 45

1

1

West 46

2

1

Build soil fertility and structure with legumes and mulches

West 47

1

1

West 48

1

West 49

2

West 50

3

1

West 51

2

2

West 52

1

Split garden area into separate shapes

even when a public path goes through the garden

West 53

1

Use Companion planting with Green Manure to deter Pests / Diseases and

Another Climber not seen due to plants in front growing higher than it.

West 54

1

Use long-flowering Speciman Roses as a backdrop

West 55

West 56

West 57

2

2

West 58

2

2

West 59

2

1

West 60

1

1

West 61

2

West 62

2

West 63

2

Reduce time for garden maintenance by avoiding mixing plants together

West 64

2

1

West 65

1

2

West 66

4

West 67

3

1

West 68

2

2

West 69

1

2

West 70

1

West 71

1

Provide irrigation facilities to water plants and clean paths

Part Number

Unu-sual Col-our

Either invisible or missing identity when in Flower

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Perm-anent Herb-ace-ous Pere-nnial

Other Perm-anent Plants

Bed-ding