What size plants should I choose for my garden?

What size plants should I choose for my garden?

Tracy DiSabato-Aust (Garden Designer and Author) gives expert video advice on: How do I choose plants for my garden?; What size plants should I choose for my garden?; What season is best for planting? and more...

The size of the plants will often be dictated by the size of the garden. I urge people not to get stuck in a trap of “we've got a small garden so all the plants are very diminutive” and out of scale. You still need outlining structural plants that will create an overhead canopy, and that will create scale for the people that are in the garden. You need to keep in mind the ultimate size of your space. There are a lot of small growing trees now that give us the scale but are narrower in their width and can be used in smaller spaces.