An Introduction To Victorian Floral Gardens
An Introduction To Victorian Floral Gardens. Victorian gardens are the perfect way to show off. The Victorians loved to put a range of brightly coloured summer bedding on display and utilise dramatic structures such as glasshouses to demonstrate that they had the best garden around. Tom Cole shows us a perfect example.
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When using plants for a bright and vibrant Victorian garden, your should be focusing on bedding plants. These can be annuals biannuals, or perennials.
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Victorian planting uses mixtures of bright garish colours. The idea is to provide two seasons of colour, the summer bedding being ripped out in autumn, ready to be replaced with the spring bedding. This provides a range of colours all year round.
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You should use a range of plants in your bedding. "Groundwork" forms the bulk of the colour (with the like of tagetes), and "Dot Plants" such as coleus break up the monotony of the groundwork.
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Bedding needn't be confined to the borders of the garden, victorians used a lot of space in the middle with the likes of circular beds gapped by gravel paths. Circular beds can be a great way to display the likes of amaranthus and the ornamental grass eragrostis.
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The Victorian style garden is all about show, so impressive structures like an ornamental glasshouse are a great touch. This is purely for effect, showing off plants such as celosia, black eyed susan and coleus
