You will also find many other design projects and ideas here. The bog area was created along the length of the garden, with a butyl liner to help retain the moisture and back filled with a mixture of soil and compost prior to planting. Ligularia dentata - grown for their large foliage and daisy like flower heads. Astilbe 'Sprite' - summer flowering perennials , grown for their flowers. Sprite' is shell pink coloured which make good dried flowers.
Astilbes come in a variety of colours to suit all borders.
Carex buchananii - evergreen thin copper coloured leaves, perennial sedge. Gunnera mannicata - grown for their very large foliage. Mature leaves can reach over 6ft in width. When the plant dies down in the autumn, the leaves should be left over the corm to give some frost protection. Also loves moist conditions.