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Swathes of glorious
snowdrop varieties
stand out proud, with
low evergreens such as
ferns and ophiopogon to
keep up the show. Right,
snowdrops get the light
they need under bare
deciduous trees

Evergreens for structure
are very important here and
Margaret has planted 10
pittosporums especially for
winter interest. “I also use
photinias and a lot of topiarised
box. If it has got bobbles or
pompoms, I love it!”
This year, the box has suffered
from box caterpillar for the first
time so Margaret won’t be
buying any more. “I’ve just
acquired a cloud-pruned
Japanese holly, Ilex crenata,
and nothing seems to have
attacked that.”
The beds in the garden are
curved and there are two round Prey perennials, such as
ponds and a couple of water pink pulmonaria, up the
features created by Terry, plus colour content and show off
a large central island bed devoted the sparkling snowdrops to
to her best snowdrops and hardy their very best
ferns. “I was brought up to
believe you mustn’t have a
straight path, so it’s curvy, curvy,
curvy here!” Margaret explains.
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