Top garden designer and broadcaster Michael McCoy tells us the key tips on naturalistic planting. It's super low maintenance and looks good for months at a time, including in winter, so find out how to adapt this trend for your own garden. Plus how to use ornamental grasses in your border.
00:00 Welcome
00:07 What is naturalistic planting design
00:19 Garden designer Michael McCoy https://thegardenist.com.au/
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01:09 The naturalistic garden context and overview
01:57 How to achieve naturalistic garden planting in your own garden
02:08 Think about contrasting three fundamental plant shapes
03:09 You only need three types of plant in flower at any one time
03:31 How naturalistic planting is different from a herbaceous border
04:04 Colchicums in bloom in Michael's own garden
04:10 How densely to plant in naturalistic planting
04:45 Why deciduous grasses work better than evergreen ones
07:25 How to place ornamental grasses with other plants in a border
09:34 What percentage of a naturalistic border should be planted with grasses?
10.30 Tips on doing naturalistic planting in smaller spaces
12:19 Only use plants that look good before flowering, during flowering and afterwards!
13:33 Naturalistic planting design is very low maintenance
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