Creating A Bog Gardening For Spring Interest.
One of the most colourful area in a garden in early spring can be a bog garden.Easy to create from a dry garden area or an already boggy or wet area within your garden.
Similar to building a pond you need to excavate and area in your garden to different levels from ranging for 100mm to 500mm and then installing a barrier material such as plastic and back filling with the excavated soil.In the shallow areas you can puncture the plastic or liner to allow access water to drain away.
Bog gardens can support a range of different plants many producing early and late spring colour below is a list of suitable plants.
Primula japonica ‘Miller’s Crimson’
Iris ensata
Ligularia ‘Gregynog Gold’
Matteuccia struthiopteris AGM
Rodgersia pinnata ‘Superba’
Aruncus dioicus AGM: 2m x 1m (6½ft x 3¼ft)
Astilbe chinensis var. taquetii ‘Superba’ AGM: 1.2m x 50cm (4ft x 20in)
Caltha Palustris
Darmera peltata AGM: 1.5m x 1m (5ft x 3¼ft)
Euphorbia palustris AGM: 90cm x 1m (3ft x 3¼ft)
Eupatorium maculatum Atropurpureum Group AGM: 2m x 1m (6½ft x 3¼ft)
Geum rivale ‘Leonard’s Variety’: 45cm x 50cm (18in x 20in)
Gunnera magellanica: 15cm x 30cm (6in x 1ft)
Gunnera manicata AGM: 2.5m x 4m (8ft x 13ft)
Hosta: variable heights and spread
Iris ensata ‘Rose Queen’ AGM: 1m x 50cm (3¼ft x 20in)
Iris laevigata AGM: 70cm x 50cm (28in x 20in)
Iris pseudacorus AGM: 1.5m x 1.5m (5ft x 5ft)
Iris × robusta ‘Gerald Darby’ AGM: 1.2m x 50cm (4ft x 20in)
Iris sibirica ‘Silver Edge’ AGM: 1m x 50cm (3¼ft x 20in)
Ligularia dentata ‘Desdemona’ AGM: 1m x 1m (3¼ft x 3¼ft)
Ligularia ‘Gregynog Gold’ AGM: 1.8m x 1m (6ft x 3¼ft)
Ligularia ‘The Rocket’ AGM: 1.8m x 1m (6ft x 3¼ft)
Lobelia cardinalis AGM: 90cm x 50cm (3ft x 20in)
Myosotis scorpioides: 30cm x 50cm (1ft x 20in)
Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Firetail’: 1.2m x 1m (4ft x 3¼ft)
Primula florindae (Si) AGM: 1.2m x 1m (4ft x 3¼ft)
Primula japonica ‘Miller’s Crimson’ AGM: 50 x50cm (20in x 20in)
Rheum palmatum ‘Atrosanguineum’ AGM: 2.5m x 1.5m
Rodgersia aesculifolia AGM: 1.5m x1m (5ft x 3¼ft)
Rodgersia pinnata ‘Superba’ AGM: 1.5m x1m (5ft x 3¼ft)
Trollius × cultorum ‘Superbus’ AGM: 60cm x 50cm (2ft x 20in)
zantedeschia aethiopica ‘crowborough’
Primula denticulata
Primula bulleyana
Primula beesiana
Primula japonica
Grasses
Acorus gramineus ‘Variegatus’: 30cm x 50cm (1ft x 20in)
Carex elata ‘Aurea’ AGM: 70cm x 50cm (28in x 20in)
Juncus effusus f. spiralis: 50cm x 50cm (20in x 20in)
Spartina pectinata ‘Aureomarginata’: 1.5m x 1m (5ft x 3¼ft)
Ferns
Athyrium filix-femina AGM: 80cm x 1m (32in x 3¼ft)
Matteuccia struthiopteris AGM: 1.5m x 2.5m (5ft x 8ft)
Osmunda regalis AGM: 2.5m x 1m (8ft x 3¼ft)
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