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.
\nSimilar 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.
\nBog gardens can support a range of different plants many producing early and late spring colour below is a list of suitable plants. <\/p>\n
Primula japonica \u2018Miller’s Crimson\u2019
\nIris ensata
\nLigularia \u2018Gregynog Gold\u2019
\nMatteuccia struthiopteris AGM
\nRodgersia pinnata \u2018Superba\u2019
\nAruncus dioicus AGM: 2m x 1m (6\u00bdft x 3\u00bcft)
\nAstilbe chinensis var. taquetii ‘Superba’ AGM: 1.2m x 50cm (4ft x 20in)
\nCaltha Palustris
\nDarmera peltata AGM: 1.5m x 1m (5ft x 3\u00bcft)
\nEuphorbia palustris AGM: 90cm x 1m (3ft x 3\u00bcft)
\nEupatorium maculatum Atropurpureum Group AGM: 2m x 1m (6\u00bdft x 3\u00bcft)
\nGeum rivale ‘Leonard’s Variety’: 45cm x 50cm (18in x 20in)
\nGunnera magellanica: 15cm x 30cm (6in x 1ft)
\nGunnera manicata AGM: 2.5m x 4m (8ft x 13ft)
\nHosta: variable heights and spread
\nIris ensata ‘Rose Queen’ AGM: 1m x 50cm (3\u00bcft x 20in)
\nIris laevigata AGM: 70cm x 50cm (28in x 20in)
\nIris pseudacorus AGM: 1.5m x 1.5m (5ft x 5ft)
\nIris \u00d7 robusta ‘Gerald Darby’ AGM: 1.2m x 50cm (4ft x 20in)
\nIris sibirica ‘Silver Edge’ AGM: 1m x 50cm (3\u00bcft x 20in)
\nLigularia dentata ‘Desdemona’ AGM: 1m x 1m (3\u00bcft x 3\u00bcft)
\nLigularia ‘Gregynog Gold’ AGM: 1.8m x 1m (6ft x 3\u00bcft)
\nLigularia ‘The Rocket’ AGM: 1.8m x 1m (6ft x 3\u00bcft)
\nLobelia cardinalis AGM: 90cm x 50cm (3ft x 20in)
\nMyosotis scorpioides: 30cm x 50cm (1ft x 20in)
\nPersicaria amplexicaulis ‘Firetail’: 1.2m x 1m (4ft x 3\u00bcft)
\nPrimula florindae (Si) AGM: 1.2m x 1m (4ft x 3\u00bcft)
\nPrimula japonica ‘Miller’s Crimson’ AGM: 50 x50cm (20in x 20in)
\nRheum palmatum ‘Atrosanguineum’ AGM: 2.5m x 1.5m
\nRodgersia aesculifolia AGM: 1.5m x1m (5ft x 3\u00bcft)
\nRodgersia pinnata ‘Superba’ AGM: 1.5m x1m (5ft x 3\u00bcft)
\nTrollius \u00d7 cultorum ‘Superbus’ AGM: 60cm x 50cm (2ft x 20in)
\nzantedeschia aethiopica ‘crowborough’
\nPrimula denticulata
\nPrimula bulleyana
\nPrimula beesiana
\nPrimula japonica<\/p>\n
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\nAcorus gramineus ‘Variegatus’: 30cm x 50cm (1ft x 20in)
\nCarex elata ‘Aurea’ AGM: 70cm x 50cm (28in x 20in)
\nJuncus effusus f. spiralis: 50cm x 50cm (20in x 20in)
\nSpartina pectinata ‘Aureomarginata’: 1.5m x 1m (5ft x 3\u00bcft)<\/p>\n
\nAthyrium filix-femina AGM: 80cm x 1m (32in x 3\u00bcft)
\nMatteuccia struthiopteris AGM: 1.5m x 2.5m (5ft x 8ft)
\nOsmunda regalis AGM: 2.5m x 1m (8ft x 3\u00bcft)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"