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Grow a Spectacular Garden in Pots
A tulip and wallflower spring wall
with ARTHUR PARKINSON — Horticulturist, writer and container gardening expert.
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Arthur shows you around his tulip and wallflower wall, teaching you how you can layer colours and heights to create a canopy effect of flowers.
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Tulip & Wallflower Wall
Arthur shows you around his tulip and wallflower wall, teaching you how you can layer colours and heights to create a canopy effect of flowers.
The wall is only 10 inches deep, and underneath the small layer of soil is broken stone and rock, providing brilliant drainage for tulips. The tulips have been planted in the classic bulb lasagne. Previously, we had the hyacinth 'Woodstock'. On top of all the bulbs, when they were planted in December, he planted 'Sunset Orange' wallflowers and 'Tiger-Eye Yellow' violas.
The mixture illustrates the canopy effect of having different heights of flowers.
Layering Colours
When planting flowers, it's important to think about the different heights and the layering effect. The wall is an example of how to lay colours like a sandwich cake. The gap between the stones is only 5 inches and is packed with soil.
Plant Directory
Tulips
- 'Ballerina'
- 'Black Parrot'
- 'Gold Dust'
- 'Sarah Raven'
Wallflowers
- 'Sunset Orange'
- 'Tiger Eye Yellow'
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Arthur Parkinson
Horticulturist, writer and container gardening expert.
Named one of the most influential young UK gardeners by Architectural Digest, Arthur Parkinson is a gardener, florist and author with a penchant for growing flamboyant blooms and raising chickens. After studying horticulture at the Royal Botanical Gardens of Kew, Arthur went to work for plantswoman Sarah Raven at her farm in East Sussex to pursue his passion for growing cut flowers. He later became head gardener for the potter Emma Bridgewater, which inspired his first book, The Pottery Gardener. Arthur also co-presents the popular gardening podcast 'Grow, cook, eat, arrange' with Sarah Raven and regularly appears on BBC's 'Gardeners' World'.
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