Soil<\/strong> Fertile and free-draining, with chunks of tufa (limestone).<\/p>\n

Climate<\/strong> Short, hot and dry summers, with temperatures rising to 42\u00baC and long, cold winters with temperatures dropping to -7\u00baC.<\/p>\n

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On either side of the lawn on the main garden front are shrubberies, lent structure by clipped box shapes, offset by the intense blue of Salvia<\/em> x sylvestris<\/em> \u2018Mainacht\u2019, foxglove spires and the acid-green of Euphorbia characias<\/em> subsp. wulfenii.<\/p>\n
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The scarlet Rosa<\/em> \u2018Scharlachglut\u2019 is the rose that perhaps lends most definition to the garden, cropping up as a link plant across the piece. Here, it adds excitement to the swimming pool area, with roses Rosa<\/em> \u2018Rambling Rector\u2019 on the banks, and Rosa Iceberg<\/em> (= \u2018Korbin\u2019) on the pergola next to the house. Later on in the season, green mounds of Hydrangea paniculata<\/em> take centre stage, alongside the rugosa rose Rosa<\/em> \u2018Blanche Double de Coubert\u2019 with asters and Pennisetum<\/em> grasses coming\ninto play by late summer.<\/p>\n
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A little farther from the house, the planting becomes even more unburdened in tone \u2013 groups of Allium hollandicum<\/em> \u2018Purple Sensation\u2019 with nepeta and the spiky foliage of Cynara cardunculus<\/em>, set against a backdrop of Rosa moyesii<\/em> and white Philadelphus coronarius<\/em>.<\/p>\n
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A sculptural group of cypresses, set in the grassy meadow at the fringes of the garden, helps to anchor everything in place. In the foreground are the frothy Hesperis matronalis<\/em> var. albiflora<\/em>, white foxgloves, nepeta, Geranium<\/em> \u2018Brookside\u2019 and Nicotiana alata,<\/em> together with the box balls, which provide a sense of structural weight to the overall planting design.<\/p>\n
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Rosa \u2018Rambling Rector\u2019, here used as a link plant, is one of a number of classic cottage-garden plants deployed by this English designer for his clients, who were previously based in London.<\/p>\n
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The rose Rosa Munstead Wood<\/em> (= \u2018Ausbernard\u2019) makes a deep, rich pool of red amid clipped box and nepeta, gathered around a secluded terrace with seating.\nBeyond, white foxglove plumes and golden Stipa gigantea<\/em> light up shadier areas.<\/p>\n
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A mown path wends its way through the grassy slope above the swimming pool, with thickets including wild species roses such as Rosa rubiginosa<\/em> and \u2013 beyond \u2013 more Rosa<\/em> \u2018Rambling Rector\u2019.<\/p>\n
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A mown oval lawn creates a play area at this family garden set deep in the Italian countryside. Big-scale shrubberies seem to embrace the house, while beyond it the land rises up sharply towards an area of newly planted ornamental thickets.<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n
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