INTRODUCTION
Planting design for the twenty-first century
FOUR
Long-term plant performance
FIVE
Mingling currents in contemporary planting design
Metric and US equivalents – Further reading
Angelica gigas seedheads stand like spectres amongst a range of late flowering perennials in Piet and Anja Oudolf’s garden.
A green roof around a conference facility: Moorgate Crofts, Rotherham, Yorkshire, designed by Nigel Dunnett (2005). A variable 10–20 centimeter deep substrate supports a wide variety of plant life (around 50 species), selected to maximize the length of the flowering season. This is an example of a semi-intensive green roof, where visual appeal is important as well as functionality.
