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Mixed Border:
MOST PEOPLE call it the mixed border, although "versatile" might be a far better word because it suggests both colorful flowers and attractive foliage right through the year. Certainly the mixed border must rank as the most rewarding feature of the small to average-sized garden. The possibilities are enormous. Just consider growing sweet peas side by side with an elegant group of regal lilies, or having dramatic large-flowered delphiniums towering over old-fashioned pinks, all close beside the soft-colored bearded iris.If you have more space it is possible to create one of a wide range of borders, incorporating varying widths and curves, which will be far more interesting than a border of straight lines. One of the great advantages of a mixed or herbaceous bordei is that you can change it from year to year. And as you become more adventurous and knowledgeable, it will be possible for you to create bolder and ever more spectacular border displays.
Annuals are superb for bringing color into mixed borders. Either use them boldly spread in drifts, so that their color is not diluted, or mix them with other plants and perhaps plant them by scale rather than by color. There is a wide range of bulbous plants that can be grown in a mixed border, from the stately gladiolus to the perfumed lily. Make sure that you know the eventual height that the flower will reach before planting it.
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