Create a gravel garden for drought tolerant gardening! Also known as a 'dry garden' or 'dry border', this is the answer to having a beautiful garden without needing to water it all the time. Tips from the head gardener at Beth Chatto Gardens, Asa Gregers-Warg.

Find out if your garden is right for a gravel garden, what plants you need and how to plant a dry garden. Planning a dry garden border is different from planning a herbaceous border - here's what you need to know.
To visit Beth Chatto Gardens or buy plants online see:https://www.bethchatto.co.uk/
00:00 Welcome
00:33 Beth Chatto and how she developed the dry garden
01:12 Asa Gregers-Warg, head gardener at Beth Chatto Gardeners
01:50 How to start a gravel garden or dry garden in our own gardens?
01:41 How to plant a gravel garden


Good dry garden plants include:
From 5.14
1. Stipa tenuissima (Pony tail grass)
2. Stipa gigantea
3. Lychnis coronaria (red campion)
4. Verbascum bombyciferum (Giant mullein)
5. Lavender
Also Agapanthus, alliums, Stachys byzantina, euphorbias and succulents. Some succulents, such as agave, will need to be over-wintered inside in Zones 9 and colder.

To learn more about planting a classic full herbaceous border, see    • How to make a flower border look amazing  

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