{"id":5089,"date":"2013-07-08T00:13:28","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T07:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5089"},"modified":"2013-07-05T00:36:47","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T07:36:47","slug":"plant-plants-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/plant-plants-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant Plants Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Massed planting, grouping and organised beds are just some ways of putting plants together to optimse impact.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3425\/3986968678_71b2ed3bc5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes a single plant looks a bit weak or out of place on it&#8217;s own but a group of one variety can vastly improve the overall image of your garden. This row of Lime trees is planted close together with a fairly narrow path in between but the effect is visually strong whatever the season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips to Use Plants Together<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> When planting shrubs it is often said that groups of odd numbers 3, 5, and 7 have positive effects. There is more harmony and they are easier on the eye that way.<\/li>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<li> Planting plants of several of one variety  links together different sections of the garden with the plants as the uniting theme.<\/li>\n<li> One Petunia in an Onion patch works because there is uniformity with all the Onions, highlighted by the one off floral interloper.<\/li>\n<li> A bed of roses is not a collective term for no reason. Several roses together increase the colour and power of the scent.<\/li>\n<li> Heathers are floral ground cover but are better when there is no gaps between plants.<\/li>\n<li> Summer bedding be they Begonias, Busy Lizzies or Geraniums look best in massed ranks.<\/li>\n<li>Pairs of plants, particularly Pears for pollination purposes are perfectly partnered.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2559\/3793143532_0068346994.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip <\/strong> A good big one beats a good small one but a lot of good big ones beats all the rest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massed planting, grouping and organised beds are just some ways of putting plants together to optimse impact. Sometimes a single plant looks a bit weak or out of place on it&#8217;s own but a group of one variety can vastly improve the overall image of your garden. This row of Lime trees is planted close together with a fairly narrow path in between but the effect is visually strong whatever the season. Tips to Use Plants Together When planting shrubs&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/plant-plants-together\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers","category-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5089\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}