living the DRY LIFE.

Planting of this type usually forms around a fundamental permanent matrix of visually modest plants that look good together, within which a whole lot of seasonal sparkle from bulbs and other ephemeral perennials can rise and fall with the seasons. Many of these plants flower at some time of the year, but are largely chosen for their foliage colour or texture, or for the outline of the plant, with flowering being incidental. But in the past few years, he has discovered the joy of perennials, and the disarmingly brilliant combination of perennials with crisply clipped domes and pencil-thin Italian cypress around his own home is taking this thinking to a whole new place. [Extracted from the article]