Textured Plants Bring Special Appeal to a Garden

When you begin to landscape your garden you will want to b e particularly attentive not only to size, shape, and colour of plants that you select, but also the texture. Many plants will describe their texture in their given names, for example chenille or lamb’s ear. Both of those create visions of soft plants you will want to reach out and touch. However, others such as the zombie palm, which has lengthy spines, or the fir clubmoss, which has tassels similar to a victorian lamp, do nothing to create accurate imagery.

That is why I implore you to explore the plant world for yourself. By doing so, you will become familiar with curiosities like the ant fern, which has leaves that appear to have ants crawling in a line beneath the skin. Or just encounter lovely additions like red head fountain grass which will visually soften a garden area with its soft halo like awns. Without such, interest may be lacking in your design, and that would simply be sad, as texture outside is as important for appeal outside as it is inside. Keep that in mind, and remember to ask gardeners and experts about their favourite textured plants.