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Hardy Hardy, average winter (-10°C to -5°C) H1a H1b H1c H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7 Where it was planted 4 gardens ----------- - ![A wooden sleeper raised garden border contains a gravel path, a small wooden bench, colourful informal planting, and tall coordinate posts.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/2782a453-291d-42d7-938f-1121939c26df/conversions/PXL_20260911_152923669-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/reflection) Beautiful Borders ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-platinum-award/icon.webp) Platinum Award ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-best-beautiful-border/icon.webp) Best Beautiful Border 360° tour 360° tour available BBC Gardeners' World Autum Fair 2026 Reflection Edward Doherty - ![A beautiful border garden featuring a corrugated iron shelter covered in climbing plants, a gravel path with slate pavers, a rattan chair, and naturalistic planting with grasses, silvery foliage, and purple flowers.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/69a25538-360a-4d66-ab6b-0c0ec7c56744/conversions/PXL_20260617_162044361-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/stories-of-memory) Beautiful Borders ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-gold/icon.webp) Gold Award BBC Gardeners' World Live 2026 Stories of Memory Adrian Burrows, Lucy Morton - ![A naturalistic garden with a wooden bench and a botanical 'Skincare' banner, surrounded by ferns and colourful yellow, orange, and red flowers.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/496c6efa-04ba-4ff0-9359-f5c1eabc86bd/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/rhs-healers-hollow) Feature Garden 360° tour 360° tour available RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2025 RHS Healer's Hollow Jude Yeo, Emily Grayshaw - ![A vibrant dry border garden densely planted with pink, purple, blue, yellow, and orange flowers, featuring weathered timber posts and a pebble path.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/3fd01dde-5e40-4abc-89c1-bdef86831413/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/super-blooms-a-high-energy-dry-border-for-people-plants-and-pollinators) Beautiful Borders ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-gold/icon.webp) Gold Award BBC Gardeners' World Live 2025 Super Blooms! A high-energy dry border for people, plants and pollinators Rhoda Parry Show all 4 gardens Who uses it Designers & studios ------------------------- The people and studios credited on the gardens above, and how many gardens they used this plant in. ### Designers 6 - [ 1 garden AB #### Adrian Burrows Wet Your Plants Ltd ](https://gardensdb.com/people/adrian-burrows) - [ 1 garden ![Edward Doherty](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/people/edward-doherty/profile_photo.webp?v=63aa70e3-4d70-4540-a5ed-e4efbfc809b1) #### Edward Doherty edward.doherty.180 J Parkers ](https://gardensdb.com/people/edward-doherty) - [ 1 garden ![Emily Grayshaw](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/people/emily-grayshaw/profile_photo.webp) #### Emily Grayshaw emilydesignsgardens Inspired Earth Design ](https://gardensdb.com/people/emily-grayshaw) - [ 1 garden ![Jude Yeo](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/people/jude-yeo/profile_photo.webp) #### Jude Yeo gardendesignbyjude Inspired Earth Design ](https://gardensdb.com/people/jude-yeo) - [ 1 garden ![Lucy Morton](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/people/lucy-morton/profile_photo.webp?v=ca288a5a-d934-4b20-b0ab-f50440527a08) #### Lucy Morton wetyourplantsltd Wet Your Plants Ltd ](https://gardensdb.com/people/lucy-morton) - [ 1 garden ![Rhoda Parry](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/people/rhoda-parry/profile_photo.webp) #### Rhoda Parry coastalgardenclub ](https://gardensdb.com/people/rhoda-parry) Show all 6 designers ### Studio 1 - [ 1 garden ![Inspired Earth Design](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/studios/inspired-earth-design/logo.webp) #### Inspired Earth Design ](https://gardensdb.com/studios/inspired-earth-design) Good company Often planted with -------------------- Plants that share a plant list with Verbena bonariensis, ranked by how many gardens combine them. 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