when we look for that freedom of planting and subtle touch of colour and texture we really need look no further than some of the planting schemes devised by nature herself .
On the beach on the fringes of Napier, New Zealand , we saw some of the most wonderful combinations and hues artlessly put together without any hand of man involved. It is for this artless and effortless beauty that we all strive.
Some of the flowers would open but fleetingly during the day in the sunshine giving a totally different scene if you happened upon them later in the day.