herbaceous border
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The students created a lawn, gravel and winter garden, a vegetable bed and a herbaceous border.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2022
The 1980s and 1990s were decades when books and glossy magazines trumpeted the English herbaceous border, color-coordinated, very photogenic and impossibly demanding.
From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2019
The north route, toward the royal tea tent and the herbaceous border?
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2013
The garden, likewise, doesn't just mean a herbaceous border or fruitful orchard.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2010
Sir Isaac surveyed the house thoughtfully for some moments from the turf edging of the great herbaceous border.
From The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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