herbaceous border
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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's "long herbaceous border" is another stand-out plant during the season, said Mr Lane.
From BBC • Jul. 3, 2012
The garden, likewise, doesn't just mean a herbaceous border or fruitful orchard.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2010
If William and Blessington were both agreed about it, it had clearly better not be done, any more than it was wise to walk about among the flowers of the big, herbaceous border.
From Across the Stream by Benson, Edward Frederic
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