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herbaceous border

British  

noun

  1. a flower bed that primarily contains nonwoody perennials rather than annuals

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

There is a very fair specimen in Kew Gardens, between the pond and the "herbaceous border."

From A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by T. R. Swinburne

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