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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 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

It is Winsor and Newton, Queen Victoria and Beatrix Potter, the herbaceous border and the lost summers of childhood.

From The Guardian • Feb. 20, 2011

He's coming up to ask me about something he calls a herbaceous border.

From Helena by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

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