In the mid-nineteenth century, British natural garden horticulturists believed that beauty was a sensory experience and advocated the use of vibrant plants to express a natural style that was expansive, vivid and real, resulting in a garden style that is still widely used today - the flower border.

Flower borders simulate the intertwining growth of wild flowers found in nature at the edge of a forest. Using perennial flowers, flowering shrubs, and other ornamental plants, they are artistically designed to create naturalistic flower belts of varying shapes and sizes, depicting the natural dispersal of plants. These scientific and artistic flower borders create a botanical landscape that "despite being man-made, appears to have been created by nature," "derived from nature, yet transcends nature."

Flower borders have become a common garden landscape in areas such as on both sides of roads, on the edges of grasslands, and by lakes. They usually use perennial flowers to create strip-shaped flower arrangements that simulate natural conditions, with trees, hedges, low walls, or buildings as the background.

When creating a flower mirror, you need to consider whether the plants can adapt to the local environment, whether it is troublesome to take care of them later, and whether the plants need to be replaced every year.

In China, the main methods of creating flower mirrors are woody plants, perennials, bulbous plants, or plants with excellent self-seeding ability. This can save manpower, material resources, and financial resources. After all, gardening is for self-pleasure, not self-torture.

The 10 flower border plants recommended this time are all popular plants widely used in courtyards, flower mirrors, and potted plants!

01 Eryngium flat-leaved

Eryngium flatleaf belongs to the Apiaceae family, Eryngium genus. It has excellent heat resistance and is native to Xinjiang. Because its flowers have extremely high ornamental value, it is widely cultivated.

If the floral art world held an awards ceremony, the Best Supporting Actor award would undoubtedly go to Eryngium. Its rich colors—blue, purple, and green—and unique shapes make it stand out among the main flowers, adding a touch of wildness to an otherwise plain bouquet and making it an indispensable addition.

Its blue-purple color with its metallic luster, if removed from the bouquet and allowed to perform a "solo", would reflect a completely different cool tone and exude an extraordinary elegance.

Holding a bunch of eryngium in your hand, you will immediately feel the Nordic style

Two or three minutes of independence, the feeling of a "domineering president"

Well, you can also make it into a flower ball

The leaves of Eryngium flatulum are not very attractive, but the flowers are very beautiful and worth planting.

02Chocolate Ajuga

Chocolate Ajuga is a very popular colorful plant in recent years. It is shade-tolerant, strong-growing, and a perennial ground cover plant!

The leaves are slender and appear black in the cool winter and spring, and black-purple in the summer, hence the name chocolate chip.

When it blooms, the flowers are very abundant, forming a sea of flowers. It is currently the best performing aconite in all aspects, and its excellent flowering performance makes it very suitable for potted planting.

The color of the chocolate chips changes with the season.

03Honey thistle

The agave thistle has lush plants and elegant flowers. It is a very good garden plant in the garden with its beautiful appearance and simple maintenance!

The flowers have a unique shape, beautiful petals, and are petite and delicate, giving people a dreamy feeling, like a woman with extraordinary temperament walking out of a fairyland.

The colors are rich and colorful, and it is easy to open into a big flower ball!

04Double -petaled Lychnophora

The double-petaled sedge blooms in a delicate and gorgeous manner, elegant and beautiful.

The double-petaled campion blooms in June and July every summer. The flowers are particularly beautiful. If you plant a patch of them, the flowering period will be super spectacular!

It also has a beautiful flower language, meaning "gentle and kind" and "soft". Whether planted in the ground or in a pot, its bright and elegant flowers are particularly pleasing.

05Pink Dandelion

Pink dandelion, also known as thousand-flowered dandelion, is a new horticultural variety of large-flowered dandelion. It has a large number of flowers when it blooms, a very long flowering period, is heat-resistant and easy to grow, and is a variety that is very worth planting!

Pink dandelions are hardy and easy to grow. The seedlings grow very fast and can bloom in about a month!

In foreign countries, this Thousand-flowered Dandelion is widely used in gardens, lawns, and high-end flower beds because of its long flowering period and beautiful appearance in groups. Its plant is not tall, but its flowering period is very long, from spring to late autumn and early winter.

After flowering, it produces slender seeds that are self-sowing, allowing you to plant them in a flowerbed year after year for a vibrant display. In spring, they sprout and bloom on their own. For home cultivation, you can harvest the seeds and replant them the following spring. This is an excellent gardening variety.

06 Morning Mist Grass

Morning mist grass, a perennial herb of the genus Artemisia in the Asteraceae family, is native to Nepal, Tibet and other regions. It grows naturally in high mountains or between rocks and feels very soft and comfortable.

The stems and leaves of Asagao are slender, soft and natural, like feathers scattered in the morning light. Just like its name Asagao, it gives people a unique sense of beauty. It looks great whether it is used in a pot or in a flower mirror.

07 Small Black Maple Oxalis

Oxalis nigra is a foliage-viewing wood sorrel with colorful branches and leaves. The color of the leaves changes with the light and temperature, and the colors are different in each season.

The heart-shaped leaves are particularly special, which reminds people of the maple leaves in autumn. The perennial plant has heart-shaped leaves that are particularly special, which reminds people of the maple leaves in autumn.

08 Golden Road Yellow

Golden Passage Bloom is a low, creeping plant with a strong spreading ability. It can quickly cover the garden and fill the gaps in the garden!

Softening the edges of the garden or filling in the gaps between stepping stones has a better effect!

Passepartout grows fast and spreads strongly, and can cover every corner of the garden well. It likes light and can tolerate partial shade, is also resistant to water and humidity, and can withstand temperatures as low as -15℃ in winter!

09 Black Seed Grass

Black cumin is native to the Mediterranean and western Asia, and is mostly grown in North American gardens. It was introduced primarily as an ornamental cut flower, with its profuse blooms, often filling a large pot!

10 flower tobacco

Tobacco is native to tropical America. It is widely cultivated because of its beauty and fragrance, and because it often blooms in the evening or on cloudy days. Its flowers are trumpet-shaped.

Nicotiana is very lush when it blooms, and there are many varieties. It is a good choice for decorating flower beds or courtyards.