You will need

✿ Barrel with drainage holes ✿ Terracotta crocks ✿ Multipurpose compost ✿ Plants (see below)

1 Euphorbia martini ‘Ascot Rainbow’ Compact cultivar with blue-green leaves edged in cream, turning pinkyred in autumn. H90cm (3ft) S75cm (30in) 2 Skimmia japonica ‘Pabella’ Glossy leaves and shiny berries that ripen to red. Needs a male plant nearby. Eventual H1m (3ft 3in) S1-1.5m (3-5ft) 3 Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’ Evergreen sedge whose narrow

leaves have a central yellow stripe. H30cm (12in) S35cm (14in) 4 Leucothoe scarletta ‘Zeblid’ Small evergreen shrub with leathery leaves. Turns bronze in autumn. H1.5m (5ft) S2m (6½ft) 5 Hedera helix ‘Glacier’ Easy-going evergreen, with cream-tinged leaves. H and S2m (6½ft) 6 Chrysanthemum ‘Dixter Orange’ Double orange blooms September to November. H75cm (30in) S60cm (2ft)

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