VISUAL ACCENTS

Opposite A wedding cake tree, Cornus controversa ‘Variegata’ among grasses, a dwarf pine and topiary balls and standards of the holly Ilex aquifolium ‘Angustifolia’ Above, clockwise from top left The small purple flowers of Verbena bonariensis; Miscanthus sinensis ‘Yakushima Dwarf’, an ornamental grass, forms silky seedheads; Cyclamen hederifolium carpets the ground beneath the trees. They flower from late summer well into autumn; Acer palmatum ‘Sango-kaku’, has orange-yellow leaves in spring that turn soft yellow