Photos by Tom Deacon

The Black Garden concept is adaptable to any space, using these choice plants.

Structural plants

• ?Black Beauty? elderberry (Sambucus nigra)
• ?Black Lace? elderberry (S. n.)
• ?Diabolo? purple ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)
• ?Newport? purple plum (Prunus cerasifera)
• Purple giant filbert (Corylus maxima var. purpurea)
• Purple leaf sand cherry (Prunus cistena)
• ?Riversii? purple beech (Fagus sylvatica)
• ?Royal Cloak? Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii)
• ?Royal Purple? smokebush (Cotinus coggygria)

Perennials

• Black mondo grass (Ophiopogon planiscapus ?Nigrescens?)
• ?Britt-Marie Crawford? ligularia (Ligularia)
• ?Chameleon? spurge (Euphorbia dulcis)
• ?Firecracker? fringed loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata)
• ?Hillside Black Beauty? black bugbane (Actaea)
• ?Hocus Pocus? hardy geranium (Geranium)
• ?Obsidian? and ?Velvet Night? coral bells (Heuchera)
• ?Purple Emperor? sedum (Sedum)