
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)