Super Blooms! 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A high-energy dry border for people, plants and pollinators =========================================================================== Designed by Rhoda Parry At a glance Show BBC Gardeners' World Live Year 2025 Category Beautiful Borders Plant List Border Photo: GardensDB About this garden The story ----------- Drawing inspiration from the Superbloom events in the Americas, South Africa, Australia and the Mediterranean, this colourful dry border connects the visitor with an array of annuals and perennials from these regions. Some plants you'll recognise, some you won't. The setting is sand and gravel, reminiscent of the Sussex coastline where the designer lives, and the floral sand beds, where she is a WRAGS trainee. It shows visitors how easy and pocket friendly it is to create impactful flower and foliage combinations that are drought tolerant, drive pollinators crazy and bring interest throughout the year. Award Recognition ------------- - ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-gold/icon.webp) Gold Award BBC Gardeners World Live The people behind it Designer ---------- - [ ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/people/rhoda-parry/profile_photo.webp) Rhoda Parry Designer ](https://gardensdb.com/people/rhoda-parry) Photography Gallery --------- ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/3fd01dde-5e40-4abc-89c1-bdef86831413/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/0f060e0e-c38e-499d-9956-60528bd5ce7d/conversions/PXL_20250611_171319889-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/f0b8261a-cba0-4403-8fcf-5b1ab5be59f9/conversions/PXL_20250611_171304860-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/6b2c6880-7eb3-4c9c-b471-cacbe0e935df/conversions/PXL_20250611_171310171-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/0e9abd78-a855-4660-bcfc-89922db91d2d/conversions/PXL_20250611_171316125-gallery.webp) 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![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/4e263740-e312-4f9e-b77f-6cbaef3c4fbb/conversions/cistanthe-grandiflora-thumbnail.webp) Cistanthe grandiflora ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/59707682-f554-4476-9863-c7d9392e17cb/conversions/cistus-x-pulverulentus-sunset-thumbnail.webp) Cistus x pulverulentus 'Sunset' ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/8d14464a-e081-4113-98aa-f50769a0a1d2/conversions/cistus-purpureus-thumbnail.webp) Cistus × purpureus ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/c8e54708-548a-4a26-ab54-006ba5938f5f/conversions/cistus-rodiaei-jessabel-thumbnail.webp) Cistus × rodiaei 'Jessabel' ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/9e061f18-321a-4421-9eb8-b6dfa8791bed/conversions/craspedia-globosa-thumbnail.webp) Craspedia globosa ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/7e39482e-3f03-49eb-ae85-3e98df996549/conversions/delosperma-thumbnail.webp) Delosperma spp. ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/686a8a1d-a803-4870-9425-d20137133404/conversions/dianthus-carthusianorum-thumbnail.webp) Dianthus carthusianorum ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/22e149a8-3fce-4a19-afa7-76f0ed4bdbce/conversions/emilia-sonchifolia-var-javanica-irish-poet-thumbnail.webp) Emilia sonchifolia var. javanica 'Irish Poet' ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/e0b6571b-1450-4d91-93c9-044f8c731ee4/conversions/erigeron-glaucus-sea-breeze-thumbnail.webp) Erigeron glaucus 'Sea Breeze' ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/cd24ca0c-02b4-4eb8-aa32-e83ac611832c/conversions/eryngioum-agavifolium-thumbnail.webp) Eryngium agavifolium ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/127e5ce8-c18b-4e2c-9d6b-b691b732d0c6/conversions/eschscholzia-californica-orange-king-thumbnail.webp) Eschscholzia californica 'Orange King' ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/c7a9e7f5-184f-4cc9-9605-f6f439bb94ac/conversions/eschscholzia-californica-red-chief-thumbnail.webp) Eschscholzia californica 'Red Chief' ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/3e313ca5-638b-43d4-9e0c-3adb2628f051/conversions/euphorbia-mellifera-thumbnail.webp) Euphorbia mellifera ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/89c9664f-22c2-475b-851d-97c2cc5c2c1a/conversions/euphorbia-myrsinites-thumbnail.webp) Euphorbia myrsinites ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/85786392-200d-4be2-ac77-daf55ca3cc94/conversions/gazania-rigens-thumbnail.webp) Gazania rigens ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/55633b00-29a5-4025-bc07-09db30f35f16/conversions/gomphrena-puchella-fireworks-thumbnail.webp) Gomphrena pulchella 'Fireworks' ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/dba703b4-b3ae-42bf-b490-535b42dd90f2/conversions/helipeterum-manglessii-thumbnail.webp) Helipterum manglesii ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/a9cbd619-364a-4ac7-a0d9-202ad100ee9f/conversions/helipterum-manglesii-thumbnail.webp) Helipterum manglesii ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/edc7b8d1-ecbe-428a-983c-489efbf4e3bc/conversions/helipterum-roseum-thumbnail.webp) Helipterum roseum ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/04a1082e-097c-47f4-aa0b-6d5141da3b0c/conversions/ipomoea-purpurea-grandpa-otts-thumbnail.webp) Ipomoea purpurea 'Grandpa Otts' ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/39583440-4de4-427c-a796-90b19cbfcc7f/conversions/isotoma-axillaris-gemini-blue-thumbnail.webp) Isotoma axillaris 'Gemini Blue' ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/6880ee70-71a6-4140-9ec7-e7183ea1020d/conversions/knautia-macedonica-thumbnail.webp) Knautia macedonica ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/e79e64cf-3962-4331-ae78-171fc46f5e23/conversions/layia-platyglossa-thumbnail.webp) Layia platyglossa ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/57920faf-b0ef-4f56-be5d-8710821c57ad/conversions/linairia-maroccana-licilia-violet-thumbnail.webp) Linaria maroccana 'Licilia Violet' ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/309c281a-acdd-4af7-ac9b-e2e79bb5d8af/conversions/nemophelia-menziesii-thumbnail.webp) Nemophila menziesii ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/5d553ca4-6b76-4322-9bc3-dec2b18f3e41/conversions/nolana-paradoxa-thumbnail.webp) Nolana paradoxa ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/ac332e6f-930a-4f68-b54c-014400642b88/conversions/osteosperrmum-jucundum-blackthorn-seedling-thumbnail.webp) Osteospermum jucundum 'Blackthorn Seedling' ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/f53c05ed-0e26-487b-ab3b-c39619bd9f54/conversions/phlox-drummondii-grandiflora-coccinea-thumbnail.webp) Phlox drummondii 'Coccinea' ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/7d1e2ee8-864d-4cf3-9df4-37b344e32b71/conversions/pinus-mugo-thumbnail.webp) Pinus mugo ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/eff1d4d4-9295-4cb1-bad8-eb73519aeac9/conversions/pinus-schwerinii-weithorst-thumbnail.webp) Pinus strobus 'Weithorst' ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/27184a1f-0b6c-44b5-a750-945e2fdb8d51/conversions/salvia-rosmarinus-prostrata-thumbnail.webp) Salvia rosmarinus 'Prostrata' ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/104ae730-2db7-4071-b165-87e9faf98f2f/conversions/scaevola-aemula-thumbnail.webp) Scaevola aemula ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/a3568057-5d99-4f4f-9847-072cbbdbaa47/conversions/sisyrinchium-ek-balls-thumbnail.webp) Sisyrinchium striatum 'Ek Balls' ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/7fd5be41-9505-44c1-9878-43d5a9e3aefd/conversions/stipa-tenuissima-thumbnail.webp) Stipa tenuissima ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/cff0a5fc-d2dd-4ac9-abd2-3efb894b4f24/conversions/verbena-enchantment-purple-thumbnail.webp) Verbena bonariensis 'Enchantment Purple' ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/95f1d8dd-38de-4de2-8736-e2b8b30fddee/conversions/verbena-bonariensis-thumbnail.webp) Verbena bonariensis ![]() Buy this plant → Further reading Links ------- - [ ![](https://t0.gstatic.com/faviconV2?client=SOCIAL&type=FAVICON&fallback_opts=TYPE,SIZE,URL&size=64&url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DKxm1jEK2ZJ/?img_index=1) Plant List ](https://www.instagram.com/p/DKxm1jEK2ZJ/?img_index=1) ![](/images/leaf_icon.svg) Gardens**DB** The world's largest collection of show gardens online, kept free, kept 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