Garden type
Mediterranean Garden
Mediterranean gardens chase sun, sharp drainage, and aromatic foliage that thrives when summers are dry and winters are not endlessly wet. The look fails when plants sit in rich, soggy soil or when thirsty border perennials are asked to play drought roles.
Lead with lavender, sage, and other heat-honest plants; use gravel mulches and open spacing so air and water move. Winter wet is often the real killer, not summer heat.
What matters most for Mediterranean Garden
- Drainage first — raise beds or amend so roots never sit cold and wet.
- Group plants by summer water need; mixed thirst makes irrigation impossible.
- Keep forms open; overcrowding invites mildew on aromatic foliage.
- Accept silver-grey palettes and scent as design tools, not extras.
- Protect tender types from hard frost even when summers feel Mediterranean.
Starter kit for Mediterranean Garden
- Classic lavender mound — Hidcote Lavender: compact structure and scent for dry sun.
- Deeper purple accent — Lavance Deep Purple Lavender: colour depth in the same dry vocabulary.
- Aromatic shrub layer — Fragrant Sage: heat-loving foliage for gravel and slopes.
Browse the grid for sun and height, then open profiles before you mix moisture-lovers into a dry Mediterranean scheme. Where companion partners are listed, use them to keep fragrance and softer pest pressure in the same sunny bed.