Glossary · B
Bedding out
Also called bedding, bedding plants, ribbon border, ribbon bedding
The Victorian practice of raising tender plants under glass and planting them out in early summer, massed in beds in blocks, ribbons or patterns of a few strong colours, then lifting them in autumn. A ribbon border is a long bed planted in parallel stripes.
See also: Carpet bedding
Rules that use the word
Bedding out. Raise tender plants in glasshouses through the winter and plant them out in early summer, massed in beds cut in the lawn or on a terrace, in blocks, ribbons or patterns of a few strong colours; lift them in autumn and replant for the next season.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters Gardens and Landscape.
A feature of Victorian garden architecture.
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