Glossary · D
Drift
Also called drifts
In Gertrude Jekyll’s planting, a long, narrow group of one kind of plant laid lengthways along a border and overlapping its neighbours, so that colours blend and gaps left by plants that have finished flowering are small.
See also: Herbaceous border
Rules that use the word
The border planted by colour. Arrange a long border in a sequence of colours: at the ends, cool blues, whites, pale yellows and pinks with grey foliage; towards the middle, stronger yellows and oranges rising to the deepest reds at the centre; then back again. Plant in long, thin, overlapping drifts rather than blocks.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters The Anatomy of an Order, Gardens and Landscape.
A feature of Arts and Crafts garden architecture.
Nearby in the glossary
Double pile · Double-jamb doorway · Dougong · Doukou · Dromos · Drum · Duck · Eaves