In terms of landscape design, it is usually desirable to have some variation in form of the plants and hardscape included in beds and borders. If the planting is dominated by upright or vertical forms, you will need to install a few plants or features with a rounded orientation.

The following plants have a smoothly rounded, bushy habit of growth and are dense, in general, with foliage from top to bottom.

Artemisia species - Wormwood
Aruncus species - Goatsbeard
Baptisia species - False Indigo
Leucanthemum x superbum - Shasta Daisy
Coreopsis verticillata
Dicentra species - Bleeding Heart
Dictamnus species - Gas Plant
Euphorbia species - Spurge
Festuca - Blue Fescue
Gaillardia species - Blanket Flower
Geranium species - Cranesbill
Gypsophila species - Baby's Breath
Helenium species - Sneezeweed
Heliopsis species - False Sunflower
Hemerocallis species - Daylily
Hosta species - Plantain Lily
Paeonia species - Peony
Sedum spectabile
Tanacetum parthenium - Feverfew
Thermopsis species - False Lupine
Grasses:
Deschampsia - Tufted Hair Grass
Helictotrichon - Blue Oat Grass

 

 
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