"I do not aim for a showy display of unseasonal plants in flower but tend to concentrate on the effect of contrasting shapes, sizes, and designs of leaves. I hope that people will notice them, maybe for the first time. I not only use spectacular leaves like those of rheums, gunneras and hostas... but also others like santolina, blue rues, ballotas and salvias." Beth Chatto, The Green Tapestry, 1980
