The traditional shrubbery is as quintessentially British as tea and crumpets, wet summers, tabloids filled with royal gossip and cucumber sandwiches with the crusts cut off.
In 19th-century English literature – and garden design – the shrubbery was where all the action happened.
These miniature woodlands bridged the aesthetic divide between the manicured borders and neat lawns around a house, and the pastures and forests beyond.
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/home-property/85083397/Gardening-guru-Linda-Hallinan-on-NZs-most-lovable-shrubs
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