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  • In ribbon-bedding, flowering or foliage plants are arranged in ribbon-like lines of harmoniously contrasting colors, commonly accompanying walks or drives, but also suitable for marking limits, or for the side borders.

    Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) 1906

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  • In horticulture, a system of bedding in which neat dwarf-growing foliage-plants alone are used in the form of mosaic, geometrical, or other designs. Donald Beaton used masses of red geraniums and created ribbon-bedding to edge stone stairs and paths. John Fleming created the Duchess of Sutherland’s monogram by clipping plants to resemble a Turkish carpet and the term carpet-bedding was coined.

    June 17, 2015