The spacing of formal garden plants is vital to the success of all formal designs. Carefully spaced rows are often arranged in varying heights to promote the idea of order and symmetry. Rows also help support the idea of linearity which is used in many formal garden designs, such as the French and the Italian. Plants closest to the center tend to be taller, with the largest formal gardens sometimes even having trees growing around the center. As you move away from the center and plants get smaller, this creates an optical illusion of a garden that is much larger than it really is.
It also helps lend a sense of stability to the entire design, because with taller plants at the center, the focal point of greater height tends to function as a visual anchor point to the senses.
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