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Homes & Gardens
Helen Cross

7 Wildly Romantic Plants to Effortlessly Recreate a Wuthering Heights-Inspired Backyard

Rich dark purple lupins, orange geums and peonies in a lush, wild-look garden scheme.

If like me, you have been captivated by the deliciously bold and modern adaption of Emily’s Bronte’s 1847 gothic masterpiece Wuthering Heights, you may have noticed that the flora and fauna in the movie was much more than backdrop.

From the moody yet romantic natural beauty of the Yorkshire Moors to the surreal manicured gardens of Thrushcross Grange Cottage, you might be thinking how can I inject just little bit of this cinematic magic into my own back yard? The good news is you don’t have to have acres of moorland or a grand historic estate to evoke the windswept, haunting beauty of the moors in Wuthering Heights. You need plants, which provide drama, subtle color, and a sense of wildness.

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