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Planting ideas at boundary fence?
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Hi,
I'm looking for suggestions as to what I can plant this year which will give a little bit of privacy (maybe 4-5m high) and can be planted in a medium size gap between a large azalea and a twisted willow.
I am thinking of a buddleja of some kind as I love them and on the other side of the azalea is my white bouquet buddleja which came back to life last year.
Any advice/suggestions would be great.
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- Posted: Sun. 5th February 2012 19:46
- Last reply: Tue. 7th February 2012 10:13
Wind Break
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For the last two years the taller perennials in my front garden have ended up flattened or with a permanent list to the side due to the unusually high winds. This is in my front garden which faces south with the wind from the west. The house is in a row of cottages at the top of a hill. I have a four foot stone wall on two sides. There is an empty floor bed directly in front of the wall then a small path and a larger floor bed. I was wondering how I could protect my plants from the wind. Should I plant a hedge beside the wall. I am planning to plant small box hedges around the outside of the beds but don't know if they would be too small to help. Or should I just give up and move my taller plants round to the back garden?
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- Posted: Sun. 29th January 2012 16:11
- Last reply: Mon. 30th January 2012 22:58
Need help with shade planting under trees, please.
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I would really appreciate some help selecting shrubs/perennials/ferns for a north facing walled corner bed. The bed is approx 2.5m x 11m and has several trees in it, silver birch, flowering cherry, tulip tree?, flowering plum, and an ash! The bed has been raised and the original soil level with it (I propose to put collars and gravel around the tree trunks) I would like to use evergreens as much as possible but am not sure what to use for structure/height/shape, any ideas?
p.s my colour pallet is white/pink/blues/purples etc
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- Posted: Sun. 22nd January 2012 14:58
- Last reply: Mon. 23rd January 2012 09:19
Ground cover
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Has anyone a suggestion for low growing,ground cover to plant on a south facing bank to stabilise the soil?
This is a recently created bank in a 'blank canvas' garden.
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- Posted: Tue. 1st November 2011 18:29
- Last reply: Thu. 12th January 2012 09:47
Planting to offset multi stemmed birch bark cherry
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Hi All
I'm new to gardening, but invested in a beautiful multi-stemmed birch bark cherry (Prunus serrula 'Tibetica') to to stand in the centre of a 2m deep border, which is backed by a hawthorne hedge.
I'm now looking for ideas for shrubs and flowers to plant around it to really empasise the beautiful bark. (And to also suppress the weeds - soil here is full of nettle seeds :(
All ideas greatfully recieved!
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- Posted: Fri. 7th October 2011 15:47
- Last reply: Thu. 20th October 2011 10:21
Keep off my new plants!
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I have a new garden to design which is very exciting but I dont know where to start. How do I stop the cattle and sheep in the field nextdoor destroying everything I plant. At the moment there is a simple stock fence to keep them out but that wont stop them munching! An open exposed N. Yorkshire garden with lots of wind whistling down the valley. Any ideas?
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- Posted: Thu. 1st September 2011 09:59
- Last reply: Thu. 1st September 2011 18:35
evergreen shade for pond
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I have removed a photinia as it was getting out of control and difficult to prune. It provided shade for a small pond. Any ideas for an evergreen that will be max height 5 feet preferably fairly fast growing to shade the pond. The soil is neutral to acid, I have yellow iris growing close by.
thanks
Thanks for suggestions
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- Posted: Tue. 2nd August 2011 14:35
- Last reply: Wed. 3rd August 2011 20:13
low cost patio
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Hello
I am extending the patio in my back garden and would love some advice on low cost materials for both the surface and edging pf the extended patio where it meets the lawn, which is about 1 foot above the level of the patio. It is a small area of about 1.5 metres by 5 metres. Pebbles of some sort seem an obvious solutions for the surface but what sort? and is there a downside to pebbles? Where should I look to find nice stone for the edging rather than the manufactured products in e.g. B&Q etc.
All help much appreciated!
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- Posted: Sun. 22nd May 2011 11:29
- Last reply: Wed. 25th May 2011 20:05
Something with structure for containers
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Hi all. I have three large-ish (20"x20"?) terracotta pots I've placed strategically along the edge of a wall. They'll get a lot of sun - probably 80% of the day when it shines. I'd like to plant each of them with something that would provide a bit of formal structure and I'm looking for ideas. The obvious thing would be clipped box or yew, and I've thought of photinia or pieris, but decided against them; I'd like to be less obvious. I've currently planted them with lavendar which isn't providing quite enough height or structure. any ideas or suggestions? PS: I'm always keen to try things that aren't supposed work, if they'll look really good!
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- Posted: Sun. 22nd May 2011 07:04
- Last reply: Sun. 29th May 2011 17:55
Need wind hardy plant ideas
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Hi folks,
My latest guerilla garden is now fully landscaped and ready for planting. We had an idea for a Japanese themed garden, to work in the huge Pampas grass already in one corner, however the Acer and other oriental fern have been battered within an inch of their lives by the wind.
We have moved them and are now looking at other options.
Any suggestions are welcome - we will either plant directly into the ground (Before covering with weed matting and then sand) or use containers.
Thanks guys!
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- Posted: Sun. 15th May 2011 22:43
- Last reply: Mon. 16th May 2011 20:20
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