(subbykins{Chrd}) wrote in message ...
On 2 May 2003 16:31:24 -0700, (Steve North)
wrote:

My house is going up for sale in six weeks and to improve its
sellability I need to do a makeover of the totally neglected and bare
back garden. Needless to say it must be as low budget as possible. I
have tall brick walls to the rear and one side of the garden and the
garden is just turfed with no flowers, trees etc. So, I would be
grateful for any ideas for pretty, budget plants or flowers that will
look nice. They only have to last for this summer but will obviously
have to grow quick or be bought half grown for me to get it finished
in six weeks. I particularly would like to hide the brick walls, so
ideas for this would be good..

many thanks

Steve

Hi

It might be worth buying plants in tubs, so the investment you make
now won't be lost as you can take them with you. Perhaps you can
paint one or more of the walls, and find something attractive to mount
on them that again you can take away later, we've just bought a lovely
verdi gris plaque of the head of a greek god, the kind of thing that
you normally see as a fountain for only £20. How about some well
developed ivy which is cheap and can be wound through a trellis
mounted on the wall?

Don't underestimate though how many people will be grateful for a neat
but blank canvas that they can shape once they've bought your place.
Good luck.

I agree I got a fairly bznk garden myself recently and that was an advantage.

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