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04-05-2003, 12:44 AM

In article ,
says...
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..

For a small section of the wall, buy a metal mirror about head height
and double the width of a door, screw it to the wall, mount some cheap
trellis over it and plant something that climbs quickly (too early for
nasturtiums?) Put a couple of bay standards to either side of in (in
planters so you can take them with you) and you now have afocal point
for the garden. Work out from there.

Warwick (wants a wall to do that on)