"novocastria" wrote in message
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Thanks for replying! :-D

My "plot" is 150 feet ( not metres as I think I said earlier!) by 30ft
at the top near the house and 12 dow nthe bottom. The bottom of the
garden is very rough ground over grown by weeds but we have laid a lawn
now, it is a winding "river" of grass with potential flower beds on
either side and a compost area with a shed at the end of all that!
About 20 feet is over gorwn at the bottom of the garden! The clay soil
is VERY off putting but I can see the potential in the garden and I
have this inner need to plant trees! I would love a bit of a "woodland
glade" area. I also have a very small 4ft Acer palmatum that is in
desperate need of shady shelter from both the sun and the wind.... I
only hope my fern has weathered the sun this year!
I see from writing this that I need a lot of either large shrubs or
trees ( I am tempted to by quite mature trees to plant immediately,
what do you think!?) I have also thought abotu planting a few fruit
trees too.

The wind is very off putting for planting things, I have pots of things
waiting to go in and am terrifed that they get ruined by the wind! Do
you think bamboos mind very windy weather!?

Bamboos and pampas grass would look nice.
By the way I forgot to mention. Get yerself down to Clifford Cross auctions
in Wisbech on Wednesdays and Saturdays for bloody cheap shrubs and trees.
The trees come in lots of 5 usually but for you that is good. I go there for
all my stuff.You won't find cheaper anywhere. Just bring a big car and
trailer lol.