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Old 05-10-2004, 05:15 PM
Kay
 
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1. Will soften the look of the shed.
2. Will provide year round colour/interest.
3. Will be fragrant?
4. Will attract insects/wildlife.
5. Will be colourful (I like colour!!)

Honeysuckle will do 1, 3 and 4. If you put in 2, you could have an early
flowerer and a late flowerer. I'd suggest visiting the nursery/garden
centre in spring and choosing one that is in flower then, which you
like, and which has words like 'robust' and 'free flowering' on its
label. then visit again in September and do the same.

Honeysuckles can give quite a show of berries, but for winter interest
winter jasmine is good - lots of yellow flowers, and green foliage all
year. Don't know how it'd mix with honeysuckle - might look a bit
untidy.

Roses mix well with honeysuckle - try Rosa rugosa - crinkled leaves,
single flowers in white or pink, and, the main purpose, big red hips
that are around all winter. Or Rosa moyesii - taller. more delicate,
elongated but equally large hips. R moyesii 'geranium' has particularly
bright red flowers.

Don't be tempted to go for something too vigorous or you'll spend
forever cutting it back and trying to keep it within bounds. Instead,
grow some annuals for display in the first year or two - sweet peas or
runner beans, for example, or nasturtiums.

Later, if you find you enjoy gardening, you can always grub things out
and replace them with things that take a little more care and attention,
but the things I've suggested should be reasonably robust and not too
expensive.
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Kay
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