"Barb" wrote in message
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I have a patch of garden, 3m by 1.1m in front of my house. Following
ruthless pruning back of rampant lavendar last autumn, it's gone to
weeds
this summer.

I'd like to dig it all out, put in some new compost and plant a few
low-growing (1m or less) shrubs to fill it. The situation is
south-facing,
i.e. sunny, dry and fairly exposed, and I would like to get it
reasonably
maintenance-free.

I'm not a gardener, but have moved into a corner house with lots of
bushes,
shrubs and roses, which I'm quite getting "into" and enjoying. I need
to do
something with this patch, which has become a bit of an eyesore!
Flowers
and colour would be very nice, but basically I'm looking for something
I can
control!

My mum was great and would have told me exactly what to do with it,
but
unfortunately she has passed on to the Big Garden In The Sky ....!

What do you think? Any suggestions are welcome! Thanks ....

Barb

This is my favourite shrub
http://www.creativegardener.com/spireagf.html

A better view of it: http://tinyurl.com/ct5a2

Regards,
Emrys Davies.