On 2009-11-09 20:20:57 +0000, beccabunga
said:


'Sacha[_4_ Wrote:
;868989']On 2009-11-07 13:41:04 +0000, mollie38
said:
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beccabunga;868748 Wrote:-
We took out five conifers in a bed, and had the stumps ground out.
Afterwards I dug over the whole bed [18 x 8 feet] with homemade
compost
and ericaceous compost - we wanted to grow some acid lovers. It was
allowed to settle over the winter before planting anything new, which
gave plenty of time to plan new plants.

You don't say what direction your fence faces. If you are planning
clematis, remember that they always grow and flower into the sun, so
no
good if your fence faces a northerly or westerly direction - your
neighbours will benefit!

Work out how the wind affect the plot and start planning windbreaks -
small hardy shrubs or small trellises to interrupt the flow.
Otherwise
your clematis will be blown off the fence.-

Hi

Right I have posted 2 pics on tinypic of the patio area these were
taken just after the stumps had been removed by the stump grinder.
We
have since had a new fence erected but havent been able to do much
this
week with the rain hopefully tomorrow will be a better day, hubby is
out
there at the moment removing most of the sandstone from the patio

here is the url for the pics
http://tinyurl.com/yzylhfb
http://tinyurl.com/ydz3jm8

Kind regards mary-

It looks as if what ever you plant in front of the fence is going to
take up most of that space with its root system alone. If you do
decide to plant shrubs and not have climbers going up the fence, I'd
probably go for mixed planting if I were you because that will be a
good way to get colour there, rather than just one slab. Then you can

underplant with snow drops, English bluebells, daffodils, crocus,
cyclamen.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

I think this is not to do with fritilllaries, but with 21 foot fences!

Yes, this was Mollie's first attempt at uploading photos and she knows
they landed a bit awkwardly. ;-)
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon