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Originally Posted by seanspotatobiz
Mum and I have never had a garden before but a couple of years ago the garage was torn down (before it collapsed) and I've built a deck and whitewashed the walls. I'm building some nice planters out of left-over deck boards and we've been walking around a couple of garden centres noting down plants that we're interested in and would like to have in our pots, planters and hanging baskets (hanging baskets will probably be a job for next year).
I'm wondering which of these plants will be incompatibile (requiring different types of soil etc). My mum doesn't have a lot of free-time so we can't have anything high maintenance (I'm away studying most of the year). If soil composition is an issue, I will be at home twice a year (summer and winter) and can make adjustments then - but again, I have no experience so we want the most beautiful arrangement we can have with minimal risk of destruction.
Cordylines are great for feature plants or in a tub on the patio, they need a sunny or partial shade position. It is advisable to gather up the leaves and tie together to protect during the winter months
Hardy bush fuschias are great perennial plants that will provide colour year on year. The non hardy trailing varieties are great for baskets etc,
Campanulas are great perennials for providing low ground cover whilst providing colour.
The
Here is the list of plants we made:
Lilium (red pixie)
Cordyline
Begonia
Pansy
Fuscia
Geranium
Campanula
Phoenix canariensis
Coleus
Thanks in advance for any insight you can offer.
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Cordylines are great for feature plants or in a tub on the patio, they need a sunny or partial shade position. It is advisable to gather up the leaves and tie together to protect during the winter months
Hardy bush fuschias are great perennial plants that will provide colour year on year. The non hardy trailing varieties are great for baskets etc,
Campanulas are great perennials for providing low ground cover whilst providing colour.
The Coleus or painted nettle plants are a delicate perennial but generally looked upon as an annual, great for providing colourful foliage.
Pansies come in winter flowering or spring flowering and are great for providing winter colour. Ideal for winter baskets
Phoenix palms are great in a sunny sheltered position as a feature plant or in a large patio pot.
Geraniums come in different forms, the summer bedding variety or the perennial variety and finally begonias come in different forms generally summer bedding, my personal favourite the non stop begonias, large headed flowers that if dead headed continue to flower all summer.
hope this helps
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