03-02-2012, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Sacha[_4_]
On 2012-02-02 17:29:47 +0000, CheshireCouple
said:
kay;949154 Wrote:
Ah, I see! You basically have a garden with a pleasant sitting out area,
and what looks like a warehouse down one side ;-)
I think what you need to do is break up the expanse a bit. A couple of
feet of trellis wouldn't come right to the ridge of the roof, but you
could grow clematis up it, some of the tendrils will wave above trellis
height, and in summer flowers will most definitely attract your eye
towards your garden and away from the roof.
You've already got a couple of shrubs breaking up the line. I think
you'd get away with not bothering with the trellis and having a couple
more verticals. Think of something that's either slender/columnar or not
too heavy. Rather than aim for the roof to become invisible, aim for it
to become unimportant background.
Ideas include a columnar flowering cherry like Amanagawa or pyramids of
sweet peas (or even runner beans or, say, purple podded french beans).
If you used an attractively shaped support rather than simple cane
pyramids, it would still function as a distractor during the winter
months.
A hamamelis (witch hazel) would look good in winter, with yellow flowers
on bare stems - and remember that with some choices of plant the roof is
a positive bonus, in giving a dark background to show up the flowers
better.
If you go too heavily on the screening, the garden will feel closed-in.
Very good sketch, by the way. I'm impressed!
Ha Ha I loved your comment about the warehouse, my thought too,
basically its an extension our new neighbours recently built as a
welcoming present! But thats another long story!
You have given me lots of ideas and I will look up the plants on the
internet to find out more. I agree about heavy screening making the
garden feeling even more closed in. I would like some sort of shaped
structure, something a bit out of the ordinary, that I could grow plants
up. I love the Amanagawa, have had a look at that on the internet, I
could place that to shield out one of the windows and it would
definitely draw the eye away from the (warehouse lol) roof.
I have already bought two climbers, a Solanum Jasminoides Album and a
Passiflora Caerulea, what do you think of them?
As for the sketch, unfortunately its not my handy work, I cheated and
used some software that converts photos!
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For some reason, I haven't seen the sketch. But I do agree with the no
leylandii remark. I can't think of anything more disastrous for all
concerned, especially in a restricted space. By the sound of it, I'd
suggest a fair amount of evergreens in your mix.
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Sacha
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I think evergreen is good, fortunately I do have an established red robin bush, which I normally keep pruned, am going to let it grow in height and width this year. I have attached the sketch again for you to see.
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