Hi,

I have a retaining wall in my yard about 1m high in front of it I'm going to
have a little garden bed. What I'm looking for is a groundcover creeper that
flowers that would grow over this little wall. the wall is made of
heathstone and slopes backwards (incase you needed to know. the garden bed
faces east and is in the sun for most of the day. any suggestions.

cheers
Luke

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I have a retaining wall in my yard about 1m high in front of it I'm going to
have a little garden bed. What I'm looking for is a groundcover creeper that
flowers that would grow over this little wall. the wall is made of
heathstone and slopes backwards (incase you needed to know. the garden bed
faces east and is in the sun for most of the day. any suggestions.

I'd be looking at small prostrate shrubs if I were you. Diggers Club have a
prostrate rosemary in their current catalogue. Nasturtiums or petunias would
work too.

If you plant a bed in front, how will you access the bed at the top later on?
The ease of maintenance should determine what you put in it.

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
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creature that is the *Usenet hydra*: you cut off one head, and *a stupider one*
grows back..." -- MJ, cam.misc

Hello Luke,

I have used the native violet extensively in my garden and it flowers all
year round. I walk over it to get to other plants and it recovers fully in a
day although heavy traffic would be different. This is in the Perth hills
where we have a bit of frost in winter and hot summers.

Michael in Stoneville

"Luke" wrote in message
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Hi,

I have a retaining wall in my yard about 1m high in front of it I'm going
to
have a little garden bed. What I'm looking for is a groundcover creeper
that
flowers that would grow over this little wall. the wall is made of
heathstone and slopes backwards (incase you needed to know. the garden bed
faces east and is in the sun for most of the day. any suggestions.

cheers
Luke

ok to get an idea of the layout my house was built below the road level, the
house faces east, in front of the house is a 900mm wide path in front of
that is the small garden bed about 500mm wide then the retaining wall which
is about 1 m high, then 10m wide of lawn and then the road!! hope that makes
sense, for the time being i have planted Petunias but soon enough they will
die back and i'll need something that at least provides greeness all year
round


"Chookie" wrote in message
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In article , "Luke"
wrote:

I have a retaining wall in my yard about 1m high in front of it I'm
going to
have a little garden bed. What I'm looking for is a groundcover creeper
that
flowers that would grow over this little wall. the wall is made of
heathstone and slopes backwards (incase you needed to know. the garden
bed
faces east and is in the sun for most of the day. any suggestions.

I'd be looking at small prostrate shrubs if I were you. Diggers Club have
a
prostrate rosemary in their current catalogue. Nasturtiums or petunias
would
work too.

If you plant a bed in front, how will you access the bed at the top later
on?
The ease of maintenance should determine what you put in it.

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)

"Jeez; if only those Ancient Greek storytellers had known about the
astonishing
creature that is the *Usenet hydra*: you cut off one head, and *a stupider
one*
grows back..." -- MJ, cam.misc

Why not try a plectranthrus, the white is a form of ground cover, but will
handle just a wee bit of frost also does not like to be out in the wind.
Looks pretty when in flower & can be grown in pots & hanging baskets.

Girlsie ^Å^
"Luke" wrote in message
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ok to get an idea of the layout my house was built below the road level,
the
house faces east, in front of the house is a 900mm wide path in front of
that is the small garden bed about 500mm wide then the retaining wall
which
is about 1 m high, then 10m wide of lawn and then the road!! hope that
makes
sense, for the time being i have planted Petunias but soon enough they
will
die back and i'll need something that at least provides greeness all year
round


"Chookie" wrote in message
...
In article , "Luke"
wrote:

I have a retaining wall in my yard about 1m high in front of it I'm
going to
have a little garden bed. What I'm looking for is a groundcover
creeper
that
flowers that would grow over this little wall. the wall is made of
heathstone and slopes backwards (incase you needed to know. the garden
bed
faces east and is in the sun for most of the day. any suggestions.

I'd be looking at small prostrate shrubs if I were you. Diggers Club
have
a
prostrate rosemary in their current catalogue. Nasturtiums or petunias
would
work too.

If you plant a bed in front, how will you access the bed at the top
later
on?
The ease of maintenance should determine what you put in it.

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)

"Jeez; if only those Ancient Greek storytellers had known about the
astonishing
creature that is the *Usenet hydra*: you cut off one head, and *a
stupider
one*
grows back..." -- MJ, cam.misc