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New stock...
Amateur alert....
I'm hoping for some general advice about where/how to plant new stock. I moved into a new flat last year, with a garden that is shared with the flat upstairs. I live in the South of England. I'm a bit of an enthusiastic haphazardist when it comes to the garden! My garden is SoutWest facing, fenced all round, not very large (15M long?) and a bit damp (the lawn is all moss, and, I think, none the worse for that!). Mine is the bed on the left, which spends much of the day in the shadow of the fence, which is 4 or 5 feet high. The bed on the right is not mine, which is galling because it is truly sun-drenched! My bed does get sun, (as evidenced by the ENORMOUS Rosemary bush there) but not a vast amount. There is also a bed at the (South Western) foot of the garden, which is against a 5 foot tall wall, (no early morning or late afternoon sun.) Now, I went absolutely mad at a garden centre last week, and am now in possession of: a Ceanothus, a Lilac, two small Delphiniums, a small white Peony plant, a three foot tall Wisteria, fragrant Jasmine, an Iceberg rose, three Margaritas, two large (1'6" diameter) pots, a small Broom shrub, and a number of small plants I couldn't even identify but which are very, very pretty... ahem... Where should I put them all! (There's really not much space!) The bed on the left, as well as the Rosemary mentioned, already has a honeysuckle, a bed of gladioli, two rose bushes and a baby apple tree! The bed at the foot of the garden has herbs and bulbs... My thoughts at the moment: In the back bed (by the wall) the lilac in the left corner, (for shape and form I think that's best, and it'll get loads of sun when it reaches 5 feet!) and the ceanothus in the middle, trained against the wall. In the left bed, in the lea of the fence, from left (closest to the house) to right, the jasmine (to climb up the fence and up the house) and the Iceberg rose, sort of next to each other. Then comes the honeysuckle, which forms a neat 'pillow' level with the top of the fence. I plan to plant some of the weird little plants here! Then, between the honeysuckle and the Rosemary (about six feet) there is a patch of Gladioli and a small rose shrub and an embryonic Phlox (sp?)... I was thinking of putting the Delphiniums here. After the Rosemary bush, then, and just before the apple tree, I thought perhaps the Peony. The margaritas in one of the pots. I have NO idea where to put the Wisteria! To those that have made it down to here, I'm grateful and impressed! Any advice for me? |
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