Hi folks, I have a 'bare' patch at the bottom of my front lawn and am looking for some advice/inspiration on what to plant in it. any ideas? what would look best? would like to stay with the same theme as up the back.

My dear sir or madam there is nothing with which to start from, no reference to the “back” which means there is nothing to go on. You are wasting everyone’s time!!!!

Thankyou Rich for your very helpful comment. This is my second post on this forum and I just registered earlier today hoping to meet some fellow gardeners who share my interest. I have just started out in the gardening world and know next to nothing about it. for your information the "back" refered to the "back" of my picture with a similar rock bounary. Hopefully the next reply will not come from a **** like you "!!!!!!"

weedkiller wrote:
An Oasis Wrote:
My dear sir or madam there is nothing with which to start from, no
reference to the “back” which means there is nothing to go on. You
are wasting everyone’s time!!!!

Thankyou Rich for your very helpful comment. This is my second post on
this forum and I just registered earlier today hoping to meet some
fellow gardeners who share my interest. I have just started out in the
gardening world and know next to nothing about it. for your
information the "back" refered to the "back" of my picture with a
similar rock bounary. Hopefully the next reply will not come from a
**** like you "!!!!!!"

Why don't you plant a small conifer and some weeds.

HTH

weedkiller wrote:
Hi folks, I have a 'bare' patch at the bottom of my front lawn and am
looking for some advice/inspiration on what to plant in it. any ideas?
what would look best? would like to stay with the same theme as up the
back.


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Do you know the names of the plants in the back bed? I can't quite make
out what they are from the pic; but you could make a start by getting
more of the same, and putting them round the edge, with taller stuff in
the middle. At the edge I'd want to grow some things which flopped over
the stones in a natural way. Some of the stuff in the back bed could
probably be split: you divide the plant, making sure to get a bit of
root on the cut-off part, and plant in the new position. Get back to us
if you can find out the names or get some close-up photos.

It looks as though a small tree would be good for the very middle --
something which flowers is always effective, so a flowering crab-apple
such as Malus floribunda or a flowering cherry might do the trick. Have
a look at your neighbours' gardens, and don't be afraid to ask them the
name of anything you like the look of. Later in the year you can put
some bulbs in for a show next spring or summer.

--
Mike.

Phil L wrote:
weedkiller wrote:
An Oasis Wrote:
My dear sir or madam there is nothing with which to start from, no
reference to the "back" which means there is nothing to go on. You
are wasting everyone's time!!!!

Thankyou Rich for your very helpful comment. This is my second post
on this forum and I just registered earlier today hoping to meet some
fellow gardeners who share my interest. I have just started out in
the gardening world and know next to nothing about it. for your
information the "back" refered to the "back" of my picture with a
similar rock bounary. Hopefully the next reply will not come from a
**** like you "!!!!!!"

Why don't you plant a small conifer and some weeds.

FGS, this is a straight question from a beginner who isn't afraid to
ask! Leave the bloke alone if you don't want to help.

--
Mike.

Mike Lyle wrote:

FGS, this is a straight question from a beginner who isn't afraid to
ask! Leave the bloke alone if you don't want to help.

True. There's so much potential there. It needs colour, shape, height
.... everything! I'd put a Rhus at the front in the middle of the stone,
to give depth and great colours in the autumn for the house. I'd make
another path from the main one and curl it around another bed at the
centre, with lots of flowers, lavenders for fabulous scent when people
brush pass them. It would make it look bigger and so so much more
happier. When can I start?

"weedkiller" wrote

Hi folks, I have a 'bare' patch at the bottom of my front lawn and am
looking for some advice/inspiration on what to plant in it. any ideas?
what would look best? would like to stay with the same theme as up the
back.

Personally I think that strange bed looks looks just that..strange, it has
no relationship to the plants at the back. Have you removed a plant/plants
from that bed and wish to replant?

From the photo I would say you need a complete re-design of your front
garden. It's plain and rather boring and if you are getting into gardening
you will soon feel the same way yourself. Perhaps if you get a hosepipe and
lay a curve between both beds and see if one large bed curved (crescent
shaped) around joining the two would look better, it would certainly give
you more plant room. Then you need to decide if you want a minimum
maintenance garden or one that you have to do things too, the latter tend to
be the more interesting and colourful.
So it's dwarf conifers etc or herbaceous plants, your shout.

--
Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London

Bob Hobden wrote:

From the photo I would say you need a complete re-design of your front
garden. It's plain and rather boring and if you are getting into gardening
you will soon feel the same way yourself. Perhaps if you get a hosepipe and
lay a curve between both beds and see if one large bed curved (crescent
shaped) around joining the two would look better, it would certainly give
you more plant room. Then you need to decide if you want a minimum
maintenance garden or one that you have to do things too, the latter tend to
be the more interesting and colourful.
So it's dwarf conifers etc or herbaceous plants, your shout.

\whisper Keith, herbaceous plants, say herbaceous plants!!! /whisper

The message
from "Mike Lyle" contains these words:


FGS, this is a straight question from a beginner who isn't afraid to
ask! Leave the bloke alone if you don't want to help.

The OP isn't afraid to use far more offensive terms , why don't you
criticise his behaviour?

Janet

"weedkiller" wrote in message
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An Oasis Wrote:
My dear sir or madam there is nothing with which to start from, no
reference to the “back” which means there is nothing to go on. You are
wasting everyone’s time!!!!

Thankyou Rich for your very helpful comment. This is my second post on
this forum and I just registered earlier today hoping to meet some
fellow gardeners who share my interest. I have just started out in the
gardening world and know next to nothing about it. for your information
the "back" refered to the "back" of my picture with a similar rock
bounary. Hopefully the next reply will not come from a **** like you
"!!!!!!"
weedkiller

Hi
You are accessing the URG newsgroup (uk.rec.gardening) via gardenbanter (a rip
of site)
Most URG people are helpful souls whereas the gardenbanter users can be a little
like oasis...

Looks like you might want another conifer with spreading shrubby stuff at the
base. How about a LARGE rock too?

Jenny

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wrote:


"weedkiller" wrote in message
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An Oasis Wrote:
My dear sir or madam there is nothing with which to start from, no
reference to the “back” which means there is nothing to go on. You are
wasting everyone’s time!!!!

Thankyou Rich for your very helpful comment. This is my second post on
this forum and I just registered earlier today hoping to meet some
fellow gardeners who share my interest. I have just started out in the
gardening world and know next to nothing about it. for your information
the "back" refered to the "back" of my picture with a similar rock
bounary. Hopefully the next reply will not come from a **** like you
"!!!!!!"
weedkiller

Hi
You are accessing the URG newsgroup (uk.rec.gardening) via gardenbanter (a rip
of site)
Most URG people are helpful souls whereas the gardenbanter users can be a
little
like oasis...

Looks like you might want another conifer with spreading shrubby stuff at the
base. How about a LARGE rock too?

I think it's worth mentioning to the original poster that not all of us see
posts via Garden Banter. I certainly don't. It would be worth his while
subscribing to urg direct and thereby reaching a wider audience.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
)

Janet Baraclough wrote:
The message
from "Mike Lyle" contains these
words:


FGS, this is a straight question from a beginner who isn't afraid to
ask! Leave the bloke alone if you don't want to help.

The OP isn't afraid to use far more offensive terms , why don't you
criticise his behaviour?

He was provoked by sneers, and over-reacted. In what sometimes looks a
rather bad-tempered group, I think it would be a good idea to cut him
some slack to start with and see what happens.

--
Mike.

I have just put a Chilean Pine in a gap in my front garden.

Steve

"La Puce" wrote in message
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Bob Hobden wrote:

From the photo I would say you need a complete re-design of your front
garden. It's plain and rather boring and if you are getting into
gardening
you will soon feel the same way yourself. Perhaps if you get a hosepipe
and
lay a curve between both beds and see if one large bed curved (crescent
shaped) around joining the two would look better, it would certainly give
you more plant room. Then you need to decide if you want a minimum
maintenance garden or one that you have to do things too, the latter tend
to
be the more interesting and colourful.
So it's dwarf conifers etc or herbaceous plants, your shout.

\whisper Keith, herbaceous plants, say herbaceous plants!!! /whisper

stevej wrote:
I have just put a Chilean Pine in a gap in my front garden.

Coo, lovely. How big? I'm looking for a hamamelis palida atm. I'd like
a big one.