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Advice please for balcony plants.
Hi-
this is my first visit to uk.rec.gardening, so hello to you all. I am about to sell my London flat and am thinking of getting some plants for the balcony to make it look more appealing to prospective buyers (the balcony has just been redecorated) and also to provide some privacy for the windows into my flat and the balcony door (glass-paneled). It is very narrow and runs along the width of the building front on the top (4th) floor with a door into my flat at one end. I already have 4 big stone flower-troughs which I have positioned evenly along the front balcony wall and my dad (who loves gardening) has transplanted some plants from his garden which are apparently nice pink flowers (but nothing at the moment...). Anyway, my questions are about the choice of plants for the 2 ends of the balcony, and maybe advice of where to buy or locate in central London. Basically at the far left and right I want some kind of bushy shrub, not necessarily a flower, but something that is good at concealing. I already have 2 cubical flower pots about 12" a side which I hope will be big enough for the shrubs. What I am looking for is something quite squat, ie little stem/trunk before the branches and also quite dense leaves for privacy. I guess Ideally I'm thinking of something almost like an 'afro' haircut , maybe like a potted orange tree but without the trunk. Secondly, at the anterior left and right corners of the balcony I have some large cast iron 'brackets' which I intend to attach to the balcony railings with wire for decoration(obviously on the inside so there is no possibility of it falling off the building). I would like some kind of trailery/creepery plant which can be housed in a smallish pot (say 10" high, 10" diameter) which I could trail through the metal bracket decorations. Again, I think it would look nice, but also the brackets and the plant should provide some privacy from the corners. My problem is my dad is currently abroad and unavailable to ask his advice, and I know practically nothing about gardening. Could someone please make some suggestions for my 2 plants. Also, I intend to put my flat on the market as soon as I have finished doing essential repairs/decoration (maybe a month or so), so would really like to buy adult plants rather than young ones, so I can just put them in place and water. I'm based in Central London. Could anyone suggest a good place to go. Alternatively, if any of you would like to make a private sale with me, please email me at . I'm not particularly interested in any expensive rare plants though - as I have repeated endlessly, I would like them primarily to look nice and give visual privacy. Thanks for any advice |
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