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shallow soil - plant recommendations
I am in the process of trying to design my garden, and unfortunately I am
clueless. but we all start somewhere. along the length of my front garden the soil is very shallow due to a concrete bed. one thought is to create a raised bed, and I may well consider this if all else fails. (the entire garden and drive needs an overhaul although cash is the limiting factor!) could you please advise what plants have a shallow root system that I could plant in this section? I am considering planting around October time but would like to start giving some thought to it now. The garden is south facing, the section faces east and is not sheltered from the wind. In fact in does get quite windy. To solve this problem I would probably need to avoid tall plants. TIA Sue Liverpool |
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shallow soil - plant recommendations
OOPS correction - the section faces west !! "Space" wrote in message ... I am in the process of trying to design my garden, and unfortunately I am clueless. but we all start somewhere. along the length of my front garden the soil is very shallow due to a concrete bed. one thought is to create a raised bed, and I may well consider this if all else fails. (the entire garden and drive needs an overhaul although cash is the limiting factor!) could you please advise what plants have a shallow root system that I could plant in this section? I am considering planting around October time but would like to start giving some thought to it now. The garden is south facing, the section faces east and is not sheltered from the wind. In fact in does get quite windy. To solve this problem I would probably need to avoid tall plants. TIA Sue Liverpool OOPS correction - the section faces west !! |
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shallow soil - plant recommendations
"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... along the length of my front garden the soil is very shallow due to a concrete bed. one thought is to create a raised bed, and I may well consider this if all else fails. (the entire garden and drive needs an overhaul although cash is the limiting factor!) Can you define "shallow?" Some people consider a foot shallow; others might mean 4 ". It would also be useful to know if it's acid or alkaline soil. You would probably be looking at plants which thrive in exposed starved coastal or mountainous regions, such as various herbs, heathers, grasses, gorse. Or possibly, some of the tougher species roses, rugosa or burnett. See if your library has a book by Beth Chatto called The Gravel Garden. thanks for the reply - I think the soil was alkaline. I need to retest because I have forgotten. the soil is most certainly shallow, I would say about 1 foot of soil. I'll check out that book, Ta |
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