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Plants for fence?
Sacha wrote:
There's a *very* pretty Vinca minor called V. Azurea Flore Pleno with a pretty double flower. I like V. oxyloba too. But for ground cover, I would very, very strongly suggest Geranium Jolly Bee. This is a true geranium, not a pelargonium. It has intensely blue flowers and goes on and on for a very long time. We have some on a bank just outside the gate and it has spread and covered a large area quite quickly. On the whole it's better than G. Johnson's Blue, IMO. But Vinca while useful, will take over and cover everything else, so I wouldn't recommend the two together. What would look good with the G. Jolly Bee, coming over the edge of the fenced area, would be Rosa The Fairy. I've seen it described as clump forming but ours seems to grow in arching sprays which would look very pretty growing down a wall or bank. There must be other roses that would look good doing that and so would the perennial sweet pea, Lathyrus latifolius (unscented though) Sacha, thanks a lot for these very good suggestions. Have googled images of the lot. The double-flower of that vinca is attractive. The Geranium looks really natural. Thanks too for alerting me to the "everlasting pea" - I always thought sweetpeas had to be replanted annually! Eddy. |
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