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Newbie - after advise
Hi I'm a newbie to both this forum and gardening in general.
Having just brought my first house in Hertfortshire I am at a loss at what to do with my first garden! With the garden being on an upward hill I have some lawn but mostly raised decking and no plants (yet!) I would love advice on plants that are LOW maintenance. Oh also we need to gain some privacy on either side as the fences are very low - so tall plants/climbers would be good?? |
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Newbie - after advise
"Stonebear" wrote... Hi I'm a newbie to both this forum and gardening in general. Having just brought my first house in Hertfortshire I am at a loss at what to do with my first garden! With the garden being on an upward hill I have some lawn but mostly raised decking and no plants (yet!) I would love advice on plants that are LOW maintenance. Oh also we need to gain some privacy on either side as the fences are very low - so tall plants/climbers would be good?? Welcome to this Newsgroup. You need to think about privace but also the sun. Tall plants will also take the sun from your garden, they also need time to grow as anything fast will not be low maintenance. Presumably you need evergreens or you will be open to view during the winter. So, slow growing evergreen shrubs or an evergreen hedge (which will need cutting) of Yew or Privet. -- Regards Bob Hobden |
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"Stonebear" wrote in message ... Hi I'm a newbie to both this forum and gardening in general. Having just brought my first house in Hertfortshire I am at a loss at what to do with my first garden! With the garden being on an upward hill I have some lawn but mostly raised decking and no plants (yet!) I would love advice on plants that are LOW maintenance. Oh also we need to gain some privacy on either side as the fences are very low - so tall plants/climbers would be good?? -- Stonebear Welcome to this newsgroup and to gardening, and congratulations on getting your first house. It would be of some help to know what sort of 'look' you want for the garden and what sort of soil you have. I am on a steep site in SE London on clay and I find many plants *relatively* low maintenance. Sorry, but you can't avoid maintenance altogether if you want planting. For quick partial privacy screening, you could build up the fence height with trellis. This would give you a great deal of (almost instant) privacy without stopping too much light, then you could grow/train clematis, roses or jasmine to cover and green up the fence. For a fairly quick evergreen climber you could try Trachelospermum jasminoides (I believe it's commonly referred to as 'star jasmine'). For low level planting, you could try cotoneaster dammerii, lamium, ajuga, heucheras, tiarellas, francoa. For shrubs, try Viburnum tinus, hebes, Hypericum patulum 'Hidcote', Euonymous 'Silver Queen' (insignificant flowers, but good green/white variegated foliage); many weigelas and deutzias are attractive but have a relatively short flowering period. Hardy fuchsias are good for colour in both sun and partial shade; a reliable easily-obtained form is Fuchsia 'Mrs. Popple'. A tree might be good for added height and screening, but without knowing the size of your garden, I'm going to fight shy of making any suggestions. This is, of course, just a short list. Do come back and give us all some more information, and I'm sure the list will grow. Spider |
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