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impossible, oh surely not?
On May 14, 11:18*am, Kate Brown wrote:
Judith or David may have an idea, I hope others may as well! In our little garden in France (Dordogne valley slopes, limestone about five inches beneath the surface) we have roses, lavender, irises, day lilies, michaelmas daisies, sage, all abundant. *But there is one bed where I can't seem to grow anything. It's about eighteen inches deep and eight foot long, against a limestone drystone wall at the gate of the garden. *It faces southeast, but in the winter it's in shadow from the building on the other side of the path. *It gets sun from about nine to three between April and September. *It has quite a slope. It's a dry bed and we can't get the irrigation system up there. There's a well-established Kerria at the top end - and I can't get anything else nice to grow there at all! *Thistles, grasses, wild clematis, and ivy grow with abandon. *I've tried canna, which grow like weeds elsewhere in the village, but the snails ate all the leaves and they haven't come up at all this year. *I sow nasturtiums, which sprouted one year but not the next. This year I divided up a choked iris bed and put in some rhizomes, but snails like eating their leaves too, so I don't hope for much. *I also put in some spare daffodil bulbs, but we're rarely there early enough to enjoy them. Any ideas? *We're there again in June/beginning of July, and again end of August, so anything that shows in May, June/July, or August/September would be perfect. It has to be snail-repellent! There's a page of photos here - the impossible bed is about ten down. http://www.newcockaigne.demon.co.uk/photos/index.html -- Kate B PS 'elvira' is spamtrapped - please reply to 'elviraspam' at cockaigne dot org dot uk if you want to reply personally First of all, you have a beautiful home and garden Kate. I, too, have problem areas in my garden; heavy sticky pottery clay, it would seem that a vine would be suited to that area in my garden. For yours, you could also try a vine, they are more than happy in a dry soil but I don't know whether you would have adequate sunshine hours to make it fruit, maybe? You could get one in espalier mode so that it could be supported against the wall. Apart from that; geraniums would be happy there, lots of different types, trailing etc and when you are away, they tend to look after themselves. Sorry I'm not too much help but there are others here who will advise you. Judith |
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