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Companions for Lavender
I am about to plant up a bare bed, around 10' x 3', against the front wall
of our house with some lavender. It's a fairly large bed and I'd like some ideas as to what grow well with lavender in this west-facing bed. We have a huge plinth on the front wall, around 18" high or more, so I'd like to plant plants which grow high enought to cover this ugly black area! Any ideas will be gratefull received. Thanks, Jo |
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Companions for Lavender
"Jo" wrote in message ... I am about to plant up a bare bed, around 10' x 3', against the front wall of our house with some lavender. It's a fairly large bed and I'd like some ideas as to what grow well with lavender in this west-facing bed. We have a huge plinth on the front wall, around 18" high or more, so I'd like to plant plants which grow high enought to cover this ugly black area! Any ideas will be gratefull received. Thanks, Jo Apologies for spelling mistakes....cat sitting on lap, padding frantically whilst I was typing! Only now she's got off have I realised the errors she caused me to make!!! |
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Companions for Lavender
"Jo" wrote in message ... I am about to plant up a bare bed, around 10' x 3', against the front wall of our house with some lavender. It's a fairly large bed and I'd like some ideas as to what grow well with lavender in this west-facing bed. We have a huge plinth on the front wall, around 18" high or more, so I'd like to plant plants which grow high enought to cover this ugly black area! Any ideas will be gratefull received. Lavender should cover that all by itself once it establishes. Are you asking for annuals to fill the gaps until the lavender is established? Anything else is likely to be crowded out in a couple of years. -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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Companions for Lavender
On 26/04/2012 22:20, Jo wrote:
I am about to plant up a bare bed, around 10' x 3', against the front wall of our house with some lavender. It's a fairly large bed and I'd like some ideas as to what grow well with lavender in this west-facing bed. We have a huge plinth on the front wall, around 18" high or more, so I'd like to plant plants which grow high enought to cover this ugly black area! Any ideas will be gratefull received. You don't say what part of the country you are in, but assuming it's one where lavender grows well, you could go for similar plants such as rosemary and salvia. It depends on where you are as to which salvias would be hardy enough to survive well all year round. Other options include the lower-growing grevilleas and hebes. Most berberis will be too vigorous (although there are some dwarf ones. Just remember that there are no evergreen berberis which have non-green leaves, if you want all-year round cover). Sarcococca might be clash a bit with lavender, and are a bit on the slow side, but you would be able to get a nicely-scented plant during winter, which is always a bonus. -- Jeff |
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Companions for Lavender
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writes Lavender should cover that all by itself once it establishes. Are you asking for annuals to fill the gaps until the lavender is established? Anything else is likely to be crowded out in a couple of years. Someone I know is inter planting with Heuchera if that helps? -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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Companions for Lavender
"Jo" wrote in message ... I am about to plant up a bare bed, around 10' x 3', against the front wall of our house with some lavender. It's a fairly large bed and I'd like some ideas as to what grow well with lavender in this west-facing bed. We have a huge plinth on the front wall, around 18" high or more, so I'd like to plant plants which grow high enought to cover this ugly black area! Any ideas will be gratefull received. Thanks, Jo Thanks everyone. I'm in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex. I always forget to add that! |
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Companions for Lavender
On 26/04/2012 22:20, Jo wrote:
I am about to plant up a bare bed, around 10' x 3', against the front wall of our house with some lavender. It's a fairly large bed and I'd like some ideas as to what grow well with lavender in this west-facing bed. We have a huge plinth on the front wall, around 18" high or more, so I'd like to plant plants which grow high enought to cover this ugly black area! Any ideas will be gratefull received. Thanks, Jo Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve' would work well in that situation, and starts flowering before lavender. Your cat would thank you for some Nepeta (catmint). Allium 'Purple Sensation' and A. christophii would also look good. Look at some of the hardier Cistus varieties, which will give you pink or white flowers. Plants with larger leaves would give good foliage contrast, such as Bergenia (flowers white or rosy pink), Heuchera, Francoa and Brunnera (esp. if you have a shadier end). At the back of the bed and trained against the wall, you could try Cotoneaster horizontalis and Chaenomeles (red, white or peachy tones). These flower early and will give you (and insects) some spring interest. If you have enough room, Ceanothus thyrsiflorus repens is a low, mounding evergreen shrub with masses of blue flowers in late spring. You could always let a clematis scramble over it for later flower interest, if you want to. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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Companions for Lavender
"Spider" wrote in message ... On 26/04/2012 22:20, Jo wrote: I am about to plant up a bare bed, around 10' x 3', against the front wall of our house with some lavender. It's a fairly large bed and I'd like some ideas as to what grow well with lavender in this west-facing bed. We have a huge plinth on the front wall, around 18" high or more, so I'd like to plant plants which grow high enought to cover this ugly black area! Any ideas will be gratefull received. Thanks, Jo Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve' would work well in that situation, and starts flowering before lavender. Your cat would thank you for some Nepeta (catmint). Allium 'Purple Sensation' and A. christophii would also look good. Look at some of the hardier Cistus varieties, which will give you pink or white flowers. Plants with larger leaves would give good foliage contrast, such as Bergenia (flowers white or rosy pink), Heuchera, Francoa and Brunnera (esp. if you have a shadier end). At the back of the bed and trained against the wall, you could try Cotoneaster horizontalis and Chaenomeles (red, white or peachy tones). These flower early and will give you (and insects) some spring interest. If you have enough room, Ceanothus thyrsiflorus repens is a low, mounding evergreen shrub with masses of blue flowers in late spring. You could always let a clematis scramble over it for later flower interest, if you want to. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay Thanks Spider. I love the idea of Cistus sp. I think I now have my bed fully planned! |
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