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I have an area at the end of my garden that is north facing. If you look at the attached photo you will see the area from the shed to the fence needs some gardening work. I was thinking of planting a blossom tree where the brick work is and then something next to that (ignore the destroyed rosemary bush!). Any ideas on what I could plant here? As it is what you will see from the kitchen window I wanted to plant something colourful and big to cover the fence and potentially provide some cover too. I look forward to any ideas people have, thanks. |
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@gardenbanter.co.uk says... Hi, I have an area at the end of my garden that is north facing. If you look at the attached photo you will see the area from the shed to the fence needs some gardening work. I was thinking of planting a blossom tree where the brick work is and then something next to that (ignore the destroyed rosemary bush!). The high solid fence limits what kind of tree can grow so close to it; more or less to the kind of fruit trees that can be trained flat against a wall. Some of them have pale pretty flowers but only for a short period. Any ideas on what I could plant here? As it is what you will see from the kitchen window I wanted to plant something colourful and big to cover the fence If you want colour and coverage you might want to consider a climber instead. You can attach wires to the fence to support it and potentially provide some cover too. what other cover do you mean? Janet |
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"jumanji" wrote in message ... Hi, I have an area at the end of my garden that is north facing. If you look at the attached photo you will see the area from the shed to the fence needs some gardening work. I was thinking of planting a blossom tree where the brick work is and then something next to that (ignore the destroyed rosemary bush!). Any ideas on what I could plant here? As it is what you will see from the kitchen window I wanted to plant something colourful and big to cover the fence and potentially provide some cover too. I look forward to any ideas people have, thanks. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: IMAG0195.jpg | |Download: http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=15097| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ You could try a Pyrocantha, they are evergreen, have scented white flowers at this time of year and colourful berries in the autumn and winter. -- shirley x http://community.webshots.com/user/s...host=community How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven. - Robert Heinlein |
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On Jun 23, 5:15*pm, jumanji
wrote: Hi, I have an area at the end of my garden that is north facing. If you look at the attached photo you will see the area from the shed to the fence needs some gardening work. I was thinking of planting a blossom tree where the brick work is and then something next to that (ignore the destroyed rosemary bush!). Any ideas on what I could plant here? As it is what you will see from the kitchen window I wanted to plant something colourful and big to cover the fence and potentially provide some cover too. I look forward to any ideas people have, thanks. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: IMAG0195.jpg * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * | |Download:http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=15097| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- jumanji I'm curious about a couple of points. When you say "north facing", am I right in thinking that when you stand facing the house, with the fence behind you, you would be facing north... or did you mean the garden is north facing? You say a blossom tree, what's that... a flowering cherry? That border along the fence... around 45cm deep? This would mean that if you planted a tree, it would later be constantly encroaching into the neighbours garden space. To the left and that ivy from the other neighbour will give pester it a bit. You also say you want to cover the fence, but it looks well maintained, i.e. regularly painted. There is a small piece of chicken mesh type wire against the fence on the right, whilst that's not a big job to undo to paint, the fence you speak of would be a much larger project to undo and then re-do. Those brick... a BBQ? Why is there a path running from the shed to the ivy'd fence .. the path would be just, what, 4 metres long? Here's what I would suggest. Starting with that path going from the house (I'll assume that) to the shed. Dig out the left hand row to as far as where the gravel is and reposition to the right of the row now on the right. The lawn currently to the right of the path is around 1.5meter deep to the shrubs... hardly worth keeping. Yes, I know, it leads directly straight to the shed door, and so you'll have to turn left to arrive at the shed door, but it's what, about 6 metres long, it's not like you're having to go cross country. And the double row of slabs will still be in front of the door, should you need to have the sense of uninterrupted access to put something really big in there. Shift the pots. Remove the path crossing the garden at the back and reposition it within that grassed area. Anywhere there that you like (even extend gravel area if you like) Now you'll have a "social" area, giving the garden a dimension it doesn't now seem to have, therefore increasing its sense of spaciousness. You could even transfer the BBQ there by way of emphasising it social focus. You'll also have an extended planting area for some nice seasonal bedding plants. Having removed the path across the bottom, you'll probably have a border of around 90cm deep to play with. You could try a climbing rose over an arch, and some ordinary one along the new, extended back fence border. North facing...but clearly well lit... I think roses can hack it. |
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On 24/06/2012 11:13, aquachimp wrote:
On Jun 23, 5:15 pm, jumanji wrote: Hi, I have an area at the end of my garden that is north facing. If you look at the attached photo you will see the area from the shed to the fence needs some gardening work. I was thinking of planting a blossom tree where the brick work is and then something next to that (ignore the destroyed rosemary bush!). Any ideas on what I could plant here? As it is what you will see from the kitchen window I wanted to plant something colourful and big to cover the fence and potentially provide some cover too. I look forward to any ideas people have, thanks. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: IMAG0195.jpg | |Download:http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=15097| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- jumanji I'm curious about a couple of points. When you say "north facing", am I right in thinking that when you stand facing the house, with the fence behind you, you would be facing north... or did you mean the garden is north facing? You say a blossom tree, what's that... a flowering cherry? That border along the fence... around 45cm deep? This would mean that if you planted a tree, it would later be constantly encroaching into the neighbours garden space. To the left and that ivy from the other neighbour will give pester it a bit. You also say you want to cover the fence, but it looks well maintained, i.e. regularly painted. There is a small piece of chicken mesh type wire against the fence on the right, whilst that's not a big job to undo to paint, the fence you speak of would be a much larger project to undo and then re-do. Those brick... a BBQ? Why is there a path running from the shed to the ivy'd fence .. the path would be just, what, 4 metres long? Here's what I would suggest. Starting with that path going from the house (I'll assume that) to the shed. Dig out the left hand row to as far as where the gravel is and reposition to the right of the row now on the right. The lawn currently to the right of the path is around 1.5meter deep to the shrubs... hardly worth keeping. Yes, I know, it leads directly straight to the shed door, and so you'll have to turn left to arrive at the shed door, but it's what, about 6 metres long, it's not like you're having to go cross country. And the double row of slabs will still be in front of the door, should you need to have the sense of uninterrupted access to put something really big in there. Shift the pots. Remove the path crossing the garden at the back and reposition it within that grassed area. Anywhere there that you like (even extend gravel area if you like) Now you'll have a "social" area, giving the garden a dimension it doesn't now seem to have, therefore increasing its sense of spaciousness. You could even transfer the BBQ there by way of emphasising it social focus. You'll also have an extended planting area for some nice seasonal bedding plants. Having removed the path across the bottom, you'll probably have a border of around 90cm deep to play with. You could try a climbing rose over an arch, and some ordinary one along the new, extended back fence border. North facing...but clearly well lit... I think roses can hack it. By the sound of that advice it might be easier to just move house. |
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On Jun 24, 12:29*pm, David Hill wrote:
On 24/06/2012 11:13, aquachimp wrote: On Jun 23, 5:15 pm, jumanji wrote: Hi, I have an area at the end of my garden that is north facing. If you look at the attached photo you will see the area from the shed to the fence needs some gardening work. I was thinking of planting a blossom tree where the brick work is and then something next to that (ignore the destroyed rosemary bush!). Any ideas on what I could plant here? As it is what you will see from the kitchen window I wanted to plant something colourful and big to cover the fence and potentially provide some cover too. I look forward to any ideas people have, thanks. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: IMAG0195.jpg * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * | |Download:http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=15097| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- jumanji I'm curious about a couple of points. When you say "north facing", am I right in thinking that when you stand facing the house, with the fence behind you, you would be facing north... or did you mean the garden is north facing? You say a blossom tree, what's that... a flowering cherry? That border along the fence... around 45cm deep? This would mean that if you planted a tree, it would later be constantly encroaching into the neighbours garden space. To the left and that ivy from the other *neighbour will give pester it a bit. You also say you want to cover the fence, but it looks well maintained, i.e. regularly painted. There is a small piece of chicken mesh type wire against the fence on the right, whilst that's not a big job to undo to paint, the fence you speak of would be a much larger project to undo and then re-do. Those brick... a BBQ? Why is there a path running from the shed to the ivy'd fence .. the path would be just, what, 4 metres long? Here's what I would suggest. Starting with that path going from the house (I'll assume that) to the shed. Dig out the left hand row to as far as where the gravel *is and reposition to the right of the row now on the right. The lawn currently to the right of the path is around 1.5meter deep to the shrubs... hardly worth keeping. Yes, I know, it leads directly straight to the shed door, *and so you'll have to turn left to arrive at the shed door, but it's what, about 6 metres long, it's not like you're having to go cross country. And the double row of slabs will still be in front of the door, should you need to have the sense of uninterrupted access to put something really big in there. Shift the pots. Remove the path crossing the garden at the back and reposition it within that grassed area. *Anywhere there that you like (even extend gravel area if you like) Now you'll have a "social" area, giving the garden a dimension it doesn't now seem to have, therefore *increasing its sense of spaciousness. You could even *transfer the BBQ there by way of emphasising it social focus. You'll also have an extended planting area for some nice seasonal bedding plants. Having removed the path across the bottom, you'll probably have a border of around 90cm deep to play with. You could try a climbing rose over an arch, and some ordinary one along the new, extended back fence border. North facing...but clearly well lit... *I think roses can hack it. By the sound of that advice it might be easier to just move house. I once had to move house 5 times in one year. If you think moving house is easier than a bit of extra effort to spruce up a garden, then quite frankly, you're clueless. Besides, if you look closely, just about the entire paved areas are either in need of repair anyway, or they were just laid down on bare earth. By shifting the house-shed path to the right, the lawn to the left will be bigger. I've just noticed that the rear path is actually 2 rows deep, (except where the bricks are) and so, it looks like there would be enough slabs for current right hand side grassed area to be paved over entirely. So there would be a bigger lawn and a more functional patio area. Oh, and the arch would provide the flowering height the OP seems to want, without having to get a "tree". |
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On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 03:13:27 -0700 (PDT), aquachimp
wrote: On Jun 23, 5:15*pm, jumanji wrote: Hi, I have an area at the end of my garden that is north facing. If you look at the attached photo you will see the area from the shed to the fence needs some gardening work. I was thinking of planting a blossom tree where the brick work is and then something next to that (ignore the destroyed rosemary bush!). Any ideas on what I could plant here? As it is what you will see from the kitchen window I wanted to plant something colourful and big to cover the fence and potentially provide some cover too. I look forward to any ideas people have, thanks. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: IMAG0195.jpg * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * | |Download:http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=15097| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Too many straight lines. Unless you NEED the lawn, curve it round to make bigger borders especially in the corners. Get rid of the straight path altogether. I can't see how big the (presumably) patio area is, but you could make a paved sitting area on the right and use some of the slabs to make a less severe path by laying them as stepping stones, not in a straight line. Then you would have much more space to plant if that's what you want and have a more satisfying garden. OR, remove one line of slabs, dig up the lawn on the right and use that area to grow some veg. It depends what you want from your garden. Pam in Bristol |
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On 24/06/2012 14:55, aquachimp wrote:
On Jun 24, 12:29 pm, David Hill wrote: On 24/06/2012 11:13, aquachimp wrote: On Jun 23, 5:15 pm, jumanji wrote: Hi, I have an area at the end of my garden that is north facing. If you look at the attached photo you will see the area from the shed to the fence needs some gardening work. I was thinking of planting a blossom tree where the brick work is and then something next to that (ignore the destroyed rosemary bush!). Any ideas on what I could plant here? As it is what you will see from the kitchen window I wanted to plant something colourful and big to cover the fence and potentially provide some cover too. I look forward to any ideas people have, thanks. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: IMAG0195.jpg | |Download:http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=15097| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- jumanji I'm curious about a couple of points. When you say "north facing", am I right in thinking that when you stand facing the house, with the fence behind you, you would be facing north... or did you mean the garden is north facing? You say a blossom tree, what's that... a flowering cherry? That border along the fence... around 45cm deep? This would mean that if you planted a tree, it would later be constantly encroaching into the neighbours garden space. To the left and that ivy from the other neighbour will give pester it a bit. You also say you want to cover the fence, but it looks well maintained, i.e. regularly painted. There is a small piece of chicken mesh type wire against the fence on the right, whilst that's not a big job to undo to paint, the fence you speak of would be a much larger project to undo and then re-do. Those brick... a BBQ? Why is there a path running from the shed to the ivy'd fence .. the path would be just, what, 4 metres long? Here's what I would suggest. Starting with that path going from the house (I'll assume that) to the shed. Dig out the left hand row to as far as where the gravel is and reposition to the right of the row now on the right. The lawn currently to the right of the path is around 1.5meter deep to the shrubs... hardly worth keeping. Yes, I know, it leads directly straight to the shed door, and so you'll have to turn left to arrive at the shed door, but it's what, about 6 metres long, it's not like you're having to go cross country. And the double row of slabs will still be in front of the door, should you need to have the sense of uninterrupted access to put something really big in there. Shift the pots. Remove the path crossing the garden at the back and reposition it within that grassed area. Anywhere there that you like (even extend gravel area if you like) Now you'll have a "social" area, giving the garden a dimension it doesn't now seem to have, therefore increasing its sense of spaciousness. You could even transfer the BBQ there by way of emphasising it social focus. You'll also have an extended planting area for some nice seasonal bedding plants. Having removed the path across the bottom, you'll probably have a border of around 90cm deep to play with. You could try a climbing rose over an arch, and some ordinary one along the new, extended back fence border. North facing...but clearly well lit... I think roses can hack it. By the sound of that advice it might be easier to just move house. I once had to move house 5 times in one year. If you think moving house is easier than a bit of extra effort to spruce up a garden, then quite frankly, you're clueless. Besides, if you look closely, just about the entire paved areas are either in need of repair anyway, or they were just laid down on bare earth. By shifting the house-shed path to the right, the lawn to the left will be bigger. I've just noticed that the rear path is actually 2 rows deep, (except where the bricks are) and so, it looks like there would be enough slabs for current right hand side grassed area to be paved over entirely. So there would be a bigger lawn and a more functional patio area. Oh, and the arch would provide the flowering height the OP seems to want, without having to get a "tree". Thank you so much for being so rudely pointing out the problems moving house,esp if you are not all that able. As one who has moved house over 20 times through my lifetime I do have some experience of it, having been in the position where we had our own Tea chests for many years, I am now down to just 3 of them. In all those years we have only had 3 professional moves, One was from Newcastle to the Llyn peninsula when I was 4 years of age, one from the Llyn Peninsula to Hastings in Sussex when I was 9 and the last from Hastings to South Wales, all other have been done by ourselves or with the help of friends, now at almost 70 I don't expect many more moves. If you are thinking of the problems of a young family then one move was done with an Ex laundry van and with a wife and 2 young children, one 10 months old the other 3 as well as a cat and a dog, but that move was only from Hastings to Henley on Thames. If you really want a really moving experience then try moving both house and a Plant nursery. David @ the now sunny end of Swansea Bay |
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"aquachimp" wrote in message ... On Jun 24, 12:29 pm, David Hill wrote: On 24/06/2012 11:13, aquachimp wrote: By the sound of that advice it might be easier to just move house. I once had to move house 5 times in one year. If you think moving house is easier than a bit of extra effort to spruce up a garden, then quite frankly, you're clueless. I do wish people would not resort to name-calling if they don't agree with what someone has said. This is a nice group and I hope it will remain so. Some of us have strong opinions - I sometimes have - but Baz & I managed to have a lively argument not long ago about the possibility of sexing day old chicks by eye. He thinks he is right and I think I am. We managed it without calling each other names and agreed to differ and remain friends. If we had resorted to calling each other stupid, clueless, or similar that would not have been the case. Tina Besides, if you look closely, just about the entire paved areas are either in need of repair anyway, or they were just laid down on bare earth. By shifting the house-shed path to the right, the lawn to the left will be bigger. I've just noticed that the rear path is actually 2 rows deep, (except where the bricks are) and so, it looks like there would be enough slabs for current right hand side grassed area to be paved over entirely. So there would be a bigger lawn and a more functional patio area. Oh, and the arch would provide the flowering height the OP seems to want, without having to get a "tree". |
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On Jun 24, 10:25*pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote: "aquachimp" wrote in message ... On Jun 24, 12:29 pm, David Hill wrote: On 24/06/2012 11:13, aquachimp wrote: By the sound of that advice it might be easier to just move house. I once had to move house 5 times in one year. If you think moving house is easier than a bit of extra effort to spruce up a garden, then quite frankly, you're clueless. I do wish people would not resort to name-calling if they don't agree with what someone has said. *This is a nice group and I hope it will remain so. Some of us have strong opinions - I sometimes have - but Baz & I managed to have a lively argument not long ago about the possibility of sexing day old chicks by eye. *He thinks he is right and I think I am. *We managed it without calling each other names and agreed to differ and remain friends. If we had resorted to calling each other stupid, clueless, or similar that would not have been the case. Tina Well you can **** off then. Or have you got something even vaguely on topic to contribute; Not a lot I see. I posted something in good faith. I was not expecting an unwarranted attack in the form of such an non-constructive , totally uncalled for retort. I reserve the right to describe such an prick as "clueless". Incidentally, "clueless" was applied as a character description... not a name. If you want to call him that name, then that's your business. |
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