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Windy Back Garden......Help needed please.

is clay based but i have mixed alot of soil and all round compost into it. I have thought of lavender as it grows well round here so do hebes. I can't remember what euphorbias look like and I like the sound of the cistus rose will look that one up as i by tinkabell

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21/06/2012 21:28:24

by notgreenfingers2

Advice for a novice

you want something permanent? or something to fill in the gap before planting for summer? It is a bit late to put permanent planting into pots, though there are such things as hostas which you can plant now, probably better to wait until spring by Stewart Forward

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31/07/2012 20:56:07

by quercus_rubur

plants for part shade/ full shade

yellow grass, a carex I think, growing really well in a dry shade similar situation. It does depend on why it's shade/what's causing it. Under deciduous trees lots of the spring bulbs pop up, flower then die back as the tree canopy above closes up by Gardengirl..

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09/04/2013 18:36:56

by Verdun

Ideas appreciated for shrubs to create structure in my new garden

greens. Prunus cistena crimson dwarf is a real stunner. Pinky white flowers on red foliage. I grow couple of half standards. The foliage colour lasts all summer. A good, similar size and shape is salix .....too late to try the name but it by happycottontail

26/04/2013 23:58:55

by Verdun

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some ideas for things thata might not have come naturally. Mine are: bergenia, because its huge evergreen leaves show everything nearby off brilliantly (and snails eat my hostas). You do need huge clumps though. hardy geraniums, because they grow by auntie betty

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07/06/2012 17:48:33

by gardeningfantic

idea's please

garden ready for lots of plants that don't grow so well in my exposed garden with little shade. Clay soil is usually very rich in minerals, so once the soil structure is improved you will be able to enjoy hostas, hellebores, primulas, pulmonarias, acteas by tomalli

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27/04/2012 14:58:33

by the enduring gardener

Those wonderful blue salvias

them the plants usually are fine thereafter.As with hostas, hellebores, fuschias, etc these are highly addictive plants. Some salvias grow 7 feet others just a few inches. I grow pineapple sage....rich pineapple scented leaves ( brush against by Verdun

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04/04/2013 17:12:31

by bramble lover

Hedgehogs

pellets for over 20 years and since I turned my patch over to totally wildlife-friendly, I haven't had much problem with slugs at all....I do put copper tape round my hosta pots though. Hi all, you can help the experts monitor hedgehog populations by Emma Crawforth

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15/05/2012 21:27:12

by grannyjanny

Sambuca Nigra

back up again in the spring/summer. I don't know how you'd get rid of it, but I am told it is lucky to have elder in your garden. I was given a neglected potted example a while ago. How tall will they grow, as tall as a common Elder, and what by Chris9

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30/06/2012 18:22:59

by obelixx

Rented property - new to gardening

for the weather to get a bit better to start work on it (landlord doesn't mind) and today was the day. I've attached some pictures of it and the work completed today but would like some advice about how best to get it to work for me. I would like to grow my own by William Couch

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25/02/2013 08:09:34

by Gardening Grandma

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