Something for the two corners of my garden!

Athlone_Bhoy

Was wondering could someone give me some advice on some nice flowers or something for the two corners or my garden. Got some good soil and would you like to plant something with loads of colours as it looks very bare.


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Athlone_Bhoy

Anyone please looking for something nice colourful maybe 3-4 feet in height over more some please help

wildlifeboy

I find a lot of posts remain unanswered in here. its not really very welcoming really. anyway i would recomend a trellis with a climbing flower like a clematis with a small fuschia at the base. maybe a ros on the other corner.

looksee

wildlifeboy wrote: »

I find a lot of posts remain unanswered in here. its not really very welcoming really. anyway i would recomend a trellis with a climbing flower like a clematis with a small fuschia at the base. maybe a ros on the other corner.

There is no point answering unless you have something reasonably useful to say. In fact there are several people on this forum who make an effort to reply to queries, but people are not available on demand.

I saw this question but did not answer as I felt I would have to get too involved in the quality of the soil, the direction of the sun and the fact that there really is not very much that will provide colour all year. Also it is difficult to tell how big the area is.

The suggestions given are good, depending on the direction of the sun. I would suggest a clematis montana as it is very vigorous. However if the sun is at the other side of the wall the clematis will just go up and hang over the other side and give your neighbours all the flowers. Fuschia is ok but they are mostly annual that give the best flowers, so you would need to bring it into shelter over the winter, or get a new one each year.

I suggest you get out all the buttercups that are taking over, they have deep, persistant roots so you will have to be careful digging them out. Dig in some compost or bagged manure then cover with a weed suppressant membrane and plant a few shrubs through cuts in the membrane. Then top with bark mulch.

Shrubs you could try are weigela, choisya, broom, roses, spirea, holly (silver king is the female that has berries) slow but very nice.

chiefwiggum

wildlifeboy wrote: »

I find a lot of posts remain unanswered in here. its not really very welcoming really. anyway i would recomend a trellis with a climbing flower like a clematis with a small fuschia at the base. maybe a ros on the other corner.

i have to say ive found this forum very helpful and very welcoming..any of my post have been replied to in a very fast helpful way

lrushe

I've a pretty Fuschia in a similar spot in my garden, when it flowers it has a dark pink outside and a deep purple on the inner petals. You can't really appreciate the colours in this pic as it hadn't fully flowered but when it does it's stunning!!

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Agree with the holly suggestion - great to stay native if you can. might be nice with a gorse bush alongside, nice contrast in rich colours, won't get too big, evergreen & berries on the holly in winter. Thats the plan for my garden this Oct anyway.

flutered

take a look at a uk site called scoot, the last time i looked the had a nice offer for £35 for quite an amount of plants, (cottage garden i think).