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good low maintenance plants for community garden

melbite · 2015-04-26 18:22:10

Hello, We are looking at developing a community garden - and I was looking for advice on low maintenance planting? Its quite a public area that can get a lot of traffic, high probability that some plants might be stolen so we need some stronger/hardier options. The aim is to soften the area and make it look nice so any…

26-04-2015 6:22pm

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Hello,

We are looking at developing a community garden - and I was looking for advice on low maintenance planting? Its quite a public area that can get a lot of traffic, high probability that some plants might be stolen so we need some stronger/hardier options. The aim is to soften the area and make it look nice so any advice welcome!

Thanks

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#2 26-04-2015 7:26pm

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Buxus; cheap in Lidl right now, stylish (with a little regular trimming).

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#3 26-04-2015 7:35pm

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thanks quality mark will check it out!

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#4 26-04-2015 8:17pm

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Buxus is 'box' - those fashionable neatly-clipped tiny hedges. Often a very nice structural feature in a small garden.

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#5 27-04-2015 10:13am

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Honesty, wallflower, nigella,marigolds, crocosmia.

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#6 27-04-2015 10:16am

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A mix of allium and various grasses.

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#7 27-04-2015 3:03pm

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And every garden should have at least one rosemary bush, for beauty and good taste (in both senses).

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