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Tulips still holding out.

Planted lots of late flowering tulips to bridge the gap between spring and summer plants. These is the last of the tulips hanging on in this heat.

Hi all. I would like to get some advice as to what to plant in front of the wall here. There is a housing estate being built behind the wall and I'd like to plant something that will provide a bit of privacy be it some trees or shrubs. For information: the wall is about 2 meters high and I'd like something to go at least a meter further in height. The front of the house here is west facing so this area will get plenty of sunlight in the summer in the afternoon and evening. I'm looking for coverage between the 2 pillars but would be happy to continue planting further along the wall and to the side of the house if something would grow in the shade there. TIA.

Most trees and shrubs prefer to grow in soil. Are you going to take up an area of those paving bricks? If so you will have to allow for the wall foundation which will mean an area close the wall will be occupied below ground by a block of concrete which also will be of little benefit to what you decide to plant. You will need to avoid something that wants to grow too fast to a large size as it could end up causing the wall to crack but something that is not very vigorous may just fail due to the difficult conditions in the ground dominated by paving that would surround whatever are of brick you decide to take out. If you don't mind keeping it trimmed back then Cotoneaster franchetii might be an option and if you would prefer to have something more slow growing then Osmanthus burkwoodii might be a better option.

Happy gardening!

I spend my life fighting weeds, but despite them the early summer flowers are coming out. Roses about to bloom and the yellow Geum I planted late last Summer has really done well. The smell from the dwarf lilac is heavenly. I got a bargain with two lilac trees in Lildl in March and planted them at the edge of the little woodland (swamped in buttercup at the moment).

So jealous of the rhododendron. I'd love one but not enough room. We have two wegeilas (planted before we bought our house). Great plants, I love the flowers and bees constantly buzzing round them.

not sure the photo does them justice, but my foxgloves have been incredible this year. A couple of them are over 2m tall and laden down with flower.

Irises are doing great in the garden this year.

They only work on small gardens in newly built social housing estates.

If I had your garden I'd plant a load of native trees, hedgerows and wild flowers.

I would not let one of those tv crews anywhere near my garden, they hack them about then plant way too many garden centre plants and take pics then you are on your own.

Put in some trees, then if you want a bit to garden take a section near the house. If you start turning that into Powerscourt you will need an army of gardeners.

Yup, fairy thimble mad this year. Over 8 feet.

Lots of fantastic plants like damp so I wouldn’t let that put you off. Path ways are the best way to divide up a space, a winding pathway would look great.

I wouldn’t worry at all about the kids bashing plants, perennials come back year after year bigger and stronger and will eventually look amazing once fully established. So what if they get a hammering some years. I had a chicken sit her big fat backside on a Gaura seedling today, lol, and I’ve been nursing those seedlings/plug plants since February.

Might be too late this year but these native hedge packs from connectingtonature are great, mines only been in the ground 2 months and its flying up:

https://connectingtonature.ie/collections/hedging-tree-mixtures

Did you see the state of the garden the 'designer' with the bonsai obsession left behind him in the latest series?

If the homeowner wants to redo it they will have the added cost of undoing the mess he left behind.