Shady front garden woes!
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Tom Flanagan
8 år sidenHi Emma! Are you thinking a slight facelift or a bigger project? Depending on your budget, I'd think about getting some paving done and start zoning the front into areas i.e. plants, path etc.
As a start though, I reckon just a quick tidy up and maybe figure out a way to disguise the bins a little? Some plants on the window sill and maybe invest in a wall feature, either a little bell or hanging plants to go next to the door! Just a little food for thought :)
Emma Bowker
Forfatter8 år sidenHi
We're already in the midst of facelifting the woodwork, sills and frames, the awful bins have been banished to the back garden and there'll shortly be a 4ft wooden fence to finally define the boundary. The concrete path will have to stay but we'll likely cover this with chipped slate (thoughts?).
Not sure how to plant the two areas, whether to go cottage garden, beachy grasses, dense shrubbery or something more formal. It spends most of the day in the shade, only getting the early morning sun.User
8 år sidenHere's a few suggestions for shade loving plants that any garden centre should stock. If it is a shady garden it will be pointless buying plants that need good sun as they wont flourish and will soon die. If these don't take your fancy just ask for shade loving plants at your local garden centre.
Fatsia Japonica
Hydrangea 'Madame Emile Mouillè
Skimming JaponicaTrevor Baker
8 år sidendecorative stones/pebbles and potted plants would look good in a small area. difficult to make a small patch of grass look attractiveUser
8 år sidenHere's a few low growers
Lungwort
Vinca
Cyclamen
There are lots more and you can make it really pretty as many of them will be white too which adds sparkle to any garden. Just make sure you get a mix of evergreen shrubs and then intersperse with perennials (they come back year after year)
Any ferns are good too as they add lovely texture and you can get all different heights. Good luck.Architectural Plants Ltd
8 år sidenIf it's damp shade then Ferns are a great idea. You could also go for Aucuba which would be a good screen as it gets large but can be cut back. Box like the shade and look good in pots too. You could line your path with box hedging. Keep it simple, the more types of plants you use the bigger mess it looks in a small space. Follow the link for plants that are suitable for damp shade http://www.architecturalplants.com/plants/search/cGxhY2U9NDk.
If its dry shade then change the search on our site.
ann balmforth GARDEN DESIGNS
8 år sidenYou haven't said whether your soil is alkaline/acidic/neutral, and clay/chalk/sand/loam, but you could also try Pachysandra terminalis, Hellebores (red, pink, white) and aquilegia. (http://www.crocus.co.uk)
T J
8 år sideni would make a bin shed for the wheelie bins and paint it and the fences black so it all blends in, pave the front, then arrange the space with colourful containers for plants and shrubs for low maintenance....or have the paths taken up and put back down again, jet washed and dig the ground and fill it with flowers that smell lovely as you walk past them....
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