Path alongside house
Tessashark
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I have a long border that runs alongside the house. It is approx 2m wide and 6m long (very approximately!). I suspect the soil is not deep (maybe 0.5m) as it is in a raised bed (currently it is covered in concrete). It has a wall running along it and is some of it is under a huge yew tree. It is mostly in shade.
It has been a dumping ground and overgrown area for years but I am keen to sort it out, it doesn't need to be pretty as it is not used much but I'd prefer to plant it, maybe to provide food and shelter for the birds. Ivy and weeds have grown well there so far!
I am hoping for advice on what I can plant there, a lot of leaves fall on it during the autumn which is among the reasons I don't want to put gravel or slate. Ideally it would be something evergreen (I like variegated), slow growing, low maintenance that I can prune once a year and not think much about the rest of the time.
Somebody suggested periwinkle but I'd like a little bit of height but not too much - would euonymus survive? It grows well on the front garden. Alchemilla also grows like a weed in my gardens and this would be ok there too though it is not slightly during the winter.
TIA
It has been a dumping ground and overgrown area for years but I am keen to sort it out, it doesn't need to be pretty as it is not used much but I'd prefer to plant it, maybe to provide food and shelter for the birds. Ivy and weeds have grown well there so far!
I am hoping for advice on what I can plant there, a lot of leaves fall on it during the autumn which is among the reasons I don't want to put gravel or slate. Ideally it would be something evergreen (I like variegated), slow growing, low maintenance that I can prune once a year and not think much about the rest of the time.
Somebody suggested periwinkle but I'd like a little bit of height but not too much - would euonymus survive? It grows well on the front garden. Alchemilla also grows like a weed in my gardens and this would be ok there too though it is not slightly during the winter.
TIA
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