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Ideas for this yard
jillandpeter
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Can anyone suggest what would be best for covering this wall which is old? I have very little gardening experience however my ideas were a fast climbing clematis or if possible a fast growing narrow hedge planted in the stoned area but I'm unsure what to plant. In our old garden I grew lleylandi into a hedge but I need something with small roots. I'd be grateful of any suggestions.
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Rather than totally cover it with a solid hedge (which would also prevent any maintenance) I’d put some vine eyes and wires in and grow some beautiful climbing roses along and up it ... think my personal preference would be for a selection of pale and deeper pinks with glossy foliage.
@Marlorena is very knowledgeable about roses ... hopefully she will see this and have some suggestions.
Can you tell us which way the wall faces?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Vine eyes and the wires and tensioners can be found in good DIY stores. They are best screwed in with a rawl plug to secure them in the wall. As has already been suggested, you'll need to get the wall pointed to make it stronger - and more attractive. If you can't afford that or think the wall won't hold, you could erect short fence posts withing the wall and pass wires through, or attached to, those.
Much more attractive than a hedge and can be done without damaging the wall.