Ideas for SE facing bed
jamesharcourt
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Searching for ideas again.
This corner of my garden faces south east. Maybe a bit more east and south. Full sun right up until about 2 pm… dappled a little after that and then shade for maybe 3 or 4 pm. Large Yew and Laurel nearby.
I sowed wildflowers there last autumn which looked good this summer but went leggy and stretched out looking for the sun. I’m thinking of putting a woodland mix in at the back of the area and a sun wildflower mix at the front. Also to put some shrubs in there. Any ideas?
I sowed wildflowers there last autumn which looked good this summer but went leggy and stretched out looking for the sun. I’m thinking of putting a woodland mix in at the back of the area and a sun wildflower mix at the front. Also to put some shrubs in there. Any ideas?
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I’d increase the depth by at least another metre, then you’ve got a bed with some potential 😊
I agree with Dove's comment . Shrubs would not do so well under there.
I have a clients garden border that is the same aspect, I have just taken larger shrubs out and cut others back hard in order for some roses to do better. I can't widen the bed because it borders the driveway. The roses were almost growing out horizontal! If you don't want to widen the border, I would try some low growing perennials, Tiarellas, Epimedium, Astrantia, Alchemila Mollis, hardy geraniums seem to do well anywhere.