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What would you plant here?

FfoxgloveFfoxglove UkPosts: 534
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Hi I’m looking for ideas! 

This area defining the driveway is nowadays very overgrown with bushes and shrubs and brambles too. 
so I need to dig it up and start again. 
But I’ve no idea what to plant! 
The only ask is low maintenance. 
Any and all suggestions are welcome: what would you plant? 
I’ve included an old picture so you can see the space available. 

Thanks in advance! 



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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Third rock from the sunPosts: 35,507
    Hello Ffoxglove. A mix of hardy geraniums would be a low maintenance suggestion for you and there are all sorts of colours available.
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  • ObelixxObelixx Vendée, Western FrancePosts: 28,572
    How old is that photo?  It looks fine.  If it's been left untended and has gone a bit wild than maybe some of the shrubs are overgrown and just need pruning to size and shape and any weeds and brambles removed.  
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  • FfoxgloveFfoxglove UkPosts: 534
    it is an old photo. I’ll add a newer photo when I can. 
    I’d like something low maintenance and possibly evergreen. 
    Are trees too ambitious? 
    Amalemchier obelisk? Or cypress? 
  • AstraeusAstraeus SheffieldPosts: 313
    Viburnum tinus. Plant it and forget it. Manageable without being box-like, evergreen and has year-round interest with flowers and berries.
  • Janie BJanie B LincolnshirePosts: 865
    Choisya? Very hardy, can grow tallish, lovely flowers, evergreen, nice scent...
  • FireFire North LondonPosts: 17,116
    A hedge might be good.
  • WhalehqWhalehq Posts: 10
    I assume you're after a bit of privacy so I'd go with fire's suggestion of a nice hedge. My favourites are copper beech and photinia red fwiw
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Central Norfolk UKPosts: 82,251
    As its a parking area with egress onto the road, trees  and taller shrubs won’t be suitable as they’ll obstruct the driver’s vision of oncoming traffic and pedestrians ... a property near here has recently been compelled to remove shrubs that obstruct the drivers’ sightline. 
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  • B3B3 South East LondonPosts: 24,072
    Lavender?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 20,439
    I think that Choisya and Viburnum Tinus would be far too big, they grow wide as well as tall and would need a lot of clipping to the detriment of flowers if they are to be kept small enough for that area.

    I would go for short shrubs, such as Lavender, Caryopteris, Hebe, small Spireas, with something like cordyline "Pink Passion" for colour and texture.
    Dordogne and Norfolk
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