I want to build a raised flowerbed using square section downpipe stood vertically and glued together.The internal size would be about 60mmx60mm.Are there any plants which would grow in such a confined space?
Succulents, some small alpines. I can't see how it would be of any great use for much else. Maybe a few salad crops. 6cm is tiny, even if you have a reasonable height/depth, so most plants would eventually struggle.
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The pipes will be filled with soil and compost all the way to ground level-so the roots can be any length,but they can only spread horizontally 60mmx60mm.I could lay the pipes horizontally,in which case I would lose the square ends which I was hoping to be able to plant something in.
Is there any particular reason why you want to do this ... or do you just like a real challenge? There are so many more attractive and easier ways to grow plants 🌷🌷🌷
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Open up the two halves? Only joking really though, I think it's ornamental suggestions that were wanted, and I can't really think of anything that would be happy and look good in such a narrow container except the little rosette succulents like houseleeks, and for them only the top few inches would need to be compost - the rest could be hardcore, gravel etc.
That was my thought @JennyJ. Definitely a waste to fill the whole thing up too. There are loads of little saxifrages which would be happy, and even things like crocus or snowdrops if it was a suitable site.
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6cm is tiny, even if you have a reasonable height/depth, so most plants would eventually struggle.
Perhaps @bluehamster1968 can enlighten us
There are so many more attractive and easier ways to grow plants 🌷🌷🌷
My first suggestion is still the most valid I reckon. I just can't see the reasoning though
There are loads of little saxifrages which would be happy, and even things like crocus or snowdrops if it was a suitable site.