Any Ideas On what to plant in a 200ltr trough planter
mraholdsworth
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Hi everyone has any got any ideas on what to plant in a 200ltr through planter 100x 50 x50 to go in my left hand corner of my garden, shady corner, I was thinking of 2 holly Alaska bush 120 high, I was thinking of form a hedge mainly it’s for the birds to attract song birds to the bird feeder
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That isn't a very sizeable container for two hollies of any kind unless you're clipping them, which affects the flowering/berrying potential
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As long as the soil in the container is suitable - ie soil not compost, and it's kept moist enough, especially while establishing, a single holly should be ok.
They're quite tolerant of shade and sun, but they can be quite slow growing, so it'll be a few years before you have something of a reasonable height and width. You might want to put in some other, more temporary, planting until it fills out. That could be annuals or perennials depending on what you like
If you want to plant bulbs, they need to work with whatever shrub you choose. Some need very sharp drainage for example. Tulips in particular
I would just mix all your soil together, but you need to make sure the mix also drains well. In wet conditions that mix could be very soggy, so you might want to add grit or pea gravel, or just some bog standard multi purpose compost.