Help with boarders
My daughters garden has two boarders that require planting with sturdy shrubs / trees that will stand up to the odd football being miskicked. Bed No 1 is aprox 10mt x 1mt has full sun and requires something that will grow or be pruned to 2.5 / 3mt high.
Bed No 2 is aprox 3mt x 2mt has half sun and already has a 3mt high Weeping Cherry in the centre so it needs something up to 1mt high to fill in either side. She's hoping to find evergreens with some colour, any ideas greatly appreciated
Bed No 2 is aprox 3mt x 2mt has half sun and already has a 3mt high Weeping Cherry in the centre so it needs something up to 1mt high to fill in either side. She's hoping to find evergreens with some colour, any ideas greatly appreciated
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She'll have to accept that there will be damage though
That said, some ideas for tough shrubs -
Some of the larger cotoneasters (e.g lacteus) semi-evergreen
Amelanchier - not e/g
Elaeagnus - many are evergreen
Euonymus - many are evergreen
Lilac not e/g
Philadelphus - not e/g
Ilex (holly)
Privet
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Re the other bed with the cherry, that may be more difficult. Any shrubs planted will take up more of the available moisture, so that might be detrimental to the tree, depending on it's maturity and the climate/soil. Perhaps a simple physical barrier there, and just some annual climbers could be the answer. Any extra info you can offer will be useful though
Some photos would be useful too if you can get them @Blues .