Putting in a border here
Jesse2501
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This is the bottom of my back garden. Very shaded for a large part of the day. I was thinking of removing the gravel bed and putting in a border. Would there be anything I could plant down here that would be colourful and attract bees etc. I have planted several small apple trees, two buddleia and two lilac. I put in two foxglove too, thinking of putting in lupins and crocosmia. Would a border work here or would it just turn into a mess?
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hi jess i plant flowers wherever ui can i have north facing shady border in it and doing well are; hardy geraniums, aquilegias. peonies, roses gertrude jekyll and zepherine drouhin, ,hellebores, jasmine inherited though this is leggy hydrangea petiolaris, and a philadelphus-unsure quite how well last one will do not been in long but leafed up nicely, i got alan titchmarsh gardening in the shade found it excellent
Will defo look up that book so Rose, thank you. Just planted two rose climbers out front so time for a wee cup of tea
I'd fancy planting a hydrangea paniculata (don't like the mop heads) so that might give a bit of substance and some colour. Not sure the flowers are great for insects though.
so take up the gravel and lay down some good soil so?
and dig in lots of muck. Soil under the gravel is likely to be pretty thin on nutrients
Will do... Not sure what muck is though
. I'll put in soil and compost mix so. Maybe 2 foot wide.