Small front garden planting

Yvonne Lloyd · April 2013

Hi, looking for ideas of planting for this area (see pic.) hoping to cover with plum slatE chippings and would be grateful for ideas on low maintainance, ever green planting. Sunny aspect most of the day.

Manythanks

P.s just having trouble uploading image - will try again once posted

auntie betty · April 2013

Low maintenance evergreens include: phormium, bergenia, heuchera, euonymous (some), carex, cotoneaster (some), flat-growing junipers, choisya, lavender, euphorbia (some), aucuba japonica, prunus (some), ajuga, festuca, hedera, saxifraga (some). Hard to be specific without pic, but there's some stuff to look up anyway.. Try to have a few bulbs or easy herbaceous things too, or you'll quickly get bored The odd clup of alliums and other few of hardy geranius would make all the diff. .Bx

Obelixx · April 2013

I would stick with glaucous blue or grey foliage to pick up the slate so lavenders which just need pruning once the flowers fade and/or dwarf conifers such as Juniperus Blue Carpet, Juniperus Blue Star.

You don't say whether the soil is acid, neutral or alkaline so you'll have to check for which plants are suitable for your soil. remmeber to prepare it well buy digging out roots of perennial weeds and adding plenty of well rotted manure and/or garden compost as you won't be able to do that once the slate mulch ahs gone on. Let teh soil settle a few days before planting up and then water everything well.

For something completely different, you could consider a herb garden - rosemary, sage, thymes, French tarragon, chives and so on. Taking bits off for the kitchen will keep them pruned and tidy.

Yvonne Lloyd · April 2013

Thanks so much for the suggestions, they are perfect.

Yvonne

Yvonne Lloyd · April 2013

here is a photo of the area - minus the plum slate which will go on last.

Small front garden planting

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