As you are new to the house and also new to gardening I would wait a while before making changes. It is a good idea to watch a new garden for its first year anyway to see how it grows, what perennials and bulbs re-appear in spring and also how you might wish to use it.
I'd concentrate on sorting out indoors first and then observe your own garden as well as your neighbours and see which plants work and which you like. Come autumn, you'll be ready to start planting new shrubs and bulbs at the optimum planting time or you'll know you want to move things around and that's best done in autumn too..
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As you are new to the house and also new to gardening I would wait a while before making changes. It is a good idea to watch a new garden for its first year anyway to see how it grows, what perennials and bulbs re-appear in spring and also how you might wish to use it.
I'd concentrate on sorting out indoors first and then observe your own garden as well as your neighbours and see which plants work and which you like. Come autumn, you'll be ready to start planting new shrubs and bulbs at the optimum planting time or you'll know you want to move things around and that's best done in autumn too..
Thank you, I think we will definitely be observing a bit this year. Unfortunately, we don't really know our neighbors so won't be able to observe any other gardens. But I'm sure we can learn a lot just from waiting and watching our own.
Kismet I don't know if this helps but I have had a shaded/semi shaded garden for 4 years now and I've been learning gardening with it. One of my best acquisitions is a climber called Clematis Urophylla 'Winter beauty'. This for me is an absolute winner! Never had a Clematis and I'm in love (Nelly Moser didn't work for me). It's on a west facing wall, but it can for sure cope with an east one. It flowers from the begining of January and now it still bears its flowers. And it's an evergreen!
I know you said you love roses but I have no experience sorry.
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Duly noted, Firefly!
As you are new to the house and also new to gardening I would wait a while before making changes. It is a good idea to watch a new garden for its first year anyway to see how it grows, what perennials and bulbs re-appear in spring and also how you might wish to use it.
I'd concentrate on sorting out indoors first and then observe your own garden as well as your neighbours and see which plants work and which you like. Come autumn, you'll be ready to start planting new shrubs and bulbs at the optimum planting time or you'll know you want to move things around and that's best done in autumn too..
Thank you, I think we will definitely be observing a bit this year. Unfortunately, we don't really know our neighbors so won't be able to observe any other gardens. But I'm sure we can learn a lot just from waiting and watching our own.
Step one: invite the neighbours over for a cup of tea.
Kismet I don't know if this helps but I have had a shaded/semi shaded garden for 4 years now and I've been learning gardening with it. One of my best acquisitions is a climber called Clematis Urophylla 'Winter beauty'. This for me is an absolute winner! Never had a Clematis and I'm in love (Nelly Moser didn't work for me). It's on a west facing wall, but it can for sure cope with an east one. It flowers from the begining of January and now it still bears its flowers. And it's an evergreen!
I know you said you love roses but I have no experience sorry.