Decided to go with home grown perennials and nicotiana sylverstris, only the lonely and Langsdorffii. Leaky pipe gives them 3 hr of watering each night and so far so good. Langsdorffii flowering well.
It looks like the fine wall would give you good privacy. Is it an issue?
Wall approx 6 foot from grass so no issues. Neighbours rarely seen except when thermometer is well in to the 20's. We will be running the existing honeysuckle along the top and planting a clematis at the house end so they meet up. Here are some previous pics of the border. Border on Left
Thank you for showing the "after" photos. I always like to know what happened. It looks great.
I didn't see the original posts. I am a rose and perennial lover so I would have suggested a climbing or shrub rose, they don't all need lots of sun and they can be trained sideways. I have "The Pilgrim" in that sort of place. I would also have suggested some perennials, maybe some heucheras, ferns and Brunnera "Jack Frost".
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
It does indeed look great. But I like @Busy-Lizzie's suggestion for some foliage contrast - the brunnera has variegated leaves, heucheras come in many subtle foliage colours, and ferns would give you a light, feathery look.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Good ideas. May relocate a couple of ferns I have in other parts of the garden. The inital planting was from my own seed grown perennials. We have a Lonicera in place which is being trained. I had thought of a couple of low lying shrubs to give some structure during the winter months. There are some daffodils which should kick the border off when spring arrives.
Variegated Euonymus japonicus are good for low growing evergreen colour (green/silver, green/gold) over winter. They can easily be kept at any size by simple pruning and naturally grow to a maximum of size of about 1x1m if left unpruned for a decade.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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I didn't see the original posts. I am a rose and perennial lover so I would have suggested a climbing or shrub rose, they don't all need lots of sun and they can be trained sideways. I have "The Pilgrim" in that sort of place. I would also have suggested some perennials, maybe some heucheras, ferns and Brunnera "Jack Frost".