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How would you plant this bed?

SillyTillySillyTilly Posts: 32
edited June 2018 in Problem solving
My garden is south facing which means the bottom of the garden is shady until later on (and then the bottom right doesn't get any except dappled through the fence)  Behind us have horrible trees which makes it more shady.  At the minute I've got bits of everything in there (only started taking an interest that last year) but I'm not sure whether to make it more dense or leave it so you can see soil.  What do you think? 
Ps ignore the half painted face that was the OH who gave up after an hour lol.

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  • Mary370Mary370 Posts: 2,003
    You have done a good job so far, remember those plants will grow upwards and outwards, I would put lots of annuals in for instant colour for the rest of the summer, they will last until the first frosts.  You could also plant some Spring flower bulbs in Autumn.  You could put bark down to cover the earth, it will also help to suppress the weeds and hold moisture, just don't place it up against the plants, as they will rot. 
  • SillyTillySillyTilly Posts: 32
    edited June 2018
    Thanks, there are some tulips, daffs and a few anenomes in there.  Ive also ordered some alliums for next year (love those) I've got a cosmos to plant in the shady bit, and a camelia and weigela for mid-way-ish.  Although I love the oriental poppy that's there it's "all fur coat and no knickers" So to speak is the flowers only last a week so I'm thinking of moving it.
  • SillyTillySillyTilly Posts: 32
    edited June 2018
    This is the left side borderThis is the messy bit, I'm considering digging over to make more room for plants as it  gets the most sun.front of the garden which is getting sorted today, hopefully switching the shed and table round.Bottom left corner-this bits the newest, it was all over grown with weeds/horrible tree thing.and the right side border, mostly in shade so not much planted there.Any ideas or criticism welcome, I'm not very artistic so unsure how to make it look pretty.  Although the I cant really do any heavy duty work as it's just a housing association house.
  • jamesharcourtjamesharcourt Posts: 465
    The bottom left looks like it is shaded ... how about Sango Kaku Japanese Maple and Camelia in there to add structure?  You could remove the tree thing!  
  • yorkshireroseyorkshirerose Posts: 574
    Why not plant an evergreen Honeysuckle or other evergreen climber to cover the fence and give you a backdrop for whatever you plant in front of it .
    I have a South facing garden too, I know what you mean by the difficult shady area at the bottom of it. I've played around with plants over a few years trying to find the solution.
    I'm quite content now with a couple of shade loving climbing roses, a clematis, afew shrubs- fragrant Viburnum 'Park Farm' ,Abelia 'Grandiflora', Cornus 'Baton Rouge' and 'Midwinter Fire' ( the latter both add colour in Winter). At ground level I have a selection of ferns, hostas, primroses (Native variety, P.Vulgaris), Pulmonaria, Ajuga ( a great ground covering plant). I have planted numerous Spring flowering bulbs too
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    A gardener's work is never at an end  - (John Evelyn 1620-1706)
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