Can I reverse that and tell you what would I not have planted (with hindsight)? That plum tree that has yet to bear plums; and a whitecurrant bush (what are whitecurrants for?). Another thing we should have done ten years ago was what I eventually did last year: I had two enormous conifers removed, which were taking up the whole front bed of my garden. I have replanted the bed with shrubs etc and the whole garden looks so much better and brighter now. If my late husband could see it now, I know he'd say, "Bloody hell, we should have done that ten years ago! Well done!"
I second Skandi on the Walnut. I inherited a large one in the verge, that overhangs the road, a steep drop below. It does get some nuts but difficult to get at. With that in mind, perhaps, the previous owner did plant a new one, which I estimate is around 5 years old, probably be another 5 before its producing.
If I could go back in time, I really, really wish he hadn’t planted that Leylandii hedge!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Interesting question. We moved here 12 years ago and it was pretty much a blank canvas, a lopsided young magnolia, a straggly knarled broom, some hydrangeas and a Cydonia japonica. I've since planted 18 roses, 11 or so clematis, several trees, 4 apples and a pear and have 19 flower beds - I haven't room for much more.
My main regret is that I didn't plant asparagus in the ground then, instead I've got it in a pallet bed where it's not thriving terribly well - in fact there's no sign of it at the moment.
more trees and wildflowers on my local nature reserve that i volunteer on. if id have put three clumps of wild garlic in 10 years ago it would be a carpet by now!
Im having a bit of a personal crisis and for some reason the result is I’m thinking much longer term than I usually do. I’ve put five grapevine in last year which should mature nicely, but I’m having trouble commuting to significant change. Now I’m imagining myself in ten years, the way I’d like the garden to be, and I suppose mature trees make sense too.
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If I could go back in time, I really, really wish he hadn’t planted that Leylandii hedge!
The trouble with you is you're just like a pelican
Your beak can hold much more than your belly can
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
My main regret is that I didn't plant asparagus in the ground then, instead I've got it in a pallet bed where it's not thriving terribly well - in fact there's no sign of it at the moment.
Im having a bit of a personal crisis and for some reason the result is I’m thinking much longer term than I usually do. I’ve put five grapevine in last year which should mature nicely, but I’m having trouble commuting to significant change. Now I’m imagining myself in ten years, the way I’d like the garden to be, and I suppose mature trees make sense too.
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