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Suggestions needed for small, easy to care shrub for windy conditions...
vicky_wrein
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Hi there,
We live in a new build house with a small front garden area, which was covered in bark when we moved in a few years ago. We have now laid down gravel but would like to plant a small, easy to care for, flowering shrub which can tolerate a lot of wind! We are near clifftops and the South Downs on the south coast, and our front garden is like a wind tunnel. It needs to be small as don't want it to grow higher than the front window (80cm max) and low maintenance as we grow a lot of vegetables in our back garden, which is enough work in itself!
Thank you in advance!
We live in a new build house with a small front garden area, which was covered in bark when we moved in a few years ago. We have now laid down gravel but would like to plant a small, easy to care for, flowering shrub which can tolerate a lot of wind! We are near clifftops and the South Downs on the south coast, and our front garden is like a wind tunnel. It needs to be small as don't want it to grow higher than the front window (80cm max) and low maintenance as we grow a lot of vegetables in our back garden, which is enough work in itself!
Thank you in advance!
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Are you wanting it to provide some protection from the wind, so that you can put in other planting, or is it just as an ornamental under the window?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...