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england5320
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Hi all
Im a bit of a novice when it comes to gardening...ive spent the last 2 years buying pretty flowers and shrubs from the garden centre and chucking them in the ground...I think its ok so far, but i could do with some ideas for a new bed as I'm al out of ideas...its a 3m x 1m piece of ground behind my fence which is shaded..it's next to my kitchen and i want it to look good all year round. Does anyone know of any good apps, books or websites where i can look. So far, i think ive just been lucky but i really have the bug now!!! Ive attached pictures of what ive done so far along with the other half patiently doing the landscaping to bring my ideas to fruition.
Im a bit of a novice when it comes to gardening...ive spent the last 2 years buying pretty flowers and shrubs from the garden centre and chucking them in the ground...I think its ok so far, but i could do with some ideas for a new bed as I'm al out of ideas...its a 3m x 1m piece of ground behind my fence which is shaded..it's next to my kitchen and i want it to look good all year round. Does anyone know of any good apps, books or websites where i can look. So far, i think ive just been lucky but i really have the bug now!!! Ive attached pictures of what ive done so far along with the other half patiently doing the landscaping to bring my ideas to fruition.
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In the sticks near Peterborough
If not, you could post one on here and l'm sure there will be suggestions! What sort of flowers/colours were you thinking of, and what is the soil like ?
A bit more info might help to point you in the right direction
It looks quite sunny there, although l know at other times of the year it could be pretty shady. Normally for year round interest l would suggest some shrubs as a backdrop, but if it's only 1 metre wide that would really be too narrow. You could plant climbers up against the fence, using trellis or wires perhaps.