Good point Wildedges - I’m a novice at planting so all new to me. Floralies- that’s an interesting option. I don’t want to get too obsessed about tracking the perpetrators but I’ve just looked these up and seen they are relatively cheap
🤔 Depending on how well the tree is established, it may be quite difficult to plant shrubs of any size around it because of the tree’s roots ... and small shrubs may struggled if dogs per in them ... and they will 🙄
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
This year I have had a self-seeded white alyssum beside "my" tree, it has spread out into a big clump and flowered for months. Wouldn't deter dogs though. I've planted crocus bulbs and Tete-a-tete daffs, wallflowers, antirrhinum, and Anthemis punctata. My tree and another in the street were pollarded last year, so shade is not an issue for them now.
If the ground around your tree has a raised edging, could you cover it with an uncomfortable mulch, such as holly leaves?
I was going to make a similar suggestion to Philippa - ie to use sticks that make it impossible for a dog to squat.
Then I thought about a child running along the pavement (or a doddery old lady slipping) and falling onto one of the sticks - straight into their eye 😫 - and decided maybe it wasn't such a great idea without some adaptation.
If you think the location means nobody could fall on the sticks go ahead and use them - they don't need to be pointy - just of a height and spacing to stop a dog squatting. Lengths of garden canes would do it.
If you think somebody could fall and injure themselves you could still use garden canes but stick a ping pong or tennis ball on top of each cane. Or buy some of those garden cane toppers designed to stop us gardeners poking our eyes out.
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
If the ground around your tree has a raised edging, could you cover it with an uncomfortable mulch, such as holly leaves?
I have a dog... it works.. I don't care what it looks like... best of luck..
Then I thought about a child running along the pavement (or a doddery old lady slipping) and falling onto one of the sticks - straight into their eye 😫 - and decided maybe it wasn't such a great idea without some adaptation.
If you think the location means nobody could fall on the sticks go ahead and use them - they don't need to be pointy - just of a height and spacing to stop a dog squatting. Lengths of garden canes would do it.
If you think somebody could fall and injure themselves you could still use garden canes but stick a ping pong or tennis ball on top of each cane. Or buy some of those garden cane toppers designed to stop us gardeners poking our eyes out.