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Low maintenance plants for new 2 acre garden

SerdaqSerdaq Posts: 3
in Garden design
I am just starting to plant a new 2 acre lawn area at the rear of a residential cluster which has a bank of rubble and soil from the development at the right hand side which I propose to cover with a good quality topsoil and plant with maintenance free colourful plants/ shrubs 
To the rear is an old cut back whitethorn hedge with gaps and spaces adjoining a 12 acre green field
i am think of plant something in front of the whitethorn hedge
All suggestions and ideas are welcome 


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  • SerdaqSerdaq Posts: 3
    Just to let you know that this project is based in Ireland 
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    Seeing it's waterlogged, I'd plant some thirsty willows and alders, which like such conditions.
  • SerdaqSerdaq Posts: 3
    Thanks
    I’m not sure that it normally holds the water. It is just that the new lawn was seeded last autumn and I took the photos yesterday after hours of torrential rain with storm Denis
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    I think I'd plant more native hedging in front of the hawthorn - making a really thick hedge, great for birds.  Blackthorn, elder, guelder rose, dog rose, more hawthorn maybe.
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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