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In what order would you plant these...?

So with 1 being closest to the house, in what order would you plant the following (very long border down the right-hand side of the garden which we've just cleared)?

- Cornus kousa china girl
- Prunus autumnalis rosea
- Magnolia fairy blush
- Camellia sasanqua rainbow
- Betula jacquemontii
- Syringa mme lemoine
- Honeysuckle red world

These will all go at the back of the border and will determine where the smaller plants go.

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    What length and depth  is the border?
    That also determines the placement. Several of those become very large, in all directions, so you need to take that into account too.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • CamelliadCamelliad Posts: 402
    Thank you both.

    South facing garden - just over a third of an acre. 

    I think I have factored in eventual (possible) size. We've taken down some trees (saplings which have been ignored and have grown into trees) which were a similar size to the eventual size of some of these. My question was more - everything being equal and assuming the conditions are optimal for all the plants listed (I appreciate that some might fail) - which plants you would like to see closest to the house and which furthest away? So for example I wondered whether the syringa should be closest to the house on the basis that you would sit outside and smell it in the summer, with the camellia possibly further away but not at the back because you would want to see that in winter from the house? But I also just can't get a sense of which of these might look nice next to eachother.
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