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New lawn, no idea on how to plant border
Thebigeasy
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I just replace the old existing lawn that was basically just moss, I've spent the last 4 days digging out and turfing, just waiting on Sleepers getting delivered for the border edging. I don't know any names or types off plants at all, so hopefully you kind people can help me out.
A few things I like.
I love big leaves bright, dark dont matter what, that and a mixture of grasses for different contrast.
Would like flowering at different parts of the year.
How much space is needed for trees to provide some privacy between us and next door nothing overpowering about 3m height max.
I've relocated a pear tree and its looking terrible now, will it come back?
A few things I like.
I love big leaves bright, dark dont matter what, that and a mixture of grasses for different contrast.
Would like flowering at different parts of the year.
How much space is needed for trees to provide some privacy between us and next door nothing overpowering about 3m height max.
I've relocated a pear tree and its looking terrible now, will it come back?
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Picture of pear tree looking miserable and two smaller plants the wife bought that are worse than the pear tree. Read this might just be shock.
You probably need at least 4 feet deep to do anything interesting, anything less is going to look very mean with a lawn that size. In fact 4ft wide will look like it's clinging to the edges IMHO! You could easily go much wider with that amount of space.
Trees... I think 3m is a bit too small, I'd be thinking birches, amelanchiers, ornamental cherries etc, which are not really large trees but much bigger than 3m.
As for the pear you moved... only time will tell!
Thats the width of the border along the 3 sides including the fence line in the picture. Can make widenings in the border along the fence line to fit trees in if possible.
Could you cut out some sweeping curves that allow a bit more depth and reduce the sense of it being a football pitch? (You may want a football pitch of course in which case ignore me!)
https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/best-plants-for-narrow-borders/
I do like your fences. I can't see any posts on those pics. Where are they?
Some good candidates would be raspberries, gooseberries, blackcurrants, Blueberries, Juneberries, cherry trees (dwarf rootstock if possible to keep them small) and Strawberries.
I'm sure people will have good suggestions for ornamentals, you have a lot of space, you will need a lot of plants to fill it.
They will also give you advice on where to plant, sun, shade, etc
Must haves for me it would be an Amelchanier tree, a crab apple or flowering cherry. Magnolia. Loads of clematis up the fences.
A fatsia, huge evergreen leaves. Hebe. Grasses and various perennials for summer and autumn colour.
Daffodils, snowdrops, primrose, polyanthus for spring.
Hardy geraniums for ground cover.
Roses.
As I loathe mowing grass my boarders would be around 6 to 8ft deep with a bark walkway in the middle to access the rear plants or the odd stepping stone.
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