Bob thanks very much - that's actually really helpful and so true on the white flowers! Sorry this probably all sounds really obvious, I'm just so useless when it comes to imagining how things will look, instead of just seeing what's in front of me (which isn't so handy when it comes to gardening
I still find it difficult to envision things myself to be honest, but learnt all of the basics the hard way in my early gardening days (eg planting hollyhocks at the front of a border isn't the best idea!)
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Bob I have and still am making so many errors but I suppose it's how you learn! Not only with not being able to envisage... but I've lost count of the failed plants in my first couple of years due to the wrong plant for the soil!
Tidy, thank you! You might not be able to see but I have planted 3 Himalayan birch at the back on the right Last autumn, and I'm planning to plant a couple more (as yet undecided which) on the back left once I've created the bed which will continue all the way down. It desperately needs trees... It's South facing and like a furnace and also a real lack of privacy. I'm also contemplating a small tree or two closer to the house but can't quite work out where or what!
The yellow Tone will soften down even after a year,at least your neighbors did it we have had to do both sides of every garden we have had, very sore point.At least it's not that nasty cheap bright orange stuff
I'd leave it. It'll fade to squirrel grey if it hasn't been treated. It'll blend in with the copse grey too. ( why do I always read it as corpse grey??)
I'm completely failing to conjure a mental image of a 'grey copse' to compare what the colour should look like. Clearly, I was never cut out to be in marketing (or maybe I was and names like this are proof that they badly need someone like me?!)
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
I'm completely failing to conjure a mental image of a 'grey copse' to compare what the colour should look like. Clearly, I was never cut out to be in marketing (or maybe I was and names like this are proof that they badly need someone like me?!)
Maybe they thought Silver copse was more appealing than wishy washy blue/grey?
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Tidy, thank you! You might not be able to see but I have planted 3 Himalayan birch at the back on the right Last autumn, and I'm planning to plant a couple more (as yet undecided which) on the back left once I've created the bed which will continue all the way down. It desperately needs trees... It's South facing and like a furnace and also a real lack of privacy. I'm also contemplating a small tree or two closer to the house but can't quite work out where or what!