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What would you plant here?

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  • FfoxgloveFfoxglove Posts: 538
    Thank you for all your comments and ideas! 
    @B3 @Busy-Lizzie it’s probably just me but I have limited success with lavender. Love them in year 1 and then they get woody and ugly at the bottom! What am I doing wrong? 
    Thank you! 
  • ElferElfer Posts: 329
    Lavender needs constant pruning otherwise it will get woody
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Calamagrostis Karl Foerster on mass with maybe some hardy geranium spilling out at the base
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • enilorac2enilorac2 Posts: 77
    Lavender Hidcote.  Easy to maintain at a low height, beautiful perfume, wonderful to look at and bee friendly.  
  • I think since there is not a big area of soil available something robust is needed and although a hedge will need to be trimmed to keep it to size I'd go for Cotoneaster franchetii and keep it trimmed to about waste height to maintain sight lines for the safe use of the driveway. It could also be kept to a height that matches the wall at the side of the house and gently slope to a lower level at the front. It has inconspicuous flowers in summer that are popular with pollinators and has berries to feed the birds in winter.
  • FfoxgloveFfoxglove Posts: 538
    Thank you for the suggestions! When do u prune a grass like that @Loxley? What would it look like in winter? 
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    You cut them down in Feb-early March. They look nice in winter IMO See the source image
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Just shows how it's all a matter of personal taste. I really don't like grasses, especially in winter.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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