Cherry blossoms in the spring when not much else of good height is in bloom. However, my cherries are ripening now and they look just as delightful as flowers and little birds sing their heart out in the tree. 4m - 5m tall. Bees and birds.
Lilacs for 2 -2.5 months in the summer. 6m tall. Butterflies and bees.
Badellijas and sunflowers in late summer and autumn. 4m - 5m tall. Butterflies and bees.
There are a lot of interesting things going on in the trees all year round when you hang up some bird feeders in them for blue tits and robins.
This is mainly for HEIGHT & PRIVACY with COLOUR.
For more colour all year round, you plant at a lower level in the ground and in containers on that patio.
Sorry about going off-topic, but @Jac19 I'd be interested to know how you get 2 months of flowering out of your lilacs. Mine are in flower for maybe 2 or 3 weeks (maybe a touch more if the weather is cool and damp, less if it's hot and dry).
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
As @JennyJ says - plants need to earn their keep in smaller garden, or they end up looking very sparse. A north facing site isn't great for sunflowers. Clue's in the title Can you define the aspect of the garden @jessbee? Is it north facing from the back of the house? That's the normal way to work with a plan
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks, looks like it's the newer varieties that last longer in flower then. Mine were here before me. I took one out that was a particularly dull colour but the other is staying at least for now.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Thank you for your ideas everyone - I really appreciate it.
Sorry @Fairygirl, I meant summer and the garden is at the back. That is what you get for typing in a rush. Helpfully, the sun has just come out so here's a better picture of the garden at the moment, light-wise.
We have house next to us on the left and then there is a gap before the next house starts around the corner. So the sun will move round to the left and we will get the sun across the bottom strip of the garden for the rest of winter now through the gap between the houses. I hope I explained that well enough!
She says that the garden gets sun in the summer and sun at the back part other times. That means it is clear of buildings and trees.
My sunfowers are doing fine with a several hours of sun in the morning and afternoons in the shadow of the building. She is leaning forward to catch more afternoon sun.
jessbee , is your house a fully detached or a semi detached? If fully detached, the left side of the garden should get a strip of sunlight in the afternoons, just like the right side is getting a stripe of direct sunlight in the mornings in that picture.
It is the leaves at a height that need the sunshine. It is not needed at the base of the trees. So a much larger stripe at the back (than the part lit on the ground) is getting good sunlight at the height of 2 meters and higher. Good light, good light.
Cherries ripening in September? That’s unusual … season is usually July in the UK, even for the ornamental varieties. Can we see a picture ? Perhaps someone will know the variety 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
@JennyJ Please do recommend some lower level flowers for long flowering colour to plant in between. I just aimed for plants for the height and privacy with some colours, bees, butterflies, and birds.
I can add Hollyhocks, but one must never buy plug plants because a fungal disease called Rust comes with them -- the plug plants often come infected. One needs to sow them as seeds. The single flowers are glorious. It is the single flowers that attract bumble bees and butterflies; they can't get to the nectar in double flowers.
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Cherry blossoms in the spring when not much else of good height is in bloom. However, my cherries are ripening now and they look just as delightful as flowers and little birds sing their heart out in the tree. 4m - 5m tall. Bees and birds.
Lilacs for 2 -2.5 months in the summer. 6m tall. Butterflies and bees.
Badellijas and sunflowers in late summer and autumn. 4m - 5m tall. Butterflies and bees.
There are a lot of interesting things going on in the trees all year round when you hang up some bird feeders in them for blue tits and robins.
This is mainly for HEIGHT & PRIVACY with COLOUR.
For more colour all year round, you plant at a lower level in the ground and in containers on that patio.
A north facing site isn't great for sunflowers. Clue's in the title
Can you define the aspect of the garden @jessbee? Is it north facing from the back of the house? That's the normal way to work with a plan
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
https://www.thompson-morgan.com/p/lilac-esther-staley/TKA3550TM/
https://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/syringa-bloomerang-dark-purple-smsjbp7-pbr/classid.2000022480/
Sorry @Fairygirl, I meant summer and the garden is at the back. That is what you get for typing in a rush. Helpfully, the sun has just come out so here's a better picture of the garden at the moment, light-wise.
We have house next to us on the left and then there is a gap before the next house starts around the corner. So the sun will move round to the left and we will get the sun across the bottom strip of the garden for the rest of winter now through the gap between the houses. I hope I explained that well enough!
She says that the garden gets sun in the summer and sun at the back part other times. That means it is clear of buildings and trees.
My sunfowers are doing fine with a several hours of sun in the morning and afternoons in the shadow of the building. She is leaning forward to catch more afternoon sun.
It is the leaves at a height that need the sunshine. It is not needed at the base of the trees. So a much larger stripe at the back (than the part lit on the ground) is getting good sunlight at the height of 2 meters and higher. Good light, good light.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I can add Hollyhocks, but one must never buy plug plants because a fungal disease called Rust comes with them -- the plug plants often come infected. One needs to sow them as seeds. The single flowers are glorious. It is the single flowers that attract bumble bees and butterflies; they can't get to the nectar in double flowers.
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