I know you want to get it all done but the thing to bear in mind is that preparation is one of the most important things when it comes to gardening, especially if you don't have a massive budget. If you're spending money on plants, especially with prices rising, you want to give them the best start possibleĀ
Roses are lovely but for several months of the year they don't do a lot, so you may want to consider them in your back garden as part of a mixed border. Have you considered making a feature out of the seating area with another pergola covered with the climbers ? If you can incorporate borders on either side of it so that you're almost sitting amongst the plants as it were, it would look a bit less out on it's own. I'm not sure if you have the room to do that ?
It may be worth looking on sites such as Freecyle, Nextdoor or Facebook Marketplace for people giving away plants etc in your local area.
Hello @Lucee, may I ask if you ever sit in that corner? It looks nice to me, although the paved circle could be a little larger to accommodate your table and chairs better. A few larger plants would make it more of a feature.Ā
If you don't use it at all, you could think about putting a bird bath or bird feeder there instead.
I think I would plant your tree where the red/green plant is in the green pot - that way it will shield those neighbouring windows. Your jasmine may do better if you can plant it in the ground by another leg of the pergola - or do they all stand on the patio? if so, you will need a much, much bigger pot and constant watering.
In the front garden, if money is tight, I would be inclined to leave the cordylines where they are at the moment and just buy three more biggish evergreen bushes or even tall grasses like miscanthus to go between them. Just scrape back the gravel, slit the membrane and plant.
Above all, relax and enjoy the process, it really doesn't all have to be done at once. Most of us have evolved our gardens over time as and when finances allowed.
I am fond of trellising, so my personal preference would be for growing things all over the fences - clothing it all, for a wildy feel. Trellis wiring is good too. Deep borders will be easier to amend and improve. At least 50cm, I would say. Is it rocky?
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The big thing is really working out what you really want and you like.
This is the thing, we can offer advice which will give Lucy (hopefully) some ideas so that she can get started.Ā I meant to add sites such as Pinterest can be useful for inspiration as well.
Hello @Lucee, may I ask if you ever sit in that corner? It looks nice to me, although the paved circle could be a little larger to accommodate your table and chairs better. A few larger plants would make it more of a feature.Ā
If you don't use it at all, you could think about putting a bird bath or bird feeder there instead.
I think I would plant your tree where the red/green plant is in the green pot - that way it will shield those neighbouring windows. Your jasmine may do better if you can plant it in the ground by another leg of the pergola - or do they all stand on the patio? if so, you will need a much, much bigger pot and constant watering.
In the front garden, if money is tight, I would be inclined to leave the cordylines where they are at the moment and just buy three more biggish evergreen bushes or even tall grasses like miscanthus to go between them. Just scrape back the gravel, slit the membrane and plant.
Above all, relax and enjoy the process, it really doesn't all have to be done at once. Most of us have evolved our gardens over time as and when finances allowed.
Thanks so much this is really useful! We donāt sit there as we have a full patio set under the pergola when itās warmer, they were just some chairs I liked and bought last year and they hid the corner alittle š Thanku thatās a great idea about the tree, and bird bath feature! everything is still in pots near the corner purely because Iām waiting for a time in the next week to plant, and I was thinking of growing the jasmine up the fence after planting, would that work? As long as I have trellis etc (mil is going to help with that!)thinking of clearing a lot of the gravel from the corner in order to plant. Ā Thanks thatās a fab idea about the grasses too!
I am fond of trellising, so my personal preference would be for growing things all over the fences - clothing it all, for a wildy feel. Trellis wiring is good too. Deep borders will be easier to amend and improve. At least 50cm, I would say. Is it rocky?
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The big thing is really working out what you really want and you like.
Thankyou Iāll have a good look at that link! What plants do u think would look nice on the fences for the wildly feel?š
It maybe larger than yours - don't get caught up with the budget, shed, stonesĀ etc in the show - I just offer it as an idea of what others have done. When I mentioned a wildy look, this is the kind of look I meant. They have used silver birchs to provide screening. In reality it takes time and patience to create a garden.
Hi @Lucee, You say OH hates the far corner because it didn't go to plan. Possibly you need to consider between yourselves that issue and what you would like to do with it before embarking on trial and error planting in an attempt to dress up and disguise the problem.Ā You can achieve what you originally planned or imagined, even on a very limited budget, but it will take some work I think. Looks like you have some interesting level changes going on there. So, first things first, who is going to be doing the work? Will you and/or OH be getting stuck in or would you intend to get someone in?
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Roses are lovely but for several months of the year they don't do a lot, so you may want to consider them in your back garden as part of a mixed border.
Have you considered making a feature out of the seating area with another pergola covered with the climbers ? If you can incorporate borders on either side of it so that you're almost sitting amongst the plants as it were, it would look a bit less out on it's own. I'm not sure if you have the room to do that ?
It may be worth looking on sites such as Freecyle, Nextdoor or Facebook Marketplace for people giving away plants etc in your local area.
If you don't use it at all, you could think about putting a bird bath or bird feeder there instead.
I think I would plant your tree where the red/green plant is in the green pot - that way it will shield those neighbouring windows. Your jasmine may do better if you can plant it in the ground by another leg of the pergola - or do they all stand on the patio? if so, you will need a much, much bigger pot and constant watering.
In the front garden, if money is tight, I would be inclined to leave the cordylines where they are at the moment and just buy three more biggish evergreen bushes or even tall grasses like miscanthus to go between them. Just scrape back the gravel, slit the membrane and plant.
Above all, relax and enjoy the process, it really doesn't all have to be done at once. Most of us have evolved our gardens over time as and when finances allowed.
I meant to add sites such as Pinterest can be useful for inspiration as well.
Ā Thanks thatās a fab idea about the grasses too!
You say OH hates the far corner because it didn't go to plan.
Possibly you need to consider between yourselves that issue and what you would like to do with it before embarking on trial and error planting in an attempt to dress up and disguise the problem.Ā
You can achieve what you originally planned or imagined, even on a very limited budget, but it will take some work I think.
Looks like you have some interesting level changes going on there.
So, first things first, who is going to be doing the work?
Will you and/or OH be getting stuck in or would you intend to get someone in?