@Plantminded Oh yes I've seen the seating area before , your grasses are looking good now . For some reason I thought the top picture were part of the bottom garden
@Plantminded do you have some form of terracing on your slope? I have a very steep bank and I'm always looking for good ideas. I'd love to plant it like yours but access would be an issue.
Yes @plant pauper, there’s a couple of rows of sandstone blocks embedded in the soil, plus a low retaining wall at the bottom. The slope is quite gentle though, it looks quite steep in photos!
Mine is steep so I suspect that any large planting would end up in a heap at the bottom. I read somewhere, probably on here, that Hypericum are good for stabilising slopes and I have lots of seedlings on my gravel but I'd like a bit of variation. I could try some grasses and maybe some taller stuff up near the top. I have a couple of different Stipa and a lovely bronze one that @philippasmith2 sent me years ago; of course I don't remember the name. Maybe some of my gazillion seedlings will make their way there too when they germinate.
Thanks, @Perki Yes I lift the Cannas and the Colocasia. The Colocasia are potted up and brought into the house, where I let them die back slowly. They are always slow when I start watering again in March.
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Hypericum is mentioned here in this RHS list @plant pauper. On the steeper part of my bank I've got several Miscanthus species which might suit, including M. Zebrinus, M. Malpartus and M. Ferner Osten.
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Yes I lift the Cannas and the Colocasia. The Colocasia are potted up and brought into the house, where I let them die back slowly. They are always slow when I start watering again in March.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
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