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Advice on what to plant

welshcakewelshcake Posts: 118
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First of all, thank you to everyone who gave me advice last year when I wanted to plant a row of Lavender next to my garden path.  It was a big job, digging out a long stretch of lawn, making the clay soil more suitable and planting 30+ plants!  However, this year, they look glorious and will be even better once they fully come into bloom.  

Most of the lavender plants are thriving but at one end, they don't really get much sun because of a fence at the end of the path and trees to the east and west.  I'm thinking of moving a couple elsewhere and putting something in it's place.  Any advice on what might look good there?  It does get a bit of sun so can't be completely shade loving and it also needs to be fairly shallow rooted.  I think something with a bit of height might look good against the fence and stop it looking odd with one plant type at the end of the lavender row. 

Thanks in advance for your help  :)  

  

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  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    If you removed the two plants at the end of the border, how about not replacing them and grassing that area over to make an entrance onto your lawn, thus reducing the length of the border slightly?  You would still have the effect of a complete hedge of lavender and the entrance would look deliberate.
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • Robert WestRobert West Posts: 241
    I've never had any success with moving lavender once they've been in more than six months. I wouldn't expect them to survive if you do decide to move them. Maybe others have had more success?
  • welshcakewelshcake Posts: 118
    Plantminded said:
    If you removed the two plants at the end of the border, how about not replacing them and grassing that area over to make an entrance onto your lawn, thus reducing the length of the border slightly?  You would still have the effect of a complete hedge of lavender and the entrance would look deliberate.
    Thanks, that's a really great idea.  When the lavender is smaller in the winter and spring, it does tend to get stepped over by family members who can't be bothered to walk the longer route and the dog sometimes walks over it too :)  Creating a little entrance would solve that problem as well and I agree it would look like  a deliberate path especially as it's near the gate
  • welshcakewelshcake Posts: 118
    Robert West said:
    I've never had any success with moving lavender once they've been in more than six months. I wouldn't expect them to survive if you do decide to move them. Maybe others have had more success?
    Thanks very much for the heads up on that.  I'll give it a go rather than throwing them out but I'll bear in mind they are unlikely to survive when choosing the new location
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    Great, @welshcake, an easy solution!  I think you hedge is going to look very impressive soon, buzzing with bees!
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • welshcakewelshcake Posts: 118
    Plantminded said:
    Great, @welshcake, an easy solution!  I think you hedge is going to look very impressive soon, buzzing with bees!
    I did chose lavender for the bees as I'm trying to make the garden as wildlife friendly as possible.  There were loads on them last year even though the plants were much smaller and I delayed cutting them back until September because they were still enjoying them!  The heads are just about coming into bloom now so they are going to have a field day this year :) I also put the cut lavender in bowls around the house and it still smells lovely now
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