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anne.morrison33htoMQCRZanne.morrison33htoMQCRZ Posts: 1
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I've got 40 meter banking that slopes down,  would slate chippings be OK or would they slide down or bark chippings
What sort of plants to have on banking

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    How steep is the slope?

    Bark or chippings will slide down a slope.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @anne.morrison33htoMQCRZ Do you have a photo? Often the best thing to do is plant it up to anchor the soil.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Hypericum Calycinum works well on a bank.


    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    edited July 2023
    @Busy-Lizzie and @pansyface I love it when people recommend plants that I actually have...in abundance!
  • steephillsteephill Posts: 2,841
    Vinca minor. Not too thuggish and easy to rip out if it gets too comfy.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Cotoneaster - many will spread across difficult ground and help to anchor it, but it would help if you can give a lot more information @anne.morrison33htoMQCRZ.
    Your rough location, climate, the soil condition and type, the size of the space and the aspect are all factors in choosing something that will thrive without too much attention. I'm guessing 40 metres is the length but the width/depth is also useful to know as it will determine sizes and amounts of plants to use   :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited July 2023
    Ivy. Or almost any ground-cover plants.

    Try micro-terracing.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    This may give you some ideas 
    https://www.green-tech.co.uk/ground-reinforcement/slope-stabilisation/gtcoir-100-biodegradable-blanket

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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