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Evergreen to plant here ??

muckyhandsmikemuckyhandsmike Posts: 239
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Any ideas what I can plant in these 2 places at the front of my house. One slot is 30 x 32 cm max the other 50 x 70 cm - south facing so will get plenty of sun and a bit of wind shelter from the house & hedges. Ideally I want a flowering evergreen so there is something there all year round but it needs to be not too wide and not too high .. so easy really 😉
any suggestions please ?


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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited October 2023
    Do you want a climber, or something more shrubby?
    Also - what room is there at each side of the spaces? 

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • muckyhandsmikemuckyhandsmike Posts: 239
    More shrubby I think fg. There are windows between the planting pockets.
    also at some point not far distant we will have the repointing done or render the front of the house.
  • AthelasAthelas Posts: 946
    edited October 2023
    I have Choisya Scented Gem and Choisya White Dazzler in similar spots. White Dazzler is a little shorter than Scented Gem.
    Cambridgeshire, UK
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Euphorbias would be fine, or even Choisyas, and you can prune those if they get too big.
    A columnar yew - the golden one is nice, would be fine. Even a holly, because you can shape those too if they get big. Those are both slow growing so they might suit. 
    Maybe Escallonia? 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I had a cotoneaster horizontalis in a similar space on a wall that faced due south when I moved here.
    With its fishbone structure and year-round interest it worked well, and in autumn I could watch the blackbirds hopping around it eating the berries as I kept it just below window height.

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    edited October 2023
    Do you know approximately how deep the two planting spaces are and whether they are free draining? This will help with making suitable recommendations.
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Have a look at Ceanothus, there are some short varieties as well as the big ones.
    https://horticulture.co.uk/ceanothus/varieties/
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • muckyhandsmikemuckyhandsmike Posts: 239
    Plantminded said:
    Do you know approximately how deep the two planting spaces are and whether they are free draining? This will help with making suitable recommendations.
    Well they seem to be about a foot deep before becoming undigable. The first whole has an old lightning earth rod which I might try to remove …
    when we moved here they had box plants but the caterpillars were unstoppable this summer so I’ve removed the roots so I can try something else !
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    @muckyhandsmike, that looks much like our house - Bath stone faced blocks? Why would you want to have it rendered?

    You might have a problem planting something else if there is only 1 ft of depth in the planting holes but presumably you would prefer something narrow and columnar?
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • muckyhandsmikemuckyhandsmike Posts: 239
    well Lizzie you make a fair point but our walls need quite a bit of attention I think … a neighbour has just had his faced at a fraction of the cost and it does look really good … and no more pointing …. or painting apparently.
    well the soil goes lower in the holes but I can’t really get much lower to be honest.
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