As long as they get a few hours of sun, an annual climber like Thunbergia, Morning Glory or Sweet Peas would soon cover your trellises and provide a welcome splash of colour on your garage wall. More details here:
In your bed covered with wood chipping, I'd plant something with a reasonable height to be seen as you approach your house and with foliage that contrasts with the trees and climbers. Phormiums would be happy in that location and require very little attention, as would tall grasses like Miscanthus, Panicum or Calamagrostis varieties which can also cope with some shade. They just need an annual prune to the ground in late February.
If you like Phormiuns, variegated varieties stand out better than the dark green or bronze ones, as below. Once established they can send out impressive flower stalks which are nectar rich and attractive to wild life.
Finally getting round to replying to this thread that I started, thank you all so much, really appreciate all the advice and suggestions... @Ceres@Joyce Goldenlily @bertrand-mabel thank you for all the climber suggestions, now to decide which one! Two trellis, would you think same on them both or different in each? I remember growing a clematis before on an arbour seat we used to have and it took over, I would need to make sure if they were different climbers they wouldn't swamp each other, or just do the same on each 🤔 @Busy-Lizzie yes I would like to plant in the wood chip area as well as the climbers, I think easy shrubs better, thanks so much for those suggestions @Fire I think best to go with low maintenance climber not that I'm lazy I just don't know how to maintain plants that need work! Yes the wall is passed a lot, we are the first house you see coming up the lane to the group of houses up here and the wall is right at the front, yes would be partly shaded by the trees by the wall but a couple of the taller trees in front will be going at some point soon so won't be as much shade as there is now.
@Son@Songbird-2 Love the idea of the Griselinia up by the fence bit, will definitely do that 👍🏻 The people who lived here previously had their compost pile in that corner so there should be some good soil there for it 😀 @Redwing What beautiful trees they both are (just googled 😂) one of those against the wall would look great, thank you! But which one 🤔 Peach maybe (I'm so indecisive!) @Pla@Plantminded amazing advice and suggestions thank you! All jotted down in my notebook for my trip to the garden centre 😄
Peregrine is one of the most reliable outdoor peaches to grow but you may have to battle with peach leaf curl which can kill peach trees. The skin of the fruit is a bit thick and hairy but the flavour is wonderful. With the lovely wall, you could invest in having battens fixed to it with hooks to hang muslin or very fine netting to keep the rain and birds off the tree and fruit as the spores of leaf curl are carried on rain. I think? Regular spraying would also be a requisite for successful fruiting.
Clematis armandii is evergreen, a climber and has fragrant flowers in the winter (ours though seems to flower many times in the year, in flower now again). It would need the support. It can be pruned back.
Got one! Bit early to plant out in the ground, should I wait or will it be ok?
At the end of the wall where I can see a little wooden fence I would be tempted to try and grow a Griselinia Littoralis there. We have one in our front garden ( full sun) and two more in the back garden( one in full shade) which only require pruning to desired height. We don't feed them or even water them and all three are doing well even in the funny weather patterns we are having.( ours have been in the ground for some 3-5 years) It would hide the corner there nicely and give a nice ' ending' to the wall and the garage and cover the road from sight. However, as with any new plants,you would have to keep it well watered in the first year and prepare the ground well for it ( plenty of organic matter) prior to planting. All the best with your choices.
At the end of the wall where I can see a little wooden fence I would be tempted to try and grow a Griselinia Littoralis there. We have one in our front garden ( full sun) and two more in the back garden( one in full shade) which only require pruning to desired height. We don't feed them or even water them and all three are doing well even in the funny weather patterns we are having.( ours have been in the ground for some 3-5 years) It would hide the corner there nicely and give a nice ' ending' to the wall and the garage and cover the road from sight. However, as with any new plants,you would have to keep it well watered in the first year and prepare the ground well for it ( plenty of organic matter) prior to planting. All the best with your choices.
Got myself a little Griselinia for by that fence, thanks again. Going to be buying over 50 soon for the hedge in main garden, hadn't even considered putting one where you suggested 🙂
Thanks @Bramble55 and glad to have been a help. I think one will look great near the garage. ( privacy too). I love our griselinia's as they are no bother at all and always look so nice and green. Our next door neighbours have always commented on a small one we have so I wish you the very best with them. The old compost site will be great for one too and hope the hedge does well for you. Good luck.
Thanks @Bramble55 and glad to have been a help. I think one will look great near the garage. ( privacy too). I love our griselinia's as they are no bother at all and always look so nice and green. Our next door neighbours have always commented on a small one we have so I wish you the very best with them. The old compost site will be great for one too and hope the hedge does well for you. Good luck.
Finally planted, here is my little baby Griselinia in his place 😊 spent an age today clearing and flattening the whole woodchip area, any other ideas for other shrubs? Round the corner you can't see in the 2nd photo I have planted a clematis for the trellis and a camellia, any other ideas to make it look nice, a few shrubby bits, nothing too big and tall...
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In your bed covered with wood chipping, I'd plant something with a reasonable height to be seen as you approach your house and with foliage that contrasts with the trees and climbers. Phormiums would be happy in that location and require very little attention, as would tall grasses like Miscanthus, Panicum or Calamagrostis varieties which can also cope with some shade. They just need an annual prune to the ground in late February.
If you like Phormiuns, variegated varieties stand out better than the dark green or bronze ones, as below. Once established they can send out impressive flower stalks which are nectar rich and attractive to wild life.
@Ceres @Joyce Goldenlily @bertrand-mabel thank you for all the climber suggestions, now to decide which one! Two trellis, would you think same on them both or different in each? I remember growing a clematis before on an arbour seat we used to have and it took over, I would need to make sure if they were different climbers they wouldn't swamp each other, or just do the same on each 🤔
@Busy-Lizzie yes I would like to plant in the wood chip area as well as the climbers, I think easy shrubs better, thanks so much for those suggestions
@Fire I think best to go with low maintenance climber not that I'm lazy I just don't know how to maintain plants that need work!
Yes the wall is passed a lot, we are the first house you see coming up the lane to the group of houses up here and the wall is right at the front, yes would be partly shaded by the trees by the wall but a couple of the taller trees in front will be going at some point soon so won't be as much shade as there is now.
@Redwing What beautiful trees they both are (just googled 😂) one of those against the wall would look great, thank you! But which one 🤔 Peach maybe (I'm so indecisive!)
@Pla@Plantminded amazing advice and suggestions thank you! All jotted down in my notebook for my trip to the garden centre 😄
Finally planted, here is my little baby Griselinia in his place 😊 spent an age today clearing and flattening the whole woodchip area, any other ideas for other shrubs? Round the corner you can't see in the 2nd photo I have planted a clematis for the trellis and a camellia, any other ideas to make it look nice, a few shrubby bits, nothing too big and tall...