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Advice for North East facing border!
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I moved into a new build 6 months ago and i want to replace these bushes with a nice flower border. It’s north east facing and is positioned at the front of my house. I need some help/advice with planning this because i’ve never had a garden of any sort so i’m clueless!!
I love ferns, hydrangeas, dahlias, verbena, fox gloves, forget me nots and just the general cottage/english vibe! I also adore sakura flowers/cherry blossoms so any flowers that look similar would be amazing because i obviously can’t fit a whole tree there 🤣 i understand i can’t have lavender and such but i hope i can pop it in my north west facing garden (?) But i dont know how to organise anything such as what goes at the front, middle back etc?? I’d love as much colour through the year and i dont mind some maintenance but id rather focus my gardening in my actual garden so id like to keep it as low maintenance as possible!
Any help on a nice design and how to place everything would be appreciated and thank you in advance 💖💖💖
I love ferns, hydrangeas, dahlias, verbena, fox gloves, forget me nots and just the general cottage/english vibe! I also adore sakura flowers/cherry blossoms so any flowers that look similar would be amazing because i obviously can’t fit a whole tree there 🤣 i understand i can’t have lavender and such but i hope i can pop it in my north west facing garden (?) But i dont know how to organise anything such as what goes at the front, middle back etc?? I’d love as much colour through the year and i dont mind some maintenance but id rather focus my gardening in my actual garden so id like to keep it as low maintenance as possible!
Any help on a nice design and how to place everything would be appreciated and thank you in advance 💖💖💖
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It sounds as though it is fairly shady so ferns, hydrangeas, foxgloves, hostas, astrantias, violas, tiarellas, would be fine. Astilbes if damp.
There are plenty of plants which will suit - both shrubs and perennials. I'd forget dahlias though.
I wouldn't worry too much about how you place things - generally tallest at the back coming down to lowest at the front, but plants don't always read the rule books, so some things might grow a lot bigger/smaller depending on soil, climate and location, and some moving around may be needed later on. If you want something fairly easy to maintain, a basic structure of shrubs, with bulbs and perennials slotted in among them is best. An 'all perennial/annual' cottage garden takes far more maintenance.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...