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Border at school
Rui Correia
Posts: 16
in Plants
Hi I have requested to plant a border at a local school and would appreciate some advice on the use of the following as set out by the head teacher, these are some of her likes:-
- Pieris
- Camelia
- Roses?
- Weigela
- Rhododendron
- Hypericum
- Azaleas
and these are some of my recommendations:-
- Fuchsia'
- Red Robin
- Choisya Tenata"sundance" or other variety
- Magnolia "Stellata"
Baring in mind that she wants to be able to look out of her office window and still be able to keep an eye on the scholars in the gardens.
Thanks
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Acid or alkaline soil?
There are quite a few acid lovers in there, where are you?
I tested the soil last week and all came up Neutral, hence the reason I have put up this post.
Bare in mind that they need to grow alongside some Roses and behind a Box hedge approx 30cm tall.
I prefer your choices.
Roses for a school?
The Head is a little excentric if we can call it that, any other suggestions which will go well with my choices, was thinking of Photinia 'Red Robin' for colour.
I like Hebes, but how about Viburnums, Ceanothus.
Does it have to be all shrubs?
Preferably and she also wants some ground cover was thinking
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Please bear in mind the students at the school. I recently offered some plants to the infant/junior school where my son goes to nursery, and they have to be very careful what they plant, as anything that is remotely poisonous is not allowed, so that rules out things like foxgloves, lupins etc. I would use google or something like that to check the toxicity of anything that goes in there. Not so much of a problem if the students are older, but they might still 'dare' each other to eat bits of plants, so better to be safe than sorry. I'd also give roses a miss, as most varieties have thorns, and we now live in a litigious society, I wouldn't want to see the school in court if little Johnnie or Janie fell into them and emerged with scratches. Sorry to put a damper on things, but you have to be really careful where children are concerned (my husband used to be a teacher so I know some of the ridiculous hoops they have to jump through for safeguarding).