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  • TinglyTingly Posts: 140

    Yes i suppose yellow roses could work- especially if they are thornless thanks

     

    the thing is this - ive been thinking- i want to stay at my house when i am older - but say in another say 10 years i dont think id have the energy to look after anything too tricky

    my garden is 24 metres wide and about 30 odd long.

    so am trying to produce something easy care but looks nice

    and then i got to thinking- can you see any of it at the bottom of the garden anyway? Is it woth it? Should i just put geraniums in as ground cover and shave there heads off a couple of times a year?

    if anyone has any experience/ thoughts on this i would love to hear them

    i am trying to future proof my house bit by bit.

     

    many thanks

  • PhasmidPhasmid Posts: 41

    Hi Tingly. 

    My garden is a similar size and I have the garden closest to the house most " manicured" (a laughable description if you could see it!) and the further away more wild. It works well. I dont have time to garden the whole thing either.

    I had just exactly what you described - just loads of perennial geraniums at the two wildest ends - and they looked beautiful and yes just needed a trim once a year. Worked perfectly. (Until my husband pulled them all up at one end thinking they were weeds!) 

     

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    Keep the purely 'summery' stuff for further away when you're actually out there, and plenty of interest near the house for the quiet times of year - especially if you have windows that you look out at the garden from. Plenty of shrubs which won't need loads of maintenance are ideal too - they'll suit all parts of the garden. Try and have quite a few evergreens so that you won't have loads of pruning, tidying and leaf gathering. That'll cut down on your workload and you can have a few nice 'fiddly' plants for playing around with during the nicest parts of the year, your own favourites, and some scented things where you sit most. 

    If that makes sense image

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



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • TinglyTingly Posts: 140

    Phasmid and fairygirl thanks. Its been easyto get carried away because i have a blank canvas

    what i began to lose site of is the maintenance involved- specially if i become ill or cant look after it for some reason

    phasmid- thanks for the insight- its nice to be in touch with people who share similar challenges.

    i must say this is a great site- full of helpful people

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