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more grass advice please

B3B3 Posts: 27,477
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Am in process of preparing a bed for grasses and have been looking at the 'efforts' outside a nearby block of flats. It looks like a badly neglected tip! Everything just looks dead. I'm assuming I can avoid this by interplanting other stuff and watering now and again. Clay soil which I am improving with my own compost. Faces east with 6ft fence behind(2ft trellis is part of it) Can anyone recommend suitable plants please? Thought high cosmos and monbretia might look good next year. What do you think chaps?
In London. Keen but lazy.
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,477
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    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • SupernoodleSupernoodle Posts: 954

    They've been neglected I suspect or perhaps were unsuitable for soil or aspect.

    I'm on clay too have to be careful on choice of grasses.  Look up carefully what best suits your soil, moisture and aspect and yours should do much better.  I have miscanthus in the sunny area and hakleokena in the damp part shade.

    I like tall daisy like flowers with grasses eg rudbeckia, echinacea, helenium - depending on what the site is like.I'm also a big daylily fan - they do well on clay.

  • SupernoodleSupernoodle Posts: 954

    Hakonechloa even. Predictive text.... What's hakloekena?

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,477
    Have some daylillies elsewhere. They are lovely. Could move a clump. Echinacea just disappears on me.Hakloekena is a new word so it can mean whatever you like!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546

    Achillea, Verbena bonariensis, Eryngium, Echinops, Kniphofia, Agapanthus, Sanguisorba. Knautia macedonica, Geranium psilostemon, some of the taller asters (Michaelmas daisies).... Loads of things really. And those other daisies wot Noodle said.  Even shrub roses look great surrounded by clouds of grasses. Just decide whether you want 'solid' to contrast or 'light and airy' dots of colour to liven things up. Have fun!

  • Steve 309Steve 309 Posts: 2,753
    Did you mean:

    hale ikena   halogena   haloalkane  hakinakina

    No results containing all your search terms were found.

    Your search - hakloekena - did not match any documents.

     

    I wonder where your spellchecker got that from ?

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,477
    Thanks everybody. You have all inspired me! Have cleared a strip about 5ft x20ft and have lost my nerve. I'm used to filling in gaps and working round the existing plants. The blank canvas has given me gardener's block.

    I have promised myself not to buy any more roses but resistance is futile. I will not plant them in my prairie patch. I would like it to have movement and subtle variety. The roses belong in the blousey patch.

    Thanks for advice about crocosmia
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,477
    Jo, I put the show offs together and let them fight it out. But no Barbie pink allowed!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,477
    Barbie pink handbag. Was she with you looking for it or did you spend the time looking for that perfect present because love is more important than culture?

    Be aware that erroneous assumptions may be based on your answer!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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