This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.
Ideas for planting in a lump of tree
I have been given a load of firewood from a work colleague and amongst it all is this tree stump or trunk.
I had planned to use it as a bug pile to rot down in a corner of the garden, tucked behind Geranium and ferns and being a bit of a feature as well. However, seeing the RHS Tatton Park GreEnCo garden on the Gardeners World Tatton Park TV programme with the plants growing from the top of log piles I am wondering if there are any plants I can plant into any natural holes in it. I don't want to start growing Ivy over it just small plants. It's more or less in the position I want it in which is tuked away in a shady and damp spot.
Can anyone give me some suggestions for plants???
0
Posts
Maybe you could use some rockery plants? They might like this sort of environment?
I'd be looking at small ferns
In the sticks near Peterborough
I have a tree stump in my garden that has nay self set asplenium-scolopendrium growing from it it's very effective!!! I also have pots of hostas on top of the cut branches . Will take a pic tomorrow and upload it
Hope this works this site doesn't seem to like iPad uploads!!!!!
Many thanks for the fern ideas, I think I will go that way to add variety to the ferns already planted in the position I will be putting the stump