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Ideas for a woodland garden
Stacey Docherty
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I'm now addicted to this site so going to throw this out here for some ideas.... I have recently had a garden room built at the bottom of my garden which is in woodland. In the autum I will be moving my veg beds and planting it up..... So apart from the obvious foxgloves and ferns I am wondering what to plant. The area does get sun so am tviburnum of some astrantia and maybe anenome..... so ideas other ideas guys? Thanks in advance
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What's the soil like Stacey, dry and rooty? acid or alkaline. and how much sun
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The soil is fantastic!!! Great drainage due to it being the old crockery dump for a big house. No idea if its acid or alkaline although I wouldn't say too acidicThat's for the sun it is dappled all day the canopy isn't that heavy ( still manage to grow in the raised veg beds,) it's such a wonderful space
Will check them out have never heard of them.... Thalictrum is stunning and I do have a thing for plants like that. It's on the list thank you
Sounds great.
Aconitum, aquilegia, actea, try other species of digitalis as well as purpurea. D.lutea and ferruginea are good and fit into woodland. Some cyclamen, hederifolium for late summer/autumn and coum for winter. Shrubs such as sarcococca and winter flowering honeysuckle. Arum maculatum for easy or some of the arisaemas for something a bit different. Hellebores, snowdrops and early crocuses. Grasses, pheasant grass and Mr Bowles' Golden grass go well in light shade
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Nut cutlet thank you for the fantastic ideas, when looking up the arisaemas and alum maculatum to my delight I already have these growing naturally although they are now at the back of the garden room. Aquilegia is a great idea I picked up some stunning ones for .99p at the last crocus sale!!!!! They are in a pot waiting to be put somewhere!!!!!!!
I have an endless number of pots of things waiting to be put somewhere. Every year I'm not going to grow all those seeds. But then I see something interesting and I'm off again
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Lol nutcutlet it's an addiction!!!! I'm the same
is there a cure do you think?
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No I think we just have to be brave and admit it and continue to indulge it!!!! Lol doesn't help that I Calander all the crocus open days as they are close to me....
That's a bit of a temptation Stacey. Nothing like that round here so I'm safe.
I do make an annual trip to West.Acre Gardens though, splendid nursery there.
In the sticks near Peterborough