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Advice on a Yard

connie77connie77 Posts: 151
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Hi Gardeners, need some of your learned advice please? I have a yard that doesn't get sun till at least 1pm , in the day, I am trying to create a Wildlife friendly garden in containers, what plants do you suggest I try, for shade & Pollinators, thanks Connie 77

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,142

    Hi Connie image

    Whereabouts are you?  What summer and winter temperatures do you get?

    Ah, I've just seen from earlier threads that you're in Yorkshire - I was wondering whether you might be in the US as they call their gardens 'yards', but you're talking about an English Back Yard image

    My front garden only gets sun in the afternoon (west facing).  Some of the plants that are happy there are Clematis cirrhosa Freckles, Clematis viticella Etoile Violette, Sarcococca confusa, Salvia greggii, various hellebores, aquilegias, Hesperis Matronalis, Echinaceas and the lovely purple Aster frikartii monch.  They're all really popular with the bees, butterflies, moths and hoverflies etc

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    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • connie77connie77 Posts: 151
    No, I am in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, I have a front yard as in a back to back terrace house, I have a big hill in front of me, that cuts alot of light too,
  • Sophie17Sophie17 Posts: 342
    Some Buddleias can be grown in pots, I have a large one in the ground at the front of the house and wanted one out the back where we sit but it's all slate chipping and no soil, I was talking about it with my neighbour and a few months later he bought me the plant and a large pot (50cm diameter) for my birthday image I didn't even know that they could be grown in pots but apparently there are some that can and some that can't. It will be 2 years this year and it's flourishing well. Great fir bees and butterflies, I don't know about all of them but mine gives off a lovely scent too. I think it was called magenta but I may be making that up! I'll look for the tag when I get time.
  • Sophie17Sophie17 Posts: 342
    They need a bit of water and I used tomato feed on them last year and seems to have done the trick! They can tolerate shade too
  • connie77connie77 Posts: 151
    Thanks everyone for Advice, I have a Buddleia I brought with me, that I grew from a wild cutting, luckily in the corner of the yard there is a cammelia as yet to flower? As I rent it will all have to be in pots, whatever I plant some lovely bulbs of Daffidils & tulips come through at the Moment to enjoy
  • MarygoldMarygold Posts: 332

    Japanese anemonies are OK in shade. It doesn't have to be the big bog standard one but growing in containers would keep them in check anyway. Hostas would be good. They do have flowers and, if you had some with white markings, it would lighten things a bit.

  • connie77connie77 Posts: 151
    Yes, hadn't thought of Hostas, thanks Marygold image
  • Aster2Aster2 Posts: 629

    Some roses can take shade (I don't know how much shade, though). If you look at this site http://www.classicroses.co.uk and use their rose selector ("suitable for growing as a potted plant" and "in shady locations"), you'll get a long list. They also note how attractive to wildlife each rose is.

  • MarygoldMarygold Posts: 332

    Connie77 did you see Big Dreams Small Spaces this week? If not, I think it's on iplayer. It should give you some ideas.

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,142

    That gabion wall of ferns was an utter delight image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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