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Plant suggestions: Short semi-evergreens to cover cat defence fence!

GoreckiGorecki Posts: 6
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Hi,

First time visitor to the forum (hello!), and enthusiastic beginner gardener.

I moved into a house with a small derelict garden 2 years ago and have been slowly planting it up (my first garden).
Unfortunately, a local cat used it as a toilet and, despite my best efforts, every single morning I had to go out and remove poo and any dug up plants...

I snapped a couple of weeks ago (by my calculations = 700 picked up poos), and installed chicken wire around the entire perimeter!
Touch wood, I think this has finally solved it!

Unfortunately I had to remove part of a hedgerow (species unknown), in one area to fit the fence.
This has left a bare patch of about 2.5m long and 70-80cm high (please see photos), which I doubt will grow back anytime soon.

I've temporarily planted 3 x jasmine plants along the chicken wire to give some cover, but ideally I'd like to plant some new plants right up close to the wire to cover the gap completely.

- Ideally I'd like the plants to flower and be evergreen/as evergreen as possible. 
- I really like the idea of Lavendar or similar plants, but don't think Lavendar will reach the required height?
- I quite like purples, pinks, whites, blues and to a lesser extent yellows.
- I don't really like "corporate plants" i.e. low maintenance "sharp" plants, similar to the ones you'd find in car parks.

The area is SE facing, with plenty of sunshine through the day.
Soil is around 1ft of neutral compost on top of clay.
Fairly warm area (Worcester/Vale of Evesham), with infrequent frosts.
Garden is small and easy to water throughout summer.

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I'd really appreciate any ideas you may have!

Thanks a lot for your time.

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  • tom9760tom9760 Posts: 44

    you already have a good one there rosemary, take cuttings from that and root them in water which should only take a week or so,plant along the fence and tie to it which should cover it within a couple of years or get some perrywinkle which cover quicker,while they are getting established grow annuals in front until it is covered

  • GoreckiGorecki Posts: 6

    Thanks Tom that's very helpful.

    I'm not a huge fan of having rosemary over the whole 2.5m as it doesn't really flower much, but hadn't heard of a Periwinkle before...

    I think it's this, which looks perfect but some sites seem to say it is pretty invasive and can smother other plants?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinca_major

    Thanks a lot for your time replying.

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