i am disabled and have had my garden adapted for me
i have raised beds that are 2 foot10 inches high and a foot wide can anyone recommend any trailing evergreen plants i have looked at lots but they all seem to small for my beds
Consider periwinkle, particularly vinca minor in its various forms. Needs managing late in the year, or early in spring, to remove untidy trails before the flowers emerge. Cotoneaster congestus is worth trying to find. Aubrieta, valuable for its spring cheer, will clump over a wall edge quite effectively, as will saponaria ocymoides. If it's in a sunny spot, origanum vulgare 'Aureum' will mound up and over, too. It's tough as anything, has lovely flowers in mid- late summer and can be used in cooking, of course. Maintenance - just cut off the old flower stems in late winter.
Snow in Summer - Cerastium - pretty silvery grey leaves all year round and a cascade of pretty white flowers in the summer. Gorgeous and needs little attention.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
There are some lovely campanula which spread and will trail over a low wall. Sedum are also low maintenance and asters can give a burst of colour in autumn. Maybe small bulbs could be considered? They might take a while to bulk up but really easy to take care of!
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Consider periwinkle, particularly vinca minor in its various forms. Needs managing late in the year, or early in spring, to remove untidy trails before the flowers emerge. Cotoneaster congestus is worth trying to find. Aubrieta, valuable for its spring cheer, will clump over a wall edge quite effectively, as will saponaria ocymoides. If it's in a sunny spot, origanum vulgare 'Aureum' will mound up and over, too. It's tough as anything, has lovely flowers in mid- late summer and can be used in cooking, of course. Maintenance - just cut off the old flower stems in late winter.
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Snow in Summer - Cerastium - pretty silvery grey leaves all year round and a cascade of pretty white flowers in the summer. Gorgeous and needs little attention.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You used to get small scrambling roses for groundcover. Not sure if they are still available but they would do well.
There are some lovely campanula which spread and will trail over a low wall. Sedum are also low maintenance and asters can give a burst of colour in autumn. Maybe small bulbs could be considered? They might take a while to bulk up but really easy to take care of!