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A new border
« on: September 09, 2012, 11:27:40 PM »
Last year we had some building work done, and with a digger on site, we had them dig out an old hedge, use soil excavated when digging foundations to fill in the holes and then erect a nice new fence.
There is a lane on the outside of the fence. I had the builders make it into a sloping bank, and it gets full sun nearly all day. I plan to plant it up next year (too busy this year).
Here's the new border on the inside of the fence.



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Re: A new border
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2012, 11:29:09 PM »
and some more:

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Re: A new border
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2012, 11:33:04 PM »
and some close ups


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Re: A new border
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2012, 11:35:50 PM »
and a view from the corner of the new border looking back at the house:


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Re: A new border
« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2012, 11:55:41 AM »
Plenty of scope for planting when you get the time George.

Are you going to go for tall plants/shrubs to help conceal the view of the lane, or keep the planting low?
 

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Re: A new border
« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2012, 12:29:15 PM »
Low planting Laurie. I have far too much high planting areas already, and that new border is a breath of fresh air to give smaller plants a good aspect and better growing conditions. Already I'm delighted by the difference and enjoying the vista. Its pretty much planted up already. Some of the perennial plants are quite small in their first year and beginning to flower. Ive also planted some annuals and bedding plants- Osteospermum, Cosmos, Asters, Stock, Ladybird Poppies, Rudbeckia (really impressed with this variety of annuals as seen in the close ups above) and I plan to do that each year as fillers.