Spacing Plants

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Hi,

When planting out new plants how close is too close?

Or should I wait till things have grown a little more and see what I can wedge in the gaps?

Thanks

Sara ;D

[andy]

It really depends on how quick you want the plants to "mingle in" with each other and how big the plant eventually gets.

For example....a lovely little shrub such as a choisya or sarcococca amy only be 18" tall when you buy it but within 10 years (and time doth fly)....the shrub will reach 10' x 10' if allowed.

herbaceous are a little different....they can be lifted and divided every few years but they still have the ability to get to big clumps in just a few years.

It also depends on wether you like a "busy" garden....things growing here there and everywhere....or like something a little more "restrained"

With bedding plants....i just cram them in and allow them to grow into each other

[madonplants]

I suppose it depends on what you are planting out. If shrubs I think about their eventual size and plant accordingly. The spaces that are left, I grow annuals or perrenials that are easier to split or move. I have seen too often large 8ft plus shrubs planted two foot apart. At our last house we had two shrubs, one elder and one forsythia, both planted next to each other. My first job was the forsythias' demise. It is alright I had brought a cutting from my previous house to go in elsewhere!! I hope this is what you are getting at!

Keith

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Thanks Guys,

I think I will go for the stuffed effect, Not too many shrubs in the garden and they are well spaced.

Sara ;D