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Post by andy on Oct 24, 2008 10:05:51 GMT
Hi....iam turning to the good people of this forum to help me decide what to plant in a border. This border is underneath the canopy of a large Lime tree although it's a good 3 meters from the trunk. The soil is poor and dry and on the other side of the border is a huge Leylandii. I can enrich the soil with some lovely rotted green waste but it will still be shaded and dry. At the moment, it has a few small sarcococca in there which have grown about 10" in 8 years. So what would you grow ?...the border is about 3m wide and 10m long. There are already some cornus elegentissima and rubus on the edge of the canopy. I've thought of some grasses maybe, some epimedium, maybe a few euonymous  ?? whatever i get in, they will be in 10 litre pots so quite big. They must be reasonably common, although we can get most things and it would be nice to have something fairly quick growing. Come on...give it your best shot. Andy |
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Post by Tig on Oct 24, 2008 10:32:52 GMT
What about Daphne pontica, evergreen and scented?
Skimmia japonica or a viburnum davidii?
Foxgloves - if you are allowed?
Photinia red robin seems to grow almost anywhere, but needs a lot of pruning to keep it under control (well it does in my garden ;D)
Tig
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Post by Barbara on Oct 24, 2008 18:09:58 GMT
hi andy, a good plant for dry shade is stella de oro, its a daylily, and some hostas love dry shade, and they grow quite fast. and as tig says fox gloves, at the bowling green I keep finding evening primrose growing under the trees, and as it must be seeding its self it must like it there.  . barbara |
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Post by Amo on Oct 24, 2008 18:35:41 GMT
For your grasses chose: -
Anemanthele seems to thrive in all forms of dry shade.
Anemanthele lessoniana (was Stipa arundinacea) excellent in driest of shade
Carex several including; muskingumensis, pendula
Chasmanthium latifolium
Hakonechloa
Luzula
Ophiopogon planiscapus
Advice from Knoll Gardens just down the road from me ;D I must say they have Hakonechloa in a sheet under trees and it is lovely.
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Post by Ruthie on Oct 24, 2008 18:37:45 GMT
Harts tongue fern does well for me in dry shade. Think about some of the Geraniums perhaps. Lamiums, Ajuga perhaps. Shrubs why not try some Cotoneaster with your Euonymous. Can't think of anything else at the mo.
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Post by Chuckles on Oct 26, 2008 9:04:13 GMT
Oooooh what a challenge to try and think on a bigger scale than normal ;D Some good suggestions so far, I quite like Barbaras idea with Day Lilies and maybe the grasses that Amo suggest  |
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Post by Chuckles on Nov 26, 2008 16:48:27 GMT
Did you decide on a planting scheme Andy Some interesting and useful combinations suggested so I've bookmarked the thread because I have a dry shaded area near the shed that I may just plant up next year |
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Post by Amo on Nov 30, 2008 6:43:13 GMT
Ping again!!  ;D |
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Post by Chuckles on Dec 5, 2008 13:25:08 GMT
Ping again!! ;D And again ;D One of us is gonna be in trouble Amo, he did once say I was like a 2nd wife nagging ;D |
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Post by andy on Dec 6, 2008 7:31:47 GMT
LOL....sorry guys but just remembered this  Well ive asked for a few things....epimedium, foxgloves, hardy cyclamen, woodland anemones and some smaller euonymous. Just have to wait to see what the boss lets me have because my plant list for this winter is...let's say...pretty substantial !!! ;D |
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Post by andy on Dec 7, 2008 7:37:13 GMT
Ping again!! ;D And again ;D One of us is gonna be in trouble Amo, he did once say I was like a 2nd wife nagging ;D I dunno.....you nag me to death, i reply and no one bothers with it.... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Tig on Dec 7, 2008 11:13:52 GMT
Typical women eh Andy - they nag, and nag, and then never say thank you when the job finally gets done  Hope Mr Bossman lets you have what you want  |
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Post by Amo on Dec 7, 2008 11:21:45 GMT
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Post by Chuckles on Dec 8, 2008 8:44:10 GMT
LOL....sorry guys but just remembered this Well ive asked for a few things....epimedium, foxgloves, hardy cyclamen, woodland anemones and some smaller euonymous. Just have to wait to see what the boss lets me have because my plant list for this winter is...let's say...pretty substantial !!! ;D Sounds good Andy, fingers crossed you get all you wanted Maybe you could name ot the GWD Border ;D Not replied earlier coz I've been off line for a few days, broken wireless modem  |
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Post by Barbara on Dec 8, 2008 15:16:26 GMT
I didnt know you wanted a reply, I thought you had it sussed. ;D
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Post by Chuckles on Jan 24, 2009 15:45:19 GMT
How did it go with the Boss and the subtantial plant list Andy  that you got the lot |
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Post by andy on Jan 24, 2009 16:03:04 GMT
Been off work with a broken toe for the last 2 weeks but i was assured that it was all ordered and will be delivered in late Jan....can't wait !!!!
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Post by Chuckles on Jul 19, 2010 19:25:30 GMT
Bet everyone else is as curious as me ;D how has that border turned out 18 months on  doesn't time fly |
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Post by Auricula on Jul 19, 2010 22:25:33 GMT
Yes, come on Andy show us the photos ;D
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Post by andy on Jul 20, 2010 4:55:22 GMT
Well i ended up with some epimedium (one of the best for shade) some japanese anemones (which never came up) and some hardy cyclamen.
This was just part of a big border which is going to be completely stripped out soon and replanted as it is full of Rubus and it's looking shabby.
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Post by Chuckles on Jul 20, 2010 6:53:20 GMT
Oh what a shame Andy Rubus is a devil once it starts to throw shoots up everywhere, I had one years ago growing on our boundry and even when I chopped it down and poured some stump killer on it I had saplings coming up for several years. Will the epimedium and hardy cyclamen be replanted. |
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Post by andy on Jul 20, 2010 7:20:38 GMT
yeah...i shall keep them there and probably add to them. I have some very old varigated cornus too (C. alba elegentissima) which i will dig up and replace with some younger ones as they give a nice bit of year round colour.
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?? whatever i get in, they will be in 10 litre pots so quite big. They must be reasonably common, although we can get most things and it would be nice to have something fairly quick growing.
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doesn't time fly