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Garden plant inspiration

4 years ago

Looking for some advice from somebody who knows more about plants than I do and can recommend some low maintenance colourful plants/shrubs for this area? Thank you!

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E D
4 years ago
Bump...

Also, some photos showing the rest of the garden may help.
Sonia
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
Hi, are the three shrubs you have box? I can also see a couple of phormium and a few daffodils. Apart from the lack of plants, everything seems to be the same height. Adding some shrubs of different heights will help. Things like Viburnum tinus, Photinia, Ceanothus assuming the bed gets a lot of sun. Cistus is a lovely smallish shrub for a sunny spot, then there’s lavender and roses. Geranium Rozanne is a lovely blue low growing flower for the front of the border. Geraniums are a big family of flowers usually blue or pink flowers.

Other shrubs I like are Hibiscus and Cotinus, but there are hundreds to choose from. As garden centres are closed you could try online nurseries like Crocus. Their site is a great place to see pictures of plants to give you more ideas. Their plants are excellent quality and packaged well for delivery.
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