small garden

Perhaps it is because I dislike roses anyway, but in a small space anything which has thorns is not always a good idea.

 

I think our rose could be golden showers, it is a single very vegerous rose and does everso well on east aspect. It was in when we bought house, so not sure of name.

 

Hi well the moment you have been waiting for the small garden pictures and I mean small. I have done several pictures so you have a view of the difficult shape it is. Th yard which is brick weave from the back door is approx 14ftin width x 8ft length this then tapers down with a fenced area and a small boarder approx 2ft in width on either side of a small gravelled path. Can any one help me to get these pictures on here i have looked for the thread mentioned yesterday but cant sem to find it.

 

The rose golden showers sounds promising but would it be to vigerous for my small garden.

 

There are lots of plants you can use in tubs mixing hardy perennials with the less hardy geraniums/fuschias. I would be happy using the light blues of some Campanulas and even Nepeta but watch it does not take over. You could use some stronger yellows.reds to provide contrast - if very shady try Hostas (slugs willing) and Astilbe if wet but colours may be a problem with that blue fence.

Best of luck anyway...