what to plant

Hi,

My gf and I recently moved into our new flat.

We have a small garden and wanted to plant some flowers / plants something colourful and low maintenance..

Please see size of garden below..




Please can you advise what is best to plant? that is low maintenance yet colourful...

We are both gardening newbs

Thanks in advance

Cheers

 

Hi Xirokx.. . and welcome to gc.....

 

Hi Xirokx and welcome.I would wait a couple of months and then cram it full of summer bedding plants. Plenty of Busy Lizzies, Bergonias, Geraniums, Petunias and Lobelias.

 

thanks daitheplant...

are these flowers / plants you suggested colorful and low maintenance?

Also are they expensive?

 

hi xirokx
welcome to GC, you could have loads of different
size pots and make a feature in a corner,you could lay some gravel to give you different heights, enjoy whatever you do

 

hi xirokx
welcome to GC, you could have loads of different
size pots and make a feature in a corner,you could lay some gravel to give you different heights, enjoy whatever you do

 

hey kathy,

thanks for your response..

I never thought of the idea of having gravel..

can you direct me to some sites where this has been done so I can take a look - remember im a newb in the world of gardening...

is gravel expensive?

 

heres a pic for you xirokx, sorry its not a close up, its the only one i have in PB.. right hand side of pic, gravel with three pots, cant get any more low maintenance then that..

 

Hi xirokx
I'm quite a newbie too but can tell you that the plants suggested are not expensive. if you go to somewhere like B & Q you can buy them in 6's etc. containers are easy to maintain & gravel stops the weeds (with plastic underneath).

We just got plain grey gravel last year on offer at 50p a bag! Now it's not on offer but is still only about �£1.50. Not the best looking gravel but it is cheap & the way it cuts out weeding is fantastic. Just bought 2 shrubs yesterday from Aldi at �£1.99 each - don't know how they'll do but at that price it doesn't matter much.

I know i'll probably have offended some of the experts on here by talking about cheapness, but to get you started it's great. It's lovely to see colour & life in the garden.

You could also have a couple of small conifers in pots. I think we paid about �£5 each for them & so far they have survived these winds although one is a bit lopsided!!

Let us know how you get on.

Cheers

 

Hi borrowers, no you haven't offended anyone, I LOVE cheap..always go to the reduced plants section first when im at the big orange shop.

 

Dee, me too! I always look for the coloured 'reduced' stickers in that shop :D
i just wander around the whole shop. Off subject slightly got some big cushions at under �£3 each last week, colour I'd been looking at but couldn't afford the price before.

It's a great shop. Mind you did you see that bit on the news about the man from Wallsend who got wrongly arrested for shoplifting from there?

Anyway cheers Dee.

 

thanks guys you are really helpful

so do you suggest i purchase the plants recommended above and then plant them now?

i have no knowledge of when to plant them etc..

also are the recommended plants colorful i.e. different colours or are they all green?

I would like different colours and then possibly put them in pots and lay gravel underneath, i think that would look neat...

I especially like the idea of different colours in the summer but would they die in the winter?

thanks

 

actually as you see from the piccie I uploaded its already stoney...

therefore I think gravel wouldnt quite be suitable..

anyother ideas...

remember in the piccie its just the U shape which is ours..

thanks

 

The tree and ivy are evergreens so you could plant some more for winter colour. the bedding plants suggested come in all colours,maybe plant more bulbs in oct for spring colour xiroks, gardening's a scarey business when you first start off but plants are tougher than you think, have fun with your designing and planting and remember to water them :D

 

Xirokx
to give some colour against your wall a trough with sweet peas on a nice trellis,you can sow them outside depending on weather from march
its nice to see them coming up.when you have sown them yourself