After a few new plant idea`s

well peps, i have loaded a picture below which show a raised bed with 3 conifers in the back ground just want a few ideas as to what i could put infront of them to give it a little colour its quite shady during the moring and then gets the afternoon sun many thanks in advance.....

also after a climber to go up this trelis had a look at the garden center today but did`nt know what to get........

 

What a wonderful place for a mini monolith - in particular a nice column of lakeland or welsh slate. How deep is your pocket

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no other recomendaions people.......

 

For a long spash of colour depending on soil and wetness, I'd go for Cranesbill G. Johnson's Blue or or G. psilostemon which are both very adaptable. Or, if it's moistish and fertile soil an upright bush Fuchsia - Beacon Rosa is one of my favourites or Winston Churchill but tons more to choose from. Phormium Yellow Wave is a nice showy plant and could suit that situation too or perhaps Pink Panther for a variety of foliage colours. If it's dryish soil I'd go for a shrubby Potentilla perhaps Tangerine or Abbotswood.

Can't recommend on climbers I'm afraid.

Good luck.

 

Well Scooby i have a few ideas, my first would be to pack that space with varietys of dianthus .................

 

OK scooby-mas, you asked for plants and I got carried away with visions of a monolith.

If you want to stay with your present theme of low growing subjects :-

Gentians
Phlox
Saponaria
Dianthus
Lewisia
Viola
Corydalis
Trillium
Androsace
Diascia
Linum
Erodium
Geum
Hypericum
Anemone

All have low growing species and cultivars to choose from.

For spring into early summer any number of low growing bulbous plants to choose from :-
Galanthus
Eranthis
Fritillaria
Leucojum
Crocus
Narcissus
Cycleman
Chinodoxa
Muscari

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Good idea plantsman,HOW MANY varietys on that list are in your garden??????????????

 

Scooby - how about Tiarella - different colour foliage would look good against the 'gravel' base, also like a rockery Geranium 'Lancastrienne' (unsure about spelling) it is one which is easy to keep under control and ver low growing with lilac flowers.

 

Scooby

Don't listen to them! That spot is absolutely crying out for a heuchera - maybe "Obsidian" or "Licorice". They're beautiful, versatile and robust.