Plants For New Garden

You need to look at the direction each fence faces.
North facing will be the shadiest, but if its only the shade from a 6ft fence I'd say even north facing is only part shade.

So just go for the real heat loving plants on the south and west facing fences and the part shade ones on the east and north facing ones.

 

Thanks Pete. The left side border is South facing and the back fence is W/SW facing.

Interesting, I didn't realise that shade from a fence is different to normal shade.

 

Well shade from a fence is not different as such, but imagine a woodland where the sun never reaches the ground, deep shade, you dont get that from a 6ft fence, the light is still very good in summer.

 

Hi all, so my garden is getting there but I just realised I may have made an error with planting holes for the Winter. I have planted using well rotted horse manure and compost but have been reading online that these can become sumps in the winter due to the surrounding clay. Can anyone please advise if this is likely to be an issue, and if so, what I can do to rectify, preferably without having to remove all the plants. My garden is higher than the neighbours gardens if that helps.

I really can't bare the thought of all the plants dying in the winter.

 

In most circumstances all will be fine. Established plants will penetrate the surrounding soil and create pathways for water to move. When you ' tidy up' in Autumn you could add a layer of organic material to the surface. This will not only protect roots from frost but also prevent rainfall consolidating the surface. Try not to walk on the soil when it is wet. Earthworms will gravitate to the organic matter, manure and mulch, and pull it deep into the soil.

 

Think I'm going to redig around all the plants and replace amended soil with clay soil and top dress with compost and manure. What a hassle.

 

Agree with Infradig, probably everything will be all right and the plant roots and worms will work their way through the different soils.

The only issue would be if the planting holes were very small and the clay soil around undug. Even then most plants should be ok. (I have that situation in the priority 5 border )

Your garden already looks a treat, you have achieved a lot this spring @Danny30