South Facing Garden

Hi All

Newbie gardener here, have a fab south facing plot of garden and need some inspiration for plants that can climb, look pretty or shrubs, i want to add colour and variety but low maintenance, and exotic, happy to try to grow anything from seed in my mini wall garde.

Any help gratefully received.

Thanks

Paul

 

Paul if you want low maintenance then the best things to go for are the evergreens. Shrubs such as Daphne, Grevillea, Sarcoccoca and Feioja. For climbers you`ve got the likes of Trachelospermum , Passiflora and Berberidopsis. Hope this is of some help.:thumb:

 

In a south facing Garden i would suggest Phoenix canariensis, Its low maintenance and gives any garden a hint of Paradise.

 

Hi Paul I'm a great believer into growing what ever I want in my own gardens and if it's not happy where it is I just move it else where! :D

Passion flowers a smashing climber will give you that exotic look also grasses look great too and are very easy to keep in check if planted in containers.Hel.xxx.

 

Try a couple of palms, Phoenix canariensis and Chamaerops humilis. If you have a shady area behind a wall then Fatsia japonica and Choisya (Sundance is an unusual colour). Clematis always looks exotic with loads of types and are low maintenance and for autumn red foliage, Boston ivy. There are plenty to choose from. It is just your own preferences.

 

There are a lot of plants that may fit the bill with fairly low maintenance. It all depends how low is low!

To add to some of the suggestions already, how about bamboo, there are a lot of varieties out there from small and well behaved to real massive monsters.

Fatsia, phormiums, cordyline australis, ferns and treeferns (although these will want a shady spot if you have one), depending on the feel you are after acers may well do the trick.

Musa basjoo (banana) should be root hardy where you are, and the stem will probably hardy if we continue to get winters as we have done recently - a little effort in protecting it for winter should help it to sail though.

Smaller plants which help with the feel would include hosta's, aspidistras, agapanthus, zantedeshia, grasses.

Palms, as mentioned above Chamaerops humilis is very hardy, Trachycarpus Fortuneii and Butia eriospatha would also do the trick.

Many types of yucca will do well in the UK, and are easiy available from the usual garden centres.

For a very exotic look check out tetrapanax papyrifer "Rex".

For some more specialist plants there is a good nursery not far from you in West sussex - Architectural plants (http://www.architecturalplants.com/).

 

Hi Tgaz, ive been on the site, can you tell me what this is?

 

Dee, my first thoughts were that it is a standard Wisteria.

 

Thanks David, I bet its expensive!!!

 

Dee. You have a PM.

 

My guess is the same as Davids.
I went to Architectural Plants once a few years ago, got the feeling I shouldn't have been there, very strange place, I thought.
A bit tooooo up market for me, as I didn't have a wad of cash to spend I was kind of ignored.

 

Ive Googled Scarlet wisteria and I LOVE it, The Leaves and The flowers are Gorgeous, Exotic looking to me..:thumb:

Pete, It looks very Expensive, Great plants BUT, like you say wads of money needed:eek:

 

I dont think is sesbania Dee

 

No doubt your right Pete, But I googled Wisteria and liked the Scarlet wisteria, As you know Red Flowers do it for me

 

Have a word with LoL, she had some seed last year.