what to plant

Hi Xirokx welcome to the forum.

When you start your very first garden it can be very daunting at first no matter how big or small your plot might be.

I see in your picture that you have already some bulbs coming up that will brighten your plot pretty soon.

If pennies are tight and you want your plants to last then I would suggest perennials these are a group of plants that come back every year.

Also for a low maintenance garden ground covering plants work well, below is one lovely plant from my garden called Ajuga 'Burgundy Glow' and as you can see the flowers are not great but the leaves are and they last a very long time.


The Ajuga is best suited in a not so overbright part of the garden as the above plant has now been removed from it's sunny spot as the sun robbed it of all it's colours on the other hand the twin to the plant I put in a shady spot still has all it's wonderful colours not bad for winter months!

If this is not for you then B&Q do fairly good starter sets of 6 or so plants for around the �£5 mark.
Elle.xxx.

 

hey kathy,

thats a great idea..

but unfortunately I dont eat may peas can you recommend a replacement I could put on a trellis?

thanks

 

What about nasturtiums growing up a trellis? They are easy to grow from seeds.

 

Xirokx you don't eat Sweetpeas as they are for flowering purposes only looks like you really are a newbie....but don't worry we are all here to help you out. Hel.xxx.

 

i love that remark xirokx,i am sure someone will have a photo they can show you,sweet peas are lovely,look in the seed section of your DIY centre,and they have a picture on the packet,another easy one is godetia, just sow them where you want it to grow.good luck kathy

 

xirokx. Sweet peas (which are poisonous!) need regular deadheading (removal of wilted flowers)to keep them in bloom or they quickly run to seed. An alternative is to keep cutting the stems of fresh flowers (lovely in a vase) to encourage the plants to produce new flowers. However I usually find that around the end of July the plants are past their best and I pull them up and replace them with runner beans (the Victorians apparently grew them just for their flowers) which crop heavily especially if you've already started them off in pots to transplant and are delicious when picked fairly young and fresh.
If you want other purely ornamental climbing plants to grow, morning glories or black-eyed Susies (in addition to the already mentioned Nasturtiums whose leaves are edible in salads as well as lovely)are quite easy to grow from seed.