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PRO10 years agolast modified: 10 years agoHello Diane,
What about introducing some buxus balls planted either into the soil or potted.. Clusters or other arrangements are fabulous.. If you are good at tending to them fairly regularly they should be easy to maintain! Then you can introduce bee friendly plants and herbs like Rosemary which is easy to pot and also comes in "standard" or otherwise known as Lollypop trees. Bee's love these and they have little blue flowers in spring.. Perhaps consider the bay tree too?
These all tend to look after themselves and require only a bit of pruning to keep their shapes the female bay has little yellow/white flowers.. If you get sun then Olive trees are also beautiful.. Other climbing plants like Clematis and or some Roses.. Consider how you want to arrange these.. Round the home, garden area in rows and or clusters.
To attract wildlife.. consider a bird feeder like this.. open and easy for a couple of birds to feed... I have about 3 of these.. I also put food on a small wooden slatted side table which the squirrels like.. Maybe consider a composting area and or some hedgehog nest boxes, bird boxes hidden in any climber on a fence for example..
Keeping some degree of natural areas like soil and some overgrown areas with some ivy or other climbing plants.. Keeping any hedging trimmed which promotes more dense growth.. Birds love this and other areas they can build nests in.. Tree's and or plants with berries.. I also have a fire pit/bbq which I let fill with water... It's like a drinking hole and a bird bath and the birds and squirrels love it...
Oh and I have one plant suggestion for winter!
Witch Hazel! It's like a bursting display of fireworks.. There are many varieties all with different colours.. but this I think is spectacular! So a few ideas which you may like.. You may want to consider a cherry blossom and or other small tree with lovely flowers.. Things to consider are light and soil although.. I have found a good all round compost works beautifully and I have all the above trees in large teracotta pots! (apart from the W.H which I'm waiting for. : ))
- 10 years ago
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