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3 years ago

What are best hardy plants for a wet and windy location in UK

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Sonia
3 years ago
If you visit the RHS website they have lists of plants suitable for coastal locations.
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Garden Design Guru
3 years ago
Plants is one question. Another question which has to be considered at the same time is soil and what can be done to improve it? Simply raising the level of areas with bunds or mounds will make it possible to grow a lot of things as they will then get drainage. Of course raised beds are the go to answer for this but not it's always necessary to construct something...

The other think is a deep mulch of gravel and/or sand which will add important habitat for invertebrates.
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