What plant would you use to mass plant a big bank?
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fpress,
Dec 9, 3:03am
Ok. so far thinking . white hydraengas at the top of the bank, then big drifts of white star jasmine and big drifts of renga rengas (?) and buxus hedging along the front of the retaining wall and edges.
trade4us2,
Dec 9, 3:13am
Oh dear I have planted lots of those on my bank. I have not noticed any problems. I have also planted about 300 agapanthus and 300 irises and lots of native shrubs and swan plants. At least the bank is no longer falling down and destroying my kitchen like it did once.
Both would be awesome to feed the bees, but not so much if you're allergic.
tigra,
Dec 9, 7:43pm
I like it think it looks more attractive than many other Ground cover plants. BUT it can get away from you. At least its easy to get rid of unlike Agapanthus which becomes a life long problem. However my wife doesn't agree and preferred Ivy until she saw the damage bit did to structures it grew on.
tigra,
Dec 9, 7:49pm
venna2 wrote: Wild strawberries. I bought one plant, advertised as a lipstick strawberry. A few years later, I now have strawberries anywhere I want, as they send out runners and are easily transplanted. quote] I'm starting to come to the same conclusion about Strawberries. Put some spare runners into what is really waste ground and they are doing nicely so I might extend it a bit further. Only disadvantage is that they tend to shrivel up a bit in the winter months and go brown. and of course attract birds.
taurus2005,
Dec 9, 8:28pm
Agaves are great, they look good and multiply easily. Also low lying geraniums, so colourful and does not need looking after.
tigra,
Dec 9, 8:42pm
Just ripped out a whole lot of Rosemary shrubs we had growing down a Wooden Retaining wall, They had become "wirey" and had thousands of tiny blue flowers blowing everywhere.
venna2,
Dec 9, 8:56pm
Thanks - yes, I've found it's easy enough to keep in check, so far anyway. I detest agapanthus and ivy. I'm trying to encourage my rengarenga plants to spread, and I love rosemary, I have lots of the upright sort growing from cuttings, but haven't had any luck with the 'creeping' rosemary. Funny how plants respond so differently in different situations.
nonumbers,
Dec 9, 9:00pm
Why not the pale grey shrub instead of buxus - much prettier and has pale blue/lavender flowers - Teucrium fruticans.
fpress,
Dec 10, 7:31am
I love Teucrium too, but have Buxus in a lot of my garden and want to keep it uniform looking. Teucrium also requires a lot more clipping. I do have a hedge of it in another part of the garden.
mkr_ahearn,
Dec 10, 7:54pm
sounds perfect
rainrain1,
Dec 11, 8:24am
nor do I
margo191,
Dec 11, 12:36pm
golfdiver wrote: Agapanthus does a good job and thickens up well. It has the added advantage of not dying if you spray round up amongst it while keeping weeds down. You do have to dead head them once a year.[/quote I have agapanthus both blue & white flowers growing on my bank beside the sea. An ideal plant. Is it imperative to dead head? Does that encourage more flowers? Some of my plants are not easy to get to because of the steepness in part of the bank and I would not be able dead head those plants.
oh_hunnihunni,
Dec 11, 6:02pm
Deadheading limits seeding, which with the common aggies is a good idea. But you could use the slower growing hybrid varieties like Storm Cloud, navy blue and stunning.
margo191,
Nov 11, 10:17am
Thanks for that info. Sounds stunning and I would like to plant that variety.
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