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Headstone Plants Help!

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  • 15-11-2010 1:55am
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    ABajaninCork
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    Hi

    Looking for a bit of advice please....

    I'd like to plant something nice for a grave. The headstone's got one of those troughs where it would be possible to fill in with compost and plant, but what? Fairly clueless here..:o

    Ideally, I'd like something fairly hardy, colourful and doesn't need much looking after.

    Any ideas/help advice welcome!

    TIA:)


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    looksee
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    Anything in a trough needs to be very hardy or you will have to go and water it every day in the summer. I would suggest that sempervivums and saxifrage (there are lots of varieties with different colour flowers, though mostly pink) would be the easiest.


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    ABajaninCork
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    Great!! Thanks very much, I'll have a look now...

    Obviously, it's too late to plant now, but I'll certainly get on the case in the spring.


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    looksee
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    No, they are hardy perrenials, you could plant them now.


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    maringo
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    The mini sized daffodils/narcissi are good and come up year after year in the spring. Also the mini roses can be nice. :)


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