How to plant shrubs here

Zane97

looking for a bit of help. I want to plant a shrub bed at the edge of the lawn near this peer. What is the prep I need to do. Lift the sod etc. any help appreciated

looksee

It depends a bit on what kind of shrubs you want to plant, and how much space you want to take up. If you cut a narrow strip of sods out of the edge you will very likely find the shrubs going over onto the drive and creating a lot of mess, moss, and potential weed growth on the edge of the tarmac. If you want a few taller shrubs I would cut out individual planting holes leaving a tidy space around each shrub. You can let the grass grow up to the shrub but you will need to take care with cutting. If you want a larger shrub bed then you will need to strip the sod, put in a few bags of topsoil and plant your shrubs, finish with a weed membrane and some sort of mulch/ bark chips. I am not a great enthusiast for membrane tbh as it hords bindweed, comes loose and the smooth surface means the mulch blows off it. A good bit of ground cover planting and some weeding seems to e the best solution.

lazybones32

That laurel hedge will probably smother any shrub you plant in that corner. Honestly, it looks like it's planted too close to the footpath and will encroach on it within a few years.


I seem to be all bad news on Monday's....

Zane97

I could just trim it

Zane97

What's the difference between the membrane and weeding seems?

looksee

You can put down membrane, but I was saying that the best solution would seem to me to be ground cover plants, along with weeding.

Zane97

looksee wrote: »

You can put down membrane, but I was saying that the best solution would seem to me to be ground cover plants, along with weeding.

What sort would you recommend?