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raised bed\boundary question

outland1985 · 2015-05-25 20:29:03

I recently had a brainwave,(bad idea) as I don't have a back garden as such, I decided to divide my side garden ( 90' by 60) in two by creating a English country garden style boundary smack back down the middle of lawn. This was for privacy reasons. I spent a fortune on all the shrubs/plants and proceeded to cut out the…

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25-05-2015 9:29pm

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outland1985

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I recently had a brainwave,(bad idea) as I don't have a back garden as such, I decided to divide my side garden ( 90' by 60) in two by creating a English country garden style boundary smack back down the middle of lawn. This was for privacy reasons.

I spent a fortune on all the shrubs/plants and proceeded to cut out the shape for the boundary on the lawn.done

So i start to dig down bout 6 inches and hit pretty much solid rock.

I realised then I will need to raise the bed\boundary, but am at a loss of how much to raise by as I have purchased shrubs like hydrenga, fuschias and some taller evergreens like the castor oil plant and few others that will grow to 5/6 feet.
Is it even possible to plant them in a raised bed where the bedrock is quite close to the surface

Area is approx 25 by 8 for said boundary

Many thanks

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