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Plants to modernise garden

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  • 14-05-2020 11:59am
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    whodafunk
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    Hi All,

    My garden is pretty much just grass. Last year I planted 3 lavender plants of which one unfortunately looks to have died. I like the modern gardens - lavender, buxus hedges. Any suggestions for sone nice easy to grow plants which are modern, look nice and will add to the garden.

    Thank you


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    macraignil
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    Not unusual to find a lavender to not make it through the winter as they don't really like it when it is damp and cold. A hard pruning in late august when they are passed the best of their flowering helps them a bit but I don't think my garden is warm enough or well drained enough to keep a hedge of them growing. Lambs' ear plant (Stachys byzantina)and curry plant (Helichrysum italicum) are similar but I find are a bit tougher. Box hedges are said to be prone to a blight disease recently so I have avoided these as well but an alternative I do find grows OK is Lonicera nitida Baggensons Gold. One of the better shrubs for all year colour as well are the pittosporum with a number of varieties with different leaf colours.


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    whodafunk
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    I actually spotted the type of look/plants I am after. Can anybody name any/all of these plants please? Also are they just spring/summer flowering?

    Thank you


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    whodafunk
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    Photo attached


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    macraignil
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    whodafunk wrote: »
    I actually spotted the type of look/plants I am after. Can anybody name any/all of these plants please? Also are they just spring/summer flowering?

    Thank you


    Are they osteospermum (African daisy) varieties?


    If so I have found they are nice for the summer they are planted but have not lasted through the winter in my own garden.


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    whodafunk
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    Can somebody name these plants please? The purple ones. Thanks


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    whodafunk
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    And the tall ones here


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    Staplor
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    The tall purple ones are alliums.


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    [Deleted User]
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    whodafunk wrote: »
    And the tall ones here

    The orangey ones are Kniphofia, Red hot Poker.

    Ask away in the ID Megathread, everything gets answered there.


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    Ubbquittious
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    whodafunk wrote: »
    buxus hedges.


    You sure?


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxwood_blight


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