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Post by madonplants on Jun 22, 2007 11:59:07 GMT 1
Here we go again. Feeling rough and bored, so thought I would ask the question. You have moved into a new house and have a blank canvas, a bit like The witch actually. What is the first shrub you would put in if conditions, like soil, pH were OK? My choice is my variegated Weigela Florida. Nothing special I know. But the one in my garden is a cutting from a cutting from a cutting.... you get the drift, from my first shrub cutting I ever took, all those years ago!  So what is yours! Keith |
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Post by 4pygmies on Jun 22, 2007 13:32:30 GMT 1
Poor old you! Are you getting any sympathy from the family after all your care and attention when they were sick? I hope so! Hope it goes quickly.
Shrub? That's quite tricky as I do like a good shrubbery - but I would prolly choose the very wonderful Lavender angustifolia. Tried and tested, smells wonderful, cheap as chips, wild life love it and lasts for years. You can't ask for much else really......
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Post by plocket on Jun 22, 2007 14:27:22 GMT 1
Oh goodness me having to choose one shrub is so difficult! I like varigated myrtle and upright rosemary in particular. I'd have the myrtle if the garden is sheltered, but if it's not I'd have the rosemary. Oh but I like ceanothus too........
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Post by karenwl on Jun 22, 2007 18:25:34 GMT 1
I would have Lavatera Weigella and ceanothus and citus, ive got all of these in my garden and it was a blank canvas when i started it.
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Post by madonplants on Jun 23, 2007 9:10:45 GMT 1
Hard isn't it? I thought of shrubs like Buddleia or Viburnum Opulus, due to their wildlife value, but stumped for my Weigela for the reasons I gave.
Keith
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Post by sweetleaf on Jun 23, 2007 9:32:42 GMT 1
Cotoneaster Horizontalis, lovely berries after wildlife attracting flowers, well behaved and easy to maintain, perfect.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jun 23, 2007 10:13:52 GMT 1
I think that it would have to be lavender for me too...English Blue, not the butterfly ones because I'm not keen on those ;D I've grown some sort of levendula in the garden ever since I started taking an interest in gardening...now have about 9 different varieties ;D
As a close second it'd be Lilac...but only if I had a huge garden.
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Post by jevs on Jun 23, 2007 15:06:54 GMT 1
A big clump of Fatsia  |
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Post by emseypop on Jun 23, 2007 18:07:52 GMT 1
My first shrub would have to be a rose, and after GW last night it would have to be burgandy ice, infact blank canvas or not, i'm gonna get one next time I see one!  |
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Post by debbiem on Jul 13, 2007 14:11:23 GMT 1
Whittling it down to just the one shrub - not easy, but I think it would probably be a Buddleia. Or a Pea Tree, or an Elder, or......
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