working on getting my garden looking good for the summer. i have a fair bit of border done round various parts of my garden that are filled with bark and im looking to put flowers, bushs ect in them.

what kind of things would you recommend that need little looking after and maintenance?

Depends on the size of the borders and their aspect.

Belive it or not i love gardening, Heres a list of some low maintinenece plants /shrubs that i have in the garden, Bamboo, flame of the forest, conifers, Phormium, pampas, clematis, iris, hostas, Dalihas are nice but need digging up before winter sets in, Feed your grass 3/4 times a year and get a decent mower to put some strips in :devil:

Daz, I think we might be kindred spirits lol. But NO bamboo. It Will just overtake everything!! It gets everywhere and cannot be stopped.

HAHAHA. now who's gay:rofl:

 

Lol, gay?? nowt gay about gardening you queer:wink: its a mans job, I love sitting in my hand made hot tub at the back of the garden looking at my garden and tugging under the bubbles,lol

Daz, I think we might be kindred spirits lol. But NO bamboo. It Will just overtake everything!! It gets everywhere and cannot be stopped.

 

Ha , its funny you should say that, as next door has a gardener and he asked me to take my bamboo down last week??? i told him to FOOK OFF!!! he says it gets out of control, I said so does my car but i know how to handle it mate, he soon fooked off mowing the grass:tt2:

Edited March 23, 201114 yr by daZvert

next meet at yours then

 

Lol, I`ve just googled (images) "men in hot tub"!!! ewwwwwwwwww, can post any of those up:alien:

cheers guys will look into those the borders vary in size. already got a few trees growing, a few conifers and a couple of other ones but dont know what they are lol need to get some to go around my ponds that i built aswell

cheers guys will look into those the borders vary in size. already got a few trees growing, a few conifers and a couple of other ones but dont know what they are lol need to get some to go around my ponds that i built aswell

 

If you start getting a bit interested, like you sound you might be, go to a charity shop and buy a gardeners encyclopidia, thay are about £35-£50 for a good one in most garden centres, but about £2 2nd hand in the charity shops, deffo a bargain and loads of info for looking after your plants, saying that this winter had killed a load of my plants so its not done me much good, but i now have a harvest of last years plants growing in my greenhouse. I find gardening very therapeutic, roll on summer

Daz you need to change your Avatar. Seriously misleading.

if it looks anything like this im there mate:)

 

nice!!! wheres my snorkel

Daz you need to change your Avatar. Seriously misleading.

 

why? , I am a punk dude?:lol:

im terrible at looking after anythin in the garden i had our side garden looking really nice at one point but now needs work again. to be honest think it needed a few more plants and things that could be just left to grow and a few things dotted around that need looked after. getting my driveway done and decking and pond finished then going to start the more decorative stuff

this is how far i got the back last year

that looks a good job del,very nice, I`m just doing this for a customer of mine, Its not finished yet, and the pics really dont do it justice, grass goes down tommorra, and i still have to thatch the roof and put some leds in:gunsmilie:

 

 

That is a manly deck Del. I like :cool3: Daz, nice job mate, shame about the avatar :tt2:

:rofl: just noticed the avatar. looking sexy:rofl:

 

Just took it of me now, just for you 2, i was hoping it would entice you in my hot tub full of water:hurl:

Edited March 23, 201114 yr by daZvert

Wrong!!!

I must apologize to Del for going off topic with his gardening thread, sorry mate

roses and lavender bushes to start with

only have to sort them out once a year

and they look pretty

so long as the ground is fairly peaty you can plant some heathers in there ....they will look after themselves they come in all kinds of colours and smell nice ......also sprinkle some bulbs in there for crocus and snowdrops and dwarf daffodils , they will just multiply year after year and need no maintenenace other than to thin them out every now and again ...self seeding flowers are good for splashes of colour through the year , poppies , marigolds, etc dont forget to plant things with different heights, and in lots of 3 or 5

cool guys will update when i start getting somewhere lol

Actually I get what Daffy was saying now about Bamboo, you wanted plants that were "easy maintinece", well Bamboos are easy as you just let them grow and grow and never need to water/feed them ect, but they do need digging out from time to time as they are rampant growers and will take over if left unattended!! so I will change my mind on that, they are NOT easy maintinence :crying:, CheerZ Daffy

 

also you can say the same thing about Pampas!!,lol, so dont listen to me Del, lol

well see i dont mind trimming things if they are starting to get to much thats easy