What would you grow up in front of mat black wall?
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I have painted our shed matt black. There is room for a small boarder in front of it. In fact it needs something as it looks a little severe. Wall is NE facing so gets sun from dawn to midday. Shed is 9 meters long with door at each end of 7m to play with. Rest of garden a work in progress but if it has a style it is "prairie" with grases and perennials and a few shrubs. Boarder opposite shown for reference. Seems like a opportunity to have some dramatic colour.
Thanks!
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I really love climbing hydrangeas.
Especially for a large area as the leaves and flowers are bigger than your normal climber making it feel a bit more in proportion.
The white flowers would stand out well against the black.
Otherwise you can get evergreen honeysuckles and jasmines.
These have smaller leaves and tiny white flowers but smell wonderful if you're going to be near it
Especially for a large area as the leaves and flowers are bigger than your normal climber making it feel a bit more in proportion.
The white flowers would stand out well against the black.
Otherwise you can get evergreen honeysuckles and jasmines.
These have smaller leaves and tiny white flowers but smell wonderful if you're going to be near it
Assuming this relates to your other thread re moving the path as I cant see where you could put a bed at the moment? Quite a lot of agro imho, it does look quite good as it is, very striking, but you could carefully attach trellis to it and grow shade tolerant clematis in pots if you wanted, would save ripping your path up. North facing doesnt mean no sun, just losing it earlier and gaining it later so I think there could be lots of climbing options or why not taller shrubs - camellias, rhododendrons etc would all do well, the bright flowers would look amazing with the black. I bought a camellia last year that was bigger than average, probably nearly a metre tall already and now year 2 its over half way up the fence and covering it nicely. Cost about £40 but worth it for the immediate mature effect.
As it looks like it's a timber shed, you may want to consider access for painting.
I'd go for a border with sunflowers, nicotiana, lobelia cardinalis, hardy fuschia, etc, and plant some lavender, rosemary and other woody herbs for scent.
Consider some bulbs too. I like agapanthus and the white ones against the shed would look good.
I'd go for a border with sunflowers, nicotiana, lobelia cardinalis, hardy fuschia, etc, and plant some lavender, rosemary and other woody herbs for scent.
Consider some bulbs too. I like agapanthus and the white ones against the shed would look good.
mangos said:
I really love climbing hydrangeas.
Especially for a large area as the leaves and flowers are bigger than your normal climber making it feel a bit more in proportion.
The white flowers would stand out well against the black.
^^^This.Especially for a large area as the leaves and flowers are bigger than your normal climber making it feel a bit more in proportion.
The white flowers would stand out well against the black.
Climbing hydrangea is a reliable performer in low light. Just give it a moist soil and it will cover a north facing wall in no time.
Roses, etc all need full sun.
Plenty of roses would thrive there, climbing hydrangea really suffer if they don't stay consistently moist - by late June mine looks a mess.
http://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/specific-situati...
I would go all white. Grow a fan-trained morello cherry, or 2 or 3 for faster wall coverage, or a combination of trained roses and cherry, and under plant with white flowered bulbs or perennials.
You could get a continuous spring to autumn flower display if you pick the right bulbs/plants.
http://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/specific-situati...
I would go all white. Grow a fan-trained morello cherry, or 2 or 3 for faster wall coverage, or a combination of trained roses and cherry, and under plant with white flowered bulbs or perennials.
You could get a continuous spring to autumn flower display if you pick the right bulbs/plants.
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