Question

My husband has been busy making some beds from sleepers. I’m looking for some advice on something to put in the square part. It is a shady area because of the fence but I’d like something with a bit of impact. What would you recommend? Thanks in advance  

Answer 1

A palm

Answer 2

Could I just ask what he lined the the beds with?  

Comments

@transfix2388 thats his job tomorrow, he’s got some plastic to line them then we need to fill them.  

Answer 3

Japanese Acer

Answer 4

Cornish palm tree. Or a tracycarpus

Answer 5

A red acer would look fab or a box hedge you could shape ?  

Answer 6

Hardy standard fuchia

Answer 7

Patio Salix bush it would look stunning.  

Answer 8

Standard rose

Answer 9

Cordylines and grasses?  

Answer 10

Big Acer

Answer 11

Depends what you like. Azealeas, hydrangeas , Hosta, ferns, rhododendron. depends if you want all year or seasonal

Answer 12

Red Acer or dwarf conifer

Answer 13

John Liberis x

Answer 14

How about a fern

Answer 15

You could plant a weeping willow that is on dwarf root stock. Would look lovely

Answer 16

Thanks for the ideas! We are novice gardeners but I do have a couple of books which have been given to me so I will look up some of these suggestions  

Answer 17

What did he use to build the planter. I would love to do the same. I'm a novice gardener ☺