Topic Topic - Plant Photo Galleries Conifer Topic - Wildlife on Plant Photo Gallery |
Ivydene Gardens Plants:
|
Plants Pages
PLANTS FOR SOIL
GARDEN USE Aquatic
PLANT USE
|
PLANT TYPE Continued FOLIAGE COLOUR FLOWER COLOUR PRUNING GROUNDCOVER PLANT DETAIL in finally, DISCLAIMER: Links to external sites are provided as a courtesy to visitors. Ivydene Horticultural Services are not responsible for the content and/or quality of external web sites linked from this site. |
|||
Hedges, Screens and Windbreaks from Notcutts information is below the Hedge Garden Use Table. Thorny Hedges are described in the Thorny Hedge Garden Use Page. Trees to provide a Windbreak are described in the Windbreak Garden Use Page. Trees to put in Lawns are described in Trees for Lawns Garden Use Page. Plants to put with trees in Woodland are described in the Woodland Garden Use Page. Plants to filter dust from the environment and offset the pollution from traffic can be found in the Pollution Barrier Garden Use Page. |
||||||
|
||||||
PLANTING IN COASTAL AND WINDSWEPT LOCATIONS The purpose of this article from Caerhays Estate is to try to help solve the problem of exposure and avoid wasting time and energy planting things which are frankly unsuitable and therefore an expensive mistake. There is no one right answer to what is suitable in any particular garden but there are often a great many more wrong answers. There is also the need for patience while your planting gets established and good luck in avoiding the worst of the weather in the early years after planting. |
||||||
Gardening by the sea has the problems posed by salt-carrying gales and blown sand. Copious amounts of compost and mulch to conserve soil moisture, and the following defensive planting will protect the more tender plants from strong winds in your garden:- |
||||||
Trees for the first line of wind reduction:- |
Conifers for the first line of wind reduction:- |
|||||
Shrubs for the first line of wind reduction:- |
|
|||||
Trees for the second line of wind reduction:- |
Conifers for the second line of wind reduction:- |
|||||
Shrubs for the second line of wind reduction:- |
|
|||||
Shrubs for the third line of wind reduction:- |
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|||
Height in feet......... |
Garden Use:- |
Plant Name in Any Soil |
Plant Type |
|||
1 x 3 |
|
Anthemis punctata cupaniana |
Evergreen Perennial |
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
Height in feet |
Garden Use:- |
Plant Name in Any Soil |
Plant Type |
|||
3 x 1.5 |
|
Achillea clypeolata 'Coronation Gold' |
Evergreen Perennial |
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
Height in feet |
Garden Use:- |
Plant Name in Any Soil |
Plant Type |
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
Height in feet |
Garden Use:- |
Plant Name in Acid Soil |
Plant Type |
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
Height in feet |
Garden Use:- |
Plant Name in Acid Soil |
Plant Type |
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
Height in feet |
Garden Use:- |
Plant Name in Acid Soil |
Plant Type |
|||
23 x 20 |
|
Amelanchier lamarcki |
Deciduous Tree |
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
Height in feet |
Garden Use:- |
Plant Name in Alkaline Soil |
Plant Type |
|||
1.5 x 1.5 |
|
Aster amellus 'King George' |
Herbaceous Perennial |
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
Height in feet |
Garden Use:- |
Plant Name in Alkaline Soil |
Plant Type |
|||
4 x 2 |
|
Anchusa azurea |
Herbaceous Perennial |
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
Height in feet |
Garden Use:- |
Plant Name in Alkaline Soil |
Plant Type |
|||
15 x 10 |
|
Acer campestre |
Deciduous Tree |
|||
|
||||||
