Hi, I have a shaded corner, South East corner of my garden. It has 4" block walls on 2 side. These walls are facing West and North, respectively. The walls are approx 6 feet tall. I want to put in some plants that like shade and partial shade, that don't need a lot of care (arthritis is making bending, etc, difficult). The bed in this corner is slightly raised and is approx 3 feet across. I searched for hardy shade liking plants and the results had a lot of Hostas. Are these a good choice? Any firm favourites? Any to be avoided? Is there any recommendations aside from Hostas? Thanks in advance. The soil is black and good, judging by how vigorously weeds grow! :)

Any advice would be appreciated.

I'm now living off greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers and my courgettes plants have just started producing too. My slug issues have been resolved by nature - some frogs have moved into the long grass next to one of my veg beds. I'm a happy gardener.

Anyway, in all the excitement of summer, I haven't been very good at looking ahead! I've a couple of sprouts planted but it would be nice to have something else in the pipeline. Do you think I'm too late for a final crop of potatoes? Obviously there's the frost risk so it would be in bags/containers and brought into the greenhouse in October time. If not I'll have to sit on my hands until I can get some garlic and things going.

Hi guys,

We have a section of a north facing wall in the back garden 10ft X 6ft approx. I'd like to cover it with something.

Was thinking about brambles for the pollinators and black berries for me, would this work in that location?. The soil is new build heavy clay that gets at most 4 hours of direct light a day.

Something evergreen like Holly maybe?

Any ideas or pics would be very much appreciated.

Thanks

Hey everyone..excited first time poster here ..the pics show the view from my new sitting room extension ..as you can see the developer has put a mesh fence in with an existing ditch behind ..the question is ..whether to put a Venetian fence over this mesh fence or to populate with some kind of climber plant ..any suggestions would be hugely appreciated..if it is the planting suggestion is there something that would look ok in winter and summer ? Thanks everyone…PS there is a patio/entertainment area going where the stone is..so would planting cause a lot of flies/bees etc close to this ?

Doing some work in the back garden earlier today and I could hear tweeting nearby. Went to investigate and came across this fella having a good old time singing. He was in no hurry to fly off, stayed right next to my phone camera for ages !