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I know next to nothing about flowers.
My 'garden' space is a tiny 3ft by 8ishft balcony that I share with the flat across the hall. I was inspired by a lovely lady on Monty's Small Spaces and want to turn it into a garden of herbs and flowers where we can sit in the shade in summer.
The hitch is that it's north-facing - though that makes watering slightly less demanding!
So far I have lavender, rosemary, thyme, autumn raspberries (poor benighted things!), wild garlic and a window box of strawberry plants.
For flowers I have some beautiful rununculus and an overwintered trailing fuschia. The daffs, ivy and scrutty window boxes are inherited from my lovely neighbour, who died last year - I don't have the heart to throw out the plants and the boxes are useful if ugly.
What other flowers would be good? I like whites, reds and oranges. Jackdaws attack anything yellow. I have space for a few more window boxes but not much floor space - though once the grape, redcurrant, quince & blackberry go to the plot there will be a bit more!
Sorry this is a bit long - thank you for reading this far!
My 'garden' space is a tiny 3ft by 8ishft balcony that I share with the flat across the hall. I was inspired by a lovely lady on Monty's Small Spaces and want to turn it into a garden of herbs and flowers where we can sit in the shade in summer.
The hitch is that it's north-facing - though that makes watering slightly less demanding!
So far I have lavender, rosemary, thyme, autumn raspberries (poor benighted things!), wild garlic and a window box of strawberry plants.
For flowers I have some beautiful rununculus and an overwintered trailing fuschia. The daffs, ivy and scrutty window boxes are inherited from my lovely neighbour, who died last year - I don't have the heart to throw out the plants and the boxes are useful if ugly.
What other flowers would be good? I like whites, reds and oranges. Jackdaws attack anything yellow. I have space for a few more window boxes but not much floor space - though once the grape, redcurrant, quince & blackberry go to the plot there will be a bit more!
Sorry this is a bit long - thank you for reading this far!
on the basement gardens in the flats in Bath they have some fantastic plants...I often see ferns, phormiums, hostas etc that look gorgeous all grouped together.
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