Hello everyone!
We have a 30cm (12 inch) narrow planting strip—yes, really that narrow—along the side of our neighbors’ garage (9m (30 ft) long). This strip exists because of an installed irrigation system.
We would like to plant it! Preferably with nice ground covers that remain narrow or with taller plants. However, these should only grow wider than about 0.3m (12 inches) after that point, so our robot mower can pass underneath without obstruction. It would also be great if they don’t grow very deep.
Do you have any specific suggestions for what we could plant there?
We have a 30cm (12 inch) narrow planting strip—yes, really that narrow—along the side of our neighbors’ garage (9m (30 ft) long). This strip exists because of an installed irrigation system.
We would like to plant it! Preferably with nice ground covers that remain narrow or with taller plants. However, these should only grow wider than about 0.3m (12 inches) after that point, so our robot mower can pass underneath without obstruction. It would also be great if they don’t grow very deep.
Do you have any specific suggestions for what we could plant there?
For shade in combination with trellis:
- Clematis
- Honeysuckle
- Roses, although these would grow too low for me and over the years would extend into the driveway. They would probably be better at about kitchen height.
Grasses could complement the rest of your planting.
Perennial plants and grasses from the prairie garden category (I’m not sure how that would look as a border, and whether that system works well is questionable) tend to grow somewhat taller.
Groundcovers like creeping euonymus, violets, and cranberries—there are many options.
If you like stones and rock gardens, you could create an alpine rock garden. No fertilizing, very little watering, and it blooms nicely.
- Clematis
- Honeysuckle
- Roses, although these would grow too low for me and over the years would extend into the driveway. They would probably be better at about kitchen height.
Grasses could complement the rest of your planting.
Perennial plants and grasses from the prairie garden category (I’m not sure how that would look as a border, and whether that system works well is questionable) tend to grow somewhat taller.
Groundcovers like creeping euonymus, violets, and cranberries—there are many options.
If you like stones and rock gardens, you could create an alpine rock garden. No fertilizing, very little watering, and it blooms nicely.
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hampshire24 Sep 2020 23:09Below are some herbs, lavender, etc., as previously suggested, with gutters mounted on the wall for growing lettuce. We had this in our last house. It was free of snails and tasty. It needs some light.
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