ᐅ Garden Photos Chat Corner

ypg schrieb:


How tall do you mean? We removed tall pampas grass and miscanthus in the garden last year because it became unattractive. So beach grass or rye grass are out of the question too. They grow too tall for the well.

The well should stay.

I was thinking of something large, like pampas grass or similar. But then I wouldn’t leave the urn there.
If the urn is going to stay, I would plant something very low-growing.

PS: What exactly made the pampas grass unattractive?

motorradsilke schrieb:

I wouldn’t leave the jug there, though.

The jug is actually the fountain. It has a large container with a pump underneath. That’s why we’d rather not move it. We also really like it there.

motorradsilke schrieb:

PS: What would be unpleasant about the pampas grass?

Well, we often forgot to tie it up. As a result, many plumes flew everywhere. Eventually, it became bare in the middle. The other grasses also frequently left behind dried stems. The problem for us is that the main terrace is about 30cm (12 inches) lower. So all the debris the wind released ended up collecting there.

I would probably just plant a nicely flowering ground cover with some taller plants spaced in between. Maybe lilies or ornamental thistles, or a "spartan summer meadow" with only a few tall-growing plants.

ypg schrieb:

Does anyone have any ideas for the slate area?

I think yellow-flowering sedum works very well in this area. It doesn’t draw attention away from the jug/fountain but nicely frames it.

@Steffi33 Your garden looks beautiful! Wow! I also really like the exterior view of the house.

I don’t have many photos of Garden 2.0 yet. But I found this one funny because the same cat is still sitting in the front garden.

I’m still concerned about the rest of the property. We have a pretty clear plan for the area in front of the house. But on the side, down the slope, there’s excavated soil where nothing grows properly. This fall, I might put one or two rows of retaining stones around it and add some topsoil, just about 20cm (8 inches) or so, to help plants take root instead of just thistles.

I was spoiled in Lower Saxony, where our excavated soil was the best soil. Unfortunately, that’s not the case here.

Then there’s the entire width of the property behind the house, where we have a fairly steep slope. We had considered gradually covering it with ground cover plants and shrubs. But that’s not a perfect solution—I don’t want to have to look down at it. Mostly, I guess the neighbor would enjoy that view. The ideal solution would actually be to terrace the whole length and add soil so we have as much flat land as possible, or at least a gentle slope instead of a steep one. But I don’t even want to think about how much that would cost. It’s about 30 meters (33 yards) long and probably 2–3 meters (7–10 feet) high that we’d need to fill, though that’s just an estimate. A neighbor has offered to measure it soon.