Wir haben diese Betten in unserem Garten und ich bin zerrissen, was ich mit ihnen machen soll
Im ersten Jahr, in dem wir hier gelebt haben, war ich nicht super Gärtner, also warf ein paar Petunias und nannte es einen Tag. Sie wurden letztes Jahr vernachlässigt und die Holzrahmen auf der Spitze verrotten, also würde ich sie niederschlagen, aber ehrlich gesagt weiß ich nicht, ob ich mich darum kümmern kann, also brauche ich Vorschläge für das, was ich hier wachsen kann.
Auch offen für Vorschläge, ob dies der Hütte/wilde Atmosphäre verleiht, oder nur Müll aussieht 😅
Der Garten ist südwestlich – das Bett oben auf dem Bild wird im Grunde den ganzen Tag die Sonne und der Boden, der etwa 6 Stunden erhält.
Von: esthergreenwood-x
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Does it get sun? You could whack rosemary in them and they’d do well if it’s a sunny spot. They’re Mediterranean, so like quite dry, poor soil, ideal if you forget to water stuff.
I’d go for lavender.
I’d either pop in some herbs. Or I’d whack in some osteopermum in. They grow so beautifully in sunny spots and flower for ages.
These would be perfect for some low maintenance alpines beds.
If you wanted to go truly ‘cottage garden’ you could stick to sempervivums and sedums and traditional favourites. But there are almost endless options if you want to go down the rabbbithole.
Maybe some herbs like thyme/rosemary in the middle, with some erigeron karvinskianus?
The bricks will retain heat so you want very heat tolerant stuff here. It’s also a small space so it’ll dry out fast. You can do Mediterranean stuff like hebe, thyme, lavender and rosemary (trailing especially). But I’d be tempted to do succulents. Big aeonium, some sedums (confusum has been reliable for me) to cover the soil. Look for hot, dry plant ideas. Tomatoes would love this but you’ll want to feed and water them very regularly. Also, Mediterranean stuff will thrive in poor soil but if you want other types of plant then refresh the compost.
Plant things in them?
I’d ram it full of a lot of the aforementioned herbs & succulents (and add Bugle, which I’m shoving in everywhere!)
The aim is to cover all the soil & crowd out weeds. Happy insects, happy gardener! 😁
Lavender all day.
Aubretia would look nice in there.
Mint in one, chives in the other. Do it no thanks required 😉
Erigeron and maybe some nemesia? Or scented pelargoniums
Remove them! Make mowing easier and you won’t stub your toe on the. The brick isn’t pretty or bringing anything to the party.
I have something similar in my garden and I planted lots of lavender in mine. It’s always a mass of bees until mid September and I could spend hours watching them.
Take out the old soil and fill it up with a good quality compost for whatever you decide to grow ☺️ whatever you put in there it will look lovely
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Did this with one I made from lose leftover bricks. Some ivy and this thing I can’t remember the name of. See how it goes 🙂
To avoid having to water them so much, you could try setting up an olla- two big permeable pots stuck mouth to mouth and buried in the bed. You fill the whole thing with water at the top through the hole in the bottom of the pot, and the water gradually seeps out.
Google for videos of them as I’ve never done it myself so might have missed a key element
You made them so you should lie in them??
Clean it and paint it. Perhaps some kitchen herbs? Or tulips?!
Ferns.
Definitely take them out, abhorrent
Lithodora maybe or other plants that like heat and dry conditions like rosemary, lavender, thyme and maybe outdoor succulents.
Fertilise, refresh that fookin soil or you will bring nothing but the death of a thousand plants.
I’ve grown Heather is the crappy 2ft deep concrete beds around the edge of my house. It’s evergreen, flowers twice a year, a big hit with the bees, and grows fine in a rubbish spot. We started with 3 small plants, and over about 5 years, it filled the space well. We trim and shape in every 2 years, and it hasn’t gone woody, but I do water it a lot in summer and feed it a few times in the summer.
Fill the with nasturtiums and you won’t need to change the soil
They are not wide or deep enough to really grow most things (and have them survive) they will dry out very fast.
Id plant something like heather or lavender
Definitely herbs!! Thyme can be shaped to look pretty as well as cooking with of course. Likewise with rosemary, nice tidy bushes if looked after a little
Alpines! I have a narrow tiny bed between patio and path where a wall used to be and I planted sempervivum, sedum, scabious, campanula and phlox subulata and they all seem to do well despite my black thumb.
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Rosemary and sage will love you. Lavender too but I always struggle to keep those alive
Mediterranean herbs – lavender, rosemary, oregano, marjoram, thyme, winter savory, hyssop, southernwood.
Geranium now, then polyanthus under planted with bulbs.
I would personally plant some wild flowers.
Or maybe a couple feather reed Karl Foerster grasses paired with verbena and then something low and trailing.
Or you could go herbs, roses, even a small tree.
I think a mix of herbs to give interest – rosemary, thyme, fennel (which gets very tall). If you get trailing rosemary it will spill over like you describe, it has pretty flowers as well as being useful in the kitchen. Or in the one that gets sun all day, put in some grit/gravel and use hardy succulents and sedums (see photo)
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Creeping phlox
Definitely keep.
I see no reason why you couldn’t plant a whole bunch of stuff. People are saying that they are very shallow, but looking at them it seems like they are just raised borders, without a bottom. So the soil goes right down. So will drain well.
Anyway, I’m guessing these are near the house?? In which case, I’d start by painting the brickwork whatever colour you like, it will help smarten the appearance. You could also run some wooden toppers to the brickwork to really smarten it up.
For planting, I’d go Chives, (a brilliant, under appreciated garden plant) with Night Scented Phlox in the same bed. And mirror the planting in the other bed.
The other planting alternative would be some Dahlia plants for an amazing flower display. You might even get two per bed. There’s like a bizzilion types.
Make a bench to sit on out of them !