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I inherited a very bland garden with a new house. Going to need some landscaping works to get it in a good place to start growing things, that'll have wait until next year or later, but I'd like to get a head start and reduce eventual costs by growing a lot from seed this year if possible.
Things I'd like to have a crack at:
Hosta:
I understand seed grown will generally not be 'true type' and might look quite bland, so maybe better off waiting for garden centre bargains and trying to divide/nurture through the winter.
Ferns:
Spotted a solitary male fern growing under a hedge. Also would quite like some of those blue/silver ones. Would be interesting to grow from spores but I'm struggling to find a source for anything other than tree ferns. I have time on my side at least
Euronemous Japonica:
We have one mis-shapen shrub at the back, I was planning on taking cuttings and trying to get them to root, if I get enough maybe using them to replace a massive and ugly cherry laurel at the front boundary.
Wisteria:
Always fancied one of these, there are some good ones around here and now I have a with facing property. Again playing the long game, don't plan on moving again. Hoping to get a few cuttings and attempt propagation.
Heuchera:
Had a good display of these at my first flat. Think they were Aldi specials, came really good eventually. Probably a good candidate to grow from seed?
At the moment my biggest challenge is finding enough pots to move things on in to. Anyway, bit of a brain dump there, any additional suggestions for a North facing partially sunny garden appreciated.