Does anyone know anything about gardening?

Chamomile might do the job as well?

I wondered about that.

But the spot I'm thinking gets full sun for a lot of the year so I thought the fragrance would be nice, plus it's a tougher plant from a heat perspective right?

Good effort

Yep, creeping thyme would be mediterranean tough.

My parents have thyme, sandy poor soil in south of the Netherlands so south England temperatures. South east facing front garden.

Doesn't grow very high, tough as old boots. They don't walk on it or trim it but it's stayed quite low.

That's the hedging in. The soil here truly seems ericacous, everyone around has massive Camelia and rhododendrons so shouldn't be too much work for upkeep. Rest is holly, guelder rose and hazel for birds and insects. Now we wait...

More to do but my back isn't too pleased (see the pile of stones too...) and the clay is very hard, so not sure digging over and putting in horse processed hay is going to be any time soon.

Next: The corner at the back. Which needs a step and stones to the left as of course that too has no wall. Sigh. At least we found plenty of pretty big boulders digging up the driveway.

Will add a European spindle, bluebells, native wild garlic and primrose, a Helleborus and Japanese anemone.

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Outstanding.

Really looking forward to some pictures once it's bedded in and flowering.

I really love a camelia hedge. Good work.

Thank you! :)

Next task: Plants for corner.

Looked into free garden design software, iScape is not free but the only one with lots of plants... nothing good that's free I could find.

Grid paper, pen and markers it is :)

I need to feed my blueberries in pots? For some reason my Google results are coming back a bit shit.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a fertilizer? One that is a bit multipurpose would be handy as I have raspberries and a star jasmine thay need feeding too.

(The blueberries were originally potted in specific soil and I use rain water.)**
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Cheers

Just Ericaceous (azalea/rhod) feed for raspberry and blueberry.

Small patch of Thyme lawn inset into the patio has been vetoed.

Just needed somewhere to vent.

I use the Camelia/Azelea feed but not sure it makes too much difference what you fertiliser you use. Also throw some potash on the soil in early spring and mid/late summer.

I'm about to plant a load of stuff into beds so guess I should dig through some feed or something. Any recommendations what I should be using. Ideally something that I can pick up from a garden centre or homebase and something that the local foxes won't try and dig up.

Do you have a Lidl near you?

They have bags of compost at a good price, just grab a few of those. Or if you have a local garden centre then buy their cheapest bags.

Don't over think it, unless you need a specifically acidic soil or something.

something that the local foxes won't try and dig up

concrete

Assume this tree is a Maple? Likelihood it will be a lovely red one? Someone cut it right back before we moved in so this is the most growth I’ve seen on it and I’m impatient to see what it will look like!

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definitely not a maple.

google lens suggests Viburnum

https://www.ashwoodnurseries.com/shop/viburnum-sargentii-onondaga.html

Yes, could be right, sounds pleasant enough:

A particularly beautiful medium sized shrub with deep bronze young growth which last well into the summer. Creamy white lace cap flowers that are tinged with purple in early summer followed by red berries.

I'll give it a go.

Very good for wildlife as well, I stuck a few in the hedge.

Anyone want this Flymo? Free, collect SE19. It works!

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Got bored of trying to decide what to get for the garden beds so got plants from these https://www.digclub.co.uk/ for the two beds in shade (the one that gets full sun by the wall on the right we're keeping child gardening friendly with some tomatoes, sunflowers, etc). They send you the plants plus a plan for where they recommend it being planted in the bed.

Seems to be a decent variety of stuff and prices didn't seem outrageous compared to getting a load of plants from the garden centre. Will just have to see how it now. The guy reckoned that it should look OK this year but next year will be when it really starts to look good.

All the plants on the left and back came from them (we emptied the beds) so a good chance to see how it works.

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Oh, that looks like an interesting site!

Gardenonaroll is something sold at Homebase, and is perhaps worth a try if dig doesn't work, looks they only deliver near London atm.

https://www.homebase.co.uk/garden-outdoor/plants-seeds-bulbs/garden-on-a-roll.list

And if that doesn't work just borrow the plant list and get them at your local RHS garden ;)

Current state of the ‘lawn’ 😭

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