I've got a strip about 2x7m which is currently mostly lawn which I'd like to turn into a nature area. Trouble is, I'm basically clueless! I've been doing a bit of research & I'm wondering whether it would be possible to grow a hazel tree & a blackthorn next to each other with a dog rose to climb through them? I think hazel & blackthorn are both controllable, aren't they? We have a path in daily use next to the patch so it'd need to be kept under control.
Ideally I'd like to use 1/2-2/3 of the space for the big bushes & the rest for a mini pond & some wild flowers. Is this going to be enough space for that? Any suggestions for other plants I could grow as well/instead? I chose hazel/blackthorn because they'd produce useful things for me, as well as the animals but happy to change them if there's something that would be better.
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AGnu · 13/06/2019 11:55
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