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newbie advice on hanging baskets and climbing plants

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trixie123 · 15/04/2012 16:45

hi - complete beginner gardener here. We have a newbuild house with a small, north facing garden. The end gets some sun but the patio near the house is in shade 100% of the time. Am thinking hanging baskets would be the best way to add colour and maybe something climbing up trellis' on the fences (very tall, wooden, quite raw looking). My questions are:

  1. How do you make up a hanging basket, ie lining and flower suggestions please
  2. For the climbing plants, how much lawn do I need to dig up to give the root space it will need? I presume I then add compost, especially as the turf is poor quality and the soil mostly builders rubble Sad
Many thanks
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