Converting a slope

[threeislovely]

Hi,

Thanks to previous advice, I now have a lovely front flower bed that has a gravel mulch over it and looks a million times better than a week ago. The neighbours are delighted!

The other part of our front garden is a small sloped grassy bank that looks fairly terrible. I am thinking of trying to change it by building a retaining wall to neaten it up (and get rid of the grass) and putting the camellias that are in the back garden into the front flower bed.

Any advice for how to best go about this? Also, what plants would go well with the camellias?

I am really converted on the mulch to cut down the weeding - could I use gravel again or would I need something else?

Thank you - sorry for being so clueless!!

Camellias like acid soil

Other plants which like acid soil are azaleas acers rhodedendrons magnolias artemesia lily of the valley crocuses etc so you would get a lovely spring garden with good autumn colour.

for the summer you could plant rosa mundi

Thank you! Off to google acidic soil plants and rosa mundi. Thanks for the tips

Would you consider planting heather on the slope? It likes acid soil, can cope with a slope and comes in a bunch of colours.