The dead zone

[GoodyGoodyGumdrops]

What can I do about this corner? It is so dry that not even grass will grow here. It faces SSW in a WNW-facing wall.

Put a tough or large planter there, with trellis so you can grow a climber ( rose or clematis), then underplant it with annuals.

*trough

But then I'd have to water it regularly, which I'm not good at, plus it's the furthest and most complicated-point-to-reach away from the tap!

I'm tempted to give up on that spot and pave it.

If you don't want to water, how about a garden ornament.

Something like this might add a little je ne sais quoi.

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ROFPMSL!!

Well, I had a spot like this, clover worked well, as did the sedum-that-blooms-in-the-fall anything drought toletant really

Hollyhocks? Assuming there is enough sun for them. We have one growing right against our wall in a tiny patch of sandy soil and it flourishes every year, but our wall is south facing...

Ooh I love hollyhocks and I love sedums. Maybe sempervivums?

maybe russian sage?

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Naaa. I prefer David. (And I'd position him facing the window )

London pride can colonise almost anywhere except raw concrete and makes a good mat with lovely pink foamy flowers in May. Also if it's a sheltered enough spit with sun you could try Nerines for Autumn colour?

If you don't want to water regularly, I'd probably go with a large pot (or a group of pots of different height) of mixed sempervivums/sedums, topped with gravel to reduce evaporation and make it look good.

Oh wow, a wealth of ideas! Love the sempervivum display idea, too.

I wonder whether I could plant my daffodil strip with nerines and saxifrage, too. ATM it just looks grim after the daffs have finished.

My strip of daffodils butts up to my neighbour's block-paved drive. Would saxifrage colonise it, too?