What can I plant?

[tootiredtoclean]

Hello,

I'm after some advice/guidance as a complete novice gardener. I used to rely on my Nan for help but unfortunately she passed away over the winter and I have no one for advice on what to plant.

We have an area where we store the bins in the garden, this is next to an area where we want to make some seating to enjoy our pond which has some tropical looking plants, grasses etc.

We were hoping to plant something between the seating area and the bins to form a barrier/privacy and ideally hide any smells (if possible) but keeping with the theme of our other plants if possible. We tend to go for plants that are "easy" (minimal maintenance, and hardy).

We looked at bamboo but from reading online it appears it requires a lot of attention to stop it becoming over powering.

Thank you xx

A trellis to shield the bins, then plant the rose Banksaei Lutea. It is a thornless rose which grows rapidly and is very easy to train.it is highly perfumed and is the first rose to flower. Mine is n full bus now ,and will burst into colour any day,. It does not require much pruning , just tie it to the trellis in its early years. The f you want to make your seating area into an arbour just plant a trellis either end and buy two rises. I got mine fromDavid Austen.

To hide our bins, We made a screen on a frame, from bamboo screening, easily bought from Homebase, B&M etc.
In front of it we have put large oblong planters with tall perennial grasses ( miscanthus siensis ) and clematis to hide the screen.

Bud not bus and roses not rises. It’s late.

Thank you! I have just had to google them! I desperately want to just wander around a garden centre looking at plants I like and reading the labels about them.

@florentina1. I did not think of roses, my Nan would always say I would find them easy enough to maintain.

@Beebumble2 our gardens on different levels so the bins are lower than the next level up. Unfortunately, it means the seating is in line with the lids. I've looked at different bin storage ideas but the other half just keeps saying he will build something! Hopefully, with the time at home it might actually get done. We've got some short grasses around the pond so it could tie it in.

We have bamboo in large pots to act as screens.

If there is a bed, Fatsia? Budlejeia which you could chop each year? Choisya ? Red Robin?

If you put up a trellis honeysuckle is lovely. Attracts lots of the nicer bugs (butterfly’s and bees) so if you don’t fancy sitting so close to them fluttering about you maybe look at a plainer, flowerless plant.

Either an evergreen honeysuckle or evergreen jasmine

@IceniSky I've been sat looking at it today wondering if I could have bamboo in pots. We did manage to kill a red robin last year! Although I thought it was beautiful and could definitely work in the space.

@Cornettoninja and @sorryiasked honeysuckle and jasmine are gorgeous. We could definitely add something for them to grow up and would help hide the bins!