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L1ttledrummergirl · 24/04/2022 17:44

I'm going yo start by saying that my garden knowledge is very limited. I love the idea of gardening and having beautiful flowers but don't know enough to make it happen.

I have an old trailer in a shady area that we've filled with rubble and soil with the intention of turning it into a rockery.

It's mainly in the shade, gets limited sunlight due to trees and I'm guessing will need plants to have shallow roots. I would like colour though, we already have a lot of greenery in that area.
The trailer can't be moved as when dh set it there he put a waste pipe half inside and bricked up the outside, it's now home to a huge hedgehog who walks over it at night to get to any spilt bird food so it must be good to wildlife.
Ideally it needs to thrive with limited input from me.

What would you suggest that I plant in it?

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brambleberries · 24/04/2022 22:44

Japanese anemones?

almondfinger · 24/04/2022 22:47

huchera, brunnera, cyclamen, small variety hostas

L1ttledrummergirl · 24/04/2022 22:47

Thank you, I'll research them to see if they would work. I am honestly clueless with plants.
I now have a starting point.

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L1ttledrummergirl · 24/04/2022 22:48

Brilliant. Thank you

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almondfinger · 25/04/2022 10:13

Japanese anemones are a bit of a menace. I love them and when we moved into our house I was delighted to see a patch and they survived a building site. They are now spreading like wildfire, I was just pulling a load out last night. I have the common pinks, the white Honorine Joubert. Both are thugs. I did have a nice small little one that seems more contained. It hasn't appeared yet this year so I think it may have died or been removed. Usually I'm sad not to see plants reappear in spring, not so with anemones.
Narcissus tete a tete do v well in shade. London pride would be great in a rockery and you'd have a haze of pink flowers in summer.

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