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How to make wall and pergola pretty?

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GardeningQuestionTime · 17/03/2023 17:26

This is the main view from kitchen diner.

The white building is the side wall of the garage.

I've planted a wisteria on the left and a grape vine on the right in raised beds against the white wall.

What else could I do?

How to make wall and pergola pretty?
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QueueEtwo · 17/03/2023 18:19

Oh I love that!

You could have 103889 some sweat peas in a pot, a climbing Rose?

What about a garden mirror on the wall of the garage?

Hanging plant pots?

Solar fairy lights or hanging lanterns!

LadyGardenersQuestionTime · 17/03/2023 18:28

Plant something pretty along the path to the back gate to draw the eye. To be honest, a wisteria and a grape vine are going to overwhelm that little garage in no time at all and you probably won't want them growing over the roof so maybe much taller stuff along the edge of the grass in front of the garage to create a screen? Or a climbing rose on some trellis there?

LittleFingerStrength · 17/03/2023 18:33

That's beautiful. You can fill with early annuals.

GardeningQuestionTime · 18/03/2023 08:41

I’m hoping to train the vine and the wisteria over the pergola. I’m guilty of cramming plants in s9 will see if they both survive….

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MereDintofPandiculation · 18/03/2023 09:54

You could paint the white wall a more receding colour.

As people are saying, you won’t need anything more than the wisteria and grape vine. In the short term, I’d try climbing annuals, sweet peas, Ipomea, what used to be called Mina lobata.

senua · 18/03/2023 10:26

I’m guilty of cramming plants in
You don't say!Wink Sometimes, less is more.
How about thinking about leaf? Either interesting colour / variegation or just go for size. Large-leafed plants can introduce a sense of the exotic but are also quite lush and restful.
Also, your garden has those beautiful mature trees as backdrop and lots of small herbaceous/annuals. You might want some mid-tier thing to bridge the two layers. It could also be a focal point, an anchor. Maybe a small tree: big enough to add height but not so dense that it shades the seating area.

Apart from that, I'm well jel.

GardeningQuestionTime · 18/03/2023 12:19

@senua what are you trying to say 😀

I know what you mean about some height, it’s all new last year so still establishing it. there’s a couple of trees to the left not in the picture, an amelanchier and an eating cherry….placed so they don’t cast shade over our sitting area to the right of the gate. There’s a a huge leylandii hedge in left hand neighbour’s garden that casts a lot of shade over our garden….

the area to the right of the path in the lawn is the sunny sitting part.

I’m slowly eating into the lawn so some of the stuff in pots will go in there and it should all calm down a bit once it’s more established….

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Ohthebanality · 18/03/2023 12:34

That's a lovely view.

andymary · 24/03/2023 12:02

Does look lovely as it is now, and I am very jealous of your wooden greenhouse!

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