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Gable End Bank

• Mustard seed temporary ground cover for winter - already sown
• Plant Oregano lower bank (I have lots in pots)
• Compost beneath Chinese Dogwood and plant Horse Mint aka Buddleia Mint (amazing for pollinators, plus I have some growing in beds)
• Plant Lesser Perwinkle in gaps below existing Periwinkle (again, I have some in pots).
• Leave Buddleia!

Gable End

• Remove Solomon’s Seal
• Find taller, floriferous perennial replacement!
• Plant replacement

Wildflower Meadow 160m²

Yellow Rattle, click for bigger photo

Will take 3-4 years to get wildflowers established. Scythe in July, remove hay.

• Mow grass very short
• Sow Yellow Rattle seed wildflower seed (£15 per 250g bag) November. Scythe in July, mow short November, repeat sowing annually.
• Prune fruit trees winter

Orchard

• Research suitable Aronia
• Replace Saskatoon with Aronia
• Replant Comfrey! For chop n’ drop mulching.

Patio beds

Adria Bellflower, trailing

• Replace Everlasting Pea with Small evergreen Italian Jasmine
• Remove some (all?) of Ground Ivy
• Possibly replace with a trailing plant, like the Tumbling Ted, possibly an Adria or Serbian Bellflower?

Kitchen Garden

• Mint x3 types in buried terracotta pots — Chocolate Mint (I have this already for you), Japanese Mint & Spearmint
• Plant Solomons Seal
• Plant suitable colourful small shrub with structure (Aronia?)
• Train big rose at end up bank

Wall Garden

• Plant suitable Aronia steep bed
• Plant compact Yarrow amongst Hedge Nettle
• Fennel (Purple?) in front of hot tub wall

Side Bed

• Research woodland plants (ferns?)

Misc

• Plant supports for taller plants (eg Fennel, Globe Artichoke) - £5 each, home-made, 10 of them?
• Ideas for concrete platform - decking & seating area? Or something more exciting? Childrens castle den area, hideout tower, permanent canvas awning stretched out between trees? Just some ideas…
• Compost bays somewhere?
• Remove Sycamore & bramble by bridge