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How do you prune a dwarf lilac bush that is about 10 foot high. It needs to stay small!
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In the hedgerows in Devon bluebells grow amongst grass, ferns, primroses and red campion ( I always liked the colour combination of the bluebells' purple blue with the bluish pink of the campion) and later come the foxgloves so would you be looking to have a natural planting look? Geraniums would give coverage and colour into the summer.
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Tobacco plants - nicotiana sylvestris, white scented evening flowers would look good with the holly behind them, but quite big and wild looking. Forget-me-nots are pretty.
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For decorative / bees - pulmonaria or lungwort, dead nettle white nancy violas, tricolour wild one. omphaloides verna geranium salome ok in shade, small mat covering. geranium gracile, delicate pearly pink. Food: claytonia - miners lettuce plant seed in late summer, overwintering salad wild strawberries - contain them as they spread like a weed herbs - mint but plant in a bottomless bucket to stop it spreading. Apparently there is an edible honeysuckle I heard somewhere, ok in shade and decorative
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Thanks everyone,especially the last answer was very informative. I got quoted £670 for green oak as opposed to £337 for the tanalised softwood option so I feel happy now that there is nothing wrong with the softwood and it's cheaper. The reason it needs to last a while is because of the labour cost to build it on our steep slope with hard soil!
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The options are larch, green oak or iroko. Has anyone any advice on the different types of wood?
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Hazel seems shade tolerant and not too big. Blackberry and blackcurrents and rhubarb seem OK in shade.
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I'm thinking of putting a structure in a shaded area on sloping downhill grass area to create a sand play area. I saw a picture of a pit inset into decking but not sure if people might not trip on something jutting out of a slope. Any ideas .. the other option is a raised bed but I thought it more user friendly if in ground at lower level.
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Thanks, that is an interesting point about local designers running courses. Is there a professional "body" that list designers by area?
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I've had another thought on your question about motivating parents to join in; I remembered how the local pre-school simply put your name on a rota sheet and gave it to you with the expectation that you would turn up and do the task. At first this seemed a bit bossy but most people did turn up and do whatever was asked. People do get used to this, parents can be encouraged to swap duties with each other if inconvenient times are allocated to them. Just a thought; people rarely volunteer for anything
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