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Originally Posted by susan
this is the bank in question

can any one give me any ideas/advice on what to do with this bank

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Does the slope carry on up the other side of the fence / trees? If it does then there's half your answer - you can't really move so you have to live with it.
I'd go for Alpine type plants with will give you ground cover and are not too fussy about the quality of soil.

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no its flat on the other side of fence /trees in the other garden in the next road. its just the more we dig the bank we get more bricks we get and then we weed it and put weed killer down and it grows back quick. so looking for the best way forward as to control the weeds and what to plant on it to make it look nice and tidy, but the as i say the soil is full of bricks and rubble.
the first pic is from last summer when the bank was over grown and the second pic is after we had cleared it.


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I would just throw on some compost and mix it in all into the soil. Renuture. Plants will grow anywhere (regardless of the bricks or not that are buried deep).

Not sure why you actually cleared that part up as it looked a good haven for wildlife. Personally I would let it regrow and plant ivy up against the wooden fence.

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Just guessing but if it's flat all around the my guess is it started off as a pile of rubble which has been covered in earth and plants to save moving it - who know what you may find if you keep digging smile
Sue do you have a preference for what you want to achieve? Do you want a bigger garden or a 'feature' of the bank.
If you can it may be worth doing what one of guys suggested and getting a mini digger in - is that an option?

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Get a buddleia or a lavatera for in front of that wooden fence - they grow pretty quick and tall too, in case privacy is an issue.

Both shrubs come in all sorts of colours not just lilac or pink.

[Linked Image] Buddleia (good for attracting butterflies)

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Or, if it gets full sun you could grow a passionflower up the fence and then stick perennials in front of it. If you left it, it would probably grow down the bank too!

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For minimal gardening you could plant it with ornamental grasses and get some decoarative shale/pebbles. Couple of bits of driftwood for interest - wouldn't matter that its slightly sloped. So long as you get some goodness back in as already suggested. Might need some of that black ground cover sheet to keep the weeds back. Drainage shouldn't be a problem as grasses aren't too bothered about poor drainage.

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Could intersperce it with perennials such as cornflowers, daisies, bulbs such as tiger lilies, day lily, irises etc.

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thanks for all your suggestions and paul the reason we cleared it was we had trees that were taller then our house there and further along, there was that creeper stuff and ivy that was wrapped all way around the trees and branches, the creeper stuff was all along the bank as well and the bank and trees were merging into one big mass. There was know way of telling what was what and it was blocking the sun out and it felt that the garden was comming in on us.If it had been left any longer we would have had to fight our way out of the garden.
Softy, we want the bank as to be as much maintance free as poss as we have a big garden already. many thanks

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snooze, those flowers look perfect and some good ideas there many thanks

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Thanks susan, I didn't really know what to think until I saw a picture of the border - that really helped smile

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Summer, that was posted that long ago, there will be a rain forest there by now.


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Summer, that was posted that long ago, there will be a rain forest there by now.


Funnily enough know i have kept in fairly clear since then but still not done anything else.Any keen gardeners out there who would come and give me any ideas and a quote for doing something with it.

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pics further up the page

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Are you a keen gardener then summer, like to think in am but it is a big area to do.Your welcome to come and have a look at it.

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ok, i like gardening but hubby doesnt .I could give you a hand, its needs at least two to do it.

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