My little hedge!
By scottish
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A big problem in the garden is where the gravel meets the lawn. The stones always end up getting caught in the lawn mower. Quite frankly, I was getting extremely fed up of having to get down on my hands and knees before I mow the lawn to remove any stones which had been kicked over!
I had tried to separate the area with a little raised edge neither wood nor stones seemed to do the job. They still managed to find their way over onto the lawn.
At the tail end of the summer, I thought I would put in a little box hedge – on going shopping in the GC I found some Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald Gaiety’ and thought this would make a rather nice little hedge. As like Buxus – it can be clipped to shape.
I planted these out and they are doing rather well – new growth is now showing. Whilst I can appreciate what it will look like in a few years – it does look rather boring!
I decided to give it a little lift by planting some grasses just slightly offset and in the gaps to make it look a little better for a while.
There will come a time that the grasses will need to be moved – but for now I hope that this will add a little interest!
I hope you like :)
Euonymus with Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’
Euonymus with Uncinia ‘Rubra’
21 Mar, 2012
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Looks great Scottish, Love the matching colours of them.
Should make a lovely hedge, just dont sit watching it.
21 Mar, 2012
this is lovely scottish.
21 Mar, 2012
Excellent idea, looks great.
21 Mar, 2012
That looks really good! The colours and shapes go really well together, while solving a problem which I know only too well!
21 Mar, 2012
That looks good Scottish - hope it solves the problem
21 Mar, 2012
Love the Carex, Euonymus and Uncinia 'rubra' together: great combination Scottish! And problem solved . . .
21 Mar, 2012
Jolly good idea Scot. those grasses look like 'spider plant' dont they? Very nice together I must say.
21 Mar, 2012
Looks good Angie.
How industrious! :)
21 Mar, 2012
It does look good Scottish, lets hope its sorted for you now...
21 Mar, 2012
Thank you all. As long as it stops some of them it will be a bonus!!
Lil...industrious....wait til you see what else I've been doing! It's not all finished yet as I'm trying tidy up the rest of the garden at the same time!!
One step forward and two steps back just about covers it!!
21 Mar, 2012
Thats a brilliant idea..it looks lovely! :))))))
21 Mar, 2012
It's very nice. Does a good job, and looks good aswell. That little Carex is a good plant to have aswell. I've got one of them.
21 Mar, 2012
Thanks Pixi and Hywell. Never had grasses before Hywel so I'm looking forward to seeing how they look in my garden.
22 Mar, 2012
Lol, can't wait to see what else you'll have to show us :))
22 Mar, 2012
Me too!
22 Mar, 2012
Nearly finished!!
22 Mar, 2012
:)))))))))))))))))))
22 Mar, 2012
That looks really good. It certainly does separate the stones and lawn. I like your choice of plants too.
26 Mar, 2012
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Fascinating !
Good pics.. I hope this solves the problem for you ...
... and no more stones on the lawn !
21 Mar, 2012