Me and Mrs Vince noved into our lovely new house a month ago.
We're pretty much straight in terms of the house itself, so thoughts turn to tidying up the garden. It's a reasonable size, approx 40' wide and 70' long and we've got rid of 2 horrible big leylandii which prevented us from seeing the bottom half of the garden.
Question 1.
There is an unusual reddish coloured lilac at the bottom of the garden which is now finishing blossoming by the looks of it. Should I snip the dead flowers off and how do I prune a lilac to get a nice lot of blooms next year?
Question 2.
We have a beautiful rose which is covered in the most fragant large yellow blooms. It stands around 5' high, has a spread of around 4'' and must have more than a dozen flowers in blooms with plenty more buds. Again, how should I dead head and prune?
Last question
The garden faces directly south, but the neighbours at the bottom have a fence and some tall trees so it is quite shady for a lot of the day. Now we can see the bottom of the garden, it would be nice to get some colour to look at. The lilac is down there. There is also a lot of euphorbia which is nice enough but a bit plain. Any suggestions for some pretty shade tolerant plants? Also, the soil is quite clay, so don't really want to be planting annuals.
Thanks all
We're pretty much straight in terms of the house itself, so thoughts turn to tidying up the garden. It's a reasonable size, approx 40' wide and 70' long and we've got rid of 2 horrible big leylandii which prevented us from seeing the bottom half of the garden.
Question 1.
There is an unusual reddish coloured lilac at the bottom of the garden which is now finishing blossoming by the looks of it. Should I snip the dead flowers off and how do I prune a lilac to get a nice lot of blooms next year?
Question 2.
We have a beautiful rose which is covered in the most fragant large yellow blooms. It stands around 5' high, has a spread of around 4'' and must have more than a dozen flowers in blooms with plenty more buds. Again, how should I dead head and prune?
Last question
The garden faces directly south, but the neighbours at the bottom have a fence and some tall trees so it is quite shady for a lot of the day. Now we can see the bottom of the garden, it would be nice to get some colour to look at. The lilac is down there. There is also a lot of euphorbia which is nice enough but a bit plain. Any suggestions for some pretty shade tolerant plants? Also, the soil is quite clay, so don't really want to be planting annuals.
Thanks all
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