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Summer planting of a large steep bank
Part of the excavation work at the hotel has now left a long steep slope.
About 3m wide and 30 m long. Wild flowers and grasses will eventually
be planted here creating a walkway through to a grassed picnic area.
Any ideas what can be done now for the summer season and all the holiday
makers ?
Is it too late to sow wild flower seeds and place down Geo jute matting.
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Permalink Reply by Benedict Green on -
Wildflower turf? There were a couple of companies at the Creating Landscapes Show with these products. Only 90m2 so might be feasible if within clients budget. Supposedly keeps weeds (other weeds!) down for few years so saves maintenance and would stabilise the slope quite quickly. I guess you could pin it in place to start with?
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Permalink Reply by John on -
They have overshot the initial excavation cost by quite a bit
so turfing is not going to happen at the moment, even the
main level area is going to grass seeded ( not my idea)
I was thinking about a selection of perpetual flowering poppies,
although not native, the bees still love them.
Benedict Green said:Wildflower turf? There were a couple of companies at the Creating Landscapes Show with these products. Only 90m2 so might be feasible if within clients budget. Supposedly keeps weeds (other weeds!) down for few years so saves maintenance and would stabilise the slope quite quickly. I guess you could pin it in place to start with?
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Permalink Reply by pete on -
Which are the perpetual flowering poppies?
We planted up three beds at a new garden in spring and a month ago I scattered Shirley poppies all through – they haven't appeared yet – and they take 10 – 12 weeks to flower is it ?
I sowed some california poppy somewhere else a month ago and they are just now coming but with hardy annuals I don't expect them to be great the first year.
These sunflowers are what I'm looking forward to and might be good in your situation John ?
I planted some on a dry sandy bank this morning with a barrow load of compost under each one and I'm hoping for a good display.
One's called “Holiday” the other's called “Valentine” You can see from the photo that Holiday makes a bush (looks a bit heavy – we'll see) and... “Valentine are vigorous upright plants that are multi-branching, giving a very bushy appearance, producing numerous gorgeous six inch blooms with pale lemon-yellow petals surrounding a dark brown centre”
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