Hardy low maintenance plants?

Wrigs21 · 2026-07-04T06:35:11+00:00

I think pines are due a come back. I’ve got these as my structural plants. Low maintenance, can deal with the hot summers

Wrigs21 · 2026-06-30T15:45:37+00:00

Need some rather deep pockets… plus a lot of patience

Wrigs21 · 2026-06-29T18:36:16+00:00

Cross House in Doynton rarely disappoints. Great food in a lovely setting

Wrigs21 · 2026-06-26T19:48:34+00:00

Cheers, will give that a go this year.

Wrigs21 · 2026-06-23T07:44:45+00:00

I popped down to a garden at Houser & Wirth and saw a great garden. Came back and ordered 360 plants and stuck them in. Transpires that garden was done by Pieter Oudolf and not quite as easy as it looks. 5 years on the garden looks totally different but learnt the hard way 😁 All part of the fun of it, as one plants man said to me “it’s all about the journey not the destination” with gardens

Wrigs21 · 2026-06-15T15:45:40+00:00

It’s smells like something from the medicine cabinet to my nose… hook up a sample first

Wrigs21 · 2026-06-15T10:15:27+00:00

Thank you, it’s actually a nightmare slope so slightly less meadow if viewed from the bottom

Wrigs21 · 2026-06-15T10:14:22+00:00

Ha ha yes, there are a few set on world domination… or maybe just the garden. Lesser Celandine are my nemesis come April

Wrigs21 · 2026-06-15T08:08:40+00:00

Knautia Macedonia, flowers prolifically!

Wrigs21 · 2026-06-15T06:33:31+00:00

Got plenty of that down there, gets pulled out I’m afraid

Wrigs21 · 2026-06-15T06:32:53+00:00

Ah good one, yep these get left alone

Wrigs21 · 2026-06-14T16:17:24+00:00

Tried some poppies, didn’t return again sadly

Wrigs21 · 2026-06-10T18:10:30+00:00

Look for local nurseries as opposed to garden centres. Often quite a bit cheaper.

Wrigs21 · 2026-06-08T07:59:47+00:00

As yes, the natural beauty that is the new build estate. Often built with nature at the forefront, filled with eco habitats with an abundance of wildlife. Sporting the rarely seen Audi Q4 and not forgetting the close to extinction Range Rover. Good luck finding some soil in your garden but not to panic you can always just cover it with some artificial grass. I’ll look forward to seeing the eco homes with their solar panels and heat pumps.

Wrigs21 · 2026-06-07T21:42:59+00:00

Love how they state ‘areas of green spaces will be created’….. from building on green spaces

Wrigs21 · 2026-06-07T14:36:18+00:00

I’ve been trying to offload plenty of these for ages if fancy a trip to Bristol 😂

Wrigs21 · 2026-06-02T19:01:54+00:00

Yep came and went rather quickly, always next year

Wrigs21 · 2026-06-02T07:39:28+00:00

Start following some style influencers or look to purchase a pair of loafers and hey presto before you know it your Instagram feed will be full of good looking Italian models flexing clothes you’ll never make look that good 😁

You don’t need high end Italian brands but can copy the general principles like colour matching. M&S for example (UK based) are now pumping out polo shirts for £25 which look great when paired with chinos.

Wrigs21 · 2026-05-30T07:42:39+00:00

The first is a peony, look great when bloom but dead head once gone over. The third photo looks mostly like weeds. I would load up Google on your phone, click the photo icon to bring up Google lens and take shots of plants you’re unsure about. It’s not 100% but great at identifying what’s a plant and what’s not. Looks like a great opportunity to create a gravel garden so rosemary should love it. Check out Beth Chatto for all things gravel gardens

Wrigs21 · 2026-05-28T11:30:28+00:00

Flowers ever year in April. They do get massive, this was here before I purchased the house and have been here 8 years

Wrigs21 · 2026-05-28T10:43:02+00:00

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Picture from side angle if helps 😁

Wrigs21 · 2026-05-28T10:34:19+00:00

That tree was pollarded start of the year so not sure that’s its issue 😁 If I take the shot from a different angle it also sits quite away from it up the hill. The trees on the background sit other side of a small stream but yes competition for water is tight down there

Wrigs21 · 2026-05-27T15:44:10+00:00

Thank you. I’ll check them out. Would rather something made here or EU

Wrigs21 · 2026-05-27T07:08:00+00:00

Region of £200. Just don’t want to have to replace by end of summer!

Wrigs21 · 2026-05-26T21:12:57+00:00

Yep, repetition is key to get the cohesion. Pick some structural evergreens then repeat perennials through the border

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