Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / April 2008

It's me again!

My garden is not huge - about 60 foot by 20 perhaps with a fence eithe
side of around 6 foot. I'll be digging borders wither side but not th
entire length of the garden.

I've been researching shrubs/plants etc and have a shortlist but a
still looking for ideas.

I am doing a "themed" garden around the purple-pink-lilac palette wit
a white fence, backdrop of dark ivy. Am looking to find shrubs that d
not grow too tall (ie not overs 5 foot) nor too bushy (ie not wide
than 2 foot ) else they will protrude too much from the borders, whic
wont be much wider than around 3 to 3.5 feet. I'd like the shrubs t
have a purple-pink tinge (very dark hues OR very light hues of thes
colours is fine) and when in their "greener" stage to be that silver
green colour like lavender stems rather than green like grass. Or dee
mossy green would be ok.
If the shrub flowers, I'd like it to be a pink/lilac/purple/mauve o
similar or white.

Is there anything that I can buy from an online nursery that will be
good 18-24 inches tall at purchase time and grow RAPIDLY ...if you kno
of anything, can you tell me how many inches it would grow in a year.
don't really want to buy mature specimen plants at £30-£40 a pop!! Bu
want something I can plant now and see good results with by the end o
the year

All these online nurseries fail to mention how TALL their shrubs ar
when you buy them, which isn't very helpful. They simply tell you i
comes in a 1.5L or 2L pot or whatever.

I specifically want to know about tall shrubs or plants that come bac
year after year, NOT vines (which I've already decided upon)

any suggestions would be very welcome, I've been sat here for 3 ful
days and nights running researching ideas and my brain is now maxed ou
with it all !

many thanks........
Victori

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Victoria