Property News · May 14, 2016

Ask Alys Fowler: I have a very wet clay garden that gets full sun. What can I plant?


Alys Fowler has the answerI have a very heavy clay garden, the back corner of which is under water most of the year, even though it gets full sun. Is there anything I can plant there that will survive? This is my dream, a bog garden in full sun. There are plenty of lovely things you can grow: the ligularias (L. ‘Greynog Gold’, L. ‘The Rocket’, L. ‘Desdemona’, L. ‘Othello’ and L. przewalskii) are very tolerant of clay and boggy, marshland conditions. They have lovely brilliant, yolk-yellow daisies on pyramidal spikes and a strong architectural form. They’d work on the edge of where the water sits and would eventually form large clumps. Related: Ask Alys Fowler: can I replant moss from a roof under a tree? Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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