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ninathenana Mon 02-Nov-15 17:45:39

Ours is North facing and across the road from the sea. There is a low brick boundary wall with flower bed in front. A flower bed in the middle of the lawn with a shrub rose, bulbs and bedding plants.
Given the geography you wouldn't expect much to grow but DH struggles to keep it under control. Especially the 30 yr old rose which looks lovely every year.

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Nonnie Mon 02-Nov-15 17:35:41

Ours is inside a local stone wall with huge, deep hedges. We have a tamac drive, beds of plants, a path and pots immediately in front of the house. Our problem is that everything thrives far too much so I am always out with the secateurs, hedge trimmer and, hopefully, after Christmas a chainsaw!

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kittylester Mon 02-Nov-15 17:20:57

What is your front garden like?

When we had our back garden landscaped a few years ago we also had the front garden covered in 'pink' granite chips. This was because the garden is very wide (50' ish) not very deep (10' ish), faces north and the grass was awful, being in shade all day. We kept the perennials and shrubs that grew around the edges but they are taking more and more effort to keep looking nice.

Our drive comes up the side of the garden which is surrounded on 3 sides by a low granite wall and by the house, also granite!

We are tempted to get rid of all the plants, add more granite chips (over permeable membrane) and just put a few big pots on the gravel.

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