Garden Pictures Chat Corner

How are the lighting conditions, winter hardiness, do you want to irrigate or should the plants manage on their own?

Do you just want to have greenery?
Privacy screen on the berm?
Any particular focus like self-sufficiency, edible garden with flowering perennials, attracting animals, etc.?

How are the light conditions, winter hardiness, do you want to water or should the plants manage on their own?

Do you just want to have greenery?
Privacy screen on the embankment?
Any focus like self-sufficiency, snack garden with flowering perennials, attracting animals, etc?

Good questions, I still have to think about some of them.

Light conditions: slope is on the south side of the property, but it is shaded by large trees, I would say semi-shady. Preferably only winter-hardy plants. They should manage on their own (except in drought we would of course water). The embankment is made from topsoil piled up. On the neighbors’ embankment everything grows very well on it (same embankment). Green should be the primary color, but also a lot of things that bloom if that is compatible with semi-shade. No self-sufficiency from the slope, for that we want to get raised beds later. But everything suitable for snacking / preserving, berries and fruits etc. I think is good. Privacy screen does not play a role except for one corner (I’ll attach a picture). I have been thinking for a while about what to plant on the edge there to visually close the "gap" to the neighbor’s property. A privacy screen element will be added there. The red arrow shows the boundary post. And it’s about the slope area adjacent there, what could I plant there so that the property is basically also "closed off" upwards?

The Horstmann nursery offers a winter hardiness check. There are different zones in Germany. I have for example 6b, most will have 7a or b.

Towards the neighbor I might plant a bird protection hedge or wild rose hedge. Mulch thickly with bark mulch.

Mulch fruit shrubs in the sunny part as well.

A butterfly bed with perennials near the terrace.

I would frame the three parts with walkable ground covers.

I find it difficult with just green. Maybe hostas instead of the butterfly bed?

Prairie gardens offer easy care, frost resistance, heat tolerance, an insect paradise, and a constantly changing appearance.

It is not too late for vegetables. Winter-hardy varieties still have time.
Cabbage, leeks, carrots. Lettuce, Chinese cabbage, radishes are still possible. You just have to make sure you get the right seeds.

now you are being typically German exact again
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yes, I’m putting something together, but generally the garden pictures don’t quite correspond to reality.

The property is 700m2, about 7m from the front to the house.

We once had 5 olive trees, now only 3 (because of pests), a fig tree, a few oleanders, several bougainvilleas, many hibiscuses, roses, frangipani, vines over a pergola, pomegranate and many other things. I once had nearly 50 roses, they grow very well. After 20 years I parted with some because of pests and the heat repeatedly burns the leaves. Herbs grow very well all year round, some too well. I’m not very good at growing vegetables.

One problem we have is the fruit fly. For this reason I have only a little fruit, you have to spray regularly. Therefore, we are not allowed to put any fruit leftovers, tomatoes, etc. in the compost or throw them into the garden. Because of pests, not all plant species from other federal states can be brought in or you have to pay for quarantine.

At the beginning we had several palm trees, but they are no longer fashionable here and look rather modest compared to Southeast Asia.

We only have a few native plants left (only in front), they just look shabby when you prune them back, some don’t grow back at all. They have a generally short lifespan, they grow fast, die fast.

My garden dream would be Japanese maple in all colors and shades. It grows very well in the hills but not by the sea with very little shade.

We also once had 4 water features. But because of mosquitoes we removed them.