Hide the hill
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Vikki
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Besides needing to cleanup all the shale I would like to hide the slope behind the rhodedendron. It is a fairly steep 4 foot rise. Not much good soil. Any ideas?
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without knowing your budget(and I'm not asking), the first thing I thought of when I saw the picture, was a rock garden with a fountain or waterfall & small pond... the rock garden will keep it low maintenance & the fountain or water fall with a small pond will take the view away from the hill & more on what is on or in the hill...
Capernius
on May 19, 2015
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a huge boulder with some ground cover around it
Jan
on May 19, 2015
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Definitely ground cover if you want low maintenance.
Pam
on May 19, 2015
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What planting zone are you in? And is the area full sun?
Pam
on May 19, 2015
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Zone 5 , part sun in the morning
Vikki
on May 19, 2015
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maybe a moss? or a low growing ground cover.... without spending major money (which all too few of us have), i don't know what else to tell you Ma'am...
Capernius
on May 19, 2015
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after doing some research, here are some idea you may wish to look into. I hope this helps... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/help-for-the-home-gardener/lawn-landscape-garden-design/landscape.aspx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.bhg.com/gardening/flowers/perennials/best-plants-to-grow-in-clay/#page=1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://homeguides.sfgate.com/plants-grow-through-gravel-48925.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Capernius
on May 19, 2015
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There are hundreds of Hosta varieties that would be so easy to grow. They cover quickly and collecting the different colors and sizes is intoxicating. You can go on Ebay and buy many different ones. They will grow just about anywhere. It sounds like this a mostly shady spot, which they love.
Patty S
on May 20, 2015
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Love it! You already have the basis for what can be a terrific terraced bed. People pay big bucks for what you have. I'd just dig in and level a couple of long slate pieces to act as steps between the levels. Then I'd introduce a variety of shapes - spiky iris, and other semi-shade tolerant plants. Think peonies might be OK, Have a small mum-shaped border plant that likes shade but adapts to all light conditions. I wouldn't worry about ground cover. A spring bulb called Tarda grows fairly low for some Spring colour, etc. I'd also salvage all the little bits of slate/shale and use it around some of the plants. .
Marion Nesbitt
on May 20, 2015
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You can always dig out the spots where you want to plant and replace with good soil. Think most bulbs like Tarda grow in rocky, poor soil originally so they should do OK. A friend has similar but steeper. We dug rocks into the slope in places, and put good soil in crannies and planted. We also set in long, flat pieces for steps for access. Looks terrific.
Marion Nesbitt
on May 20, 2015
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Diese Frage zu beantworten ...Versuchen sie doch Farne, sie lieben schattige stellen, und es gibt verschiedene Sorten
Sybille Zwipp
on May 21, 2015
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