Posted by Paul on May 16, 2006, 3:59 am
Hi
I have a garden which is now one year old, the north side of the rear
garden is bounded by a 6 foot high brick wall shaped like a hockey
stick i.e. with a curve. This and the gap between the house and the
start of the wall creates a wind tunnel effect which channels the
west/north west winds acrosss the top half of the garden.
Silly me planted Chamaecyparis which are all now nicely brown, the
plants at the other end (south) of the garden don't suffer this wind
and are quite happy and growing at a good rate.
Can anyone please suggest any wind tolerant plants for this part of
the garden, it would be nicce to look out of the kitchen window at a
nice shrubbery rather than a bare lawn and brick wall.
TIA
Paul
Posted by JennyC on May 16, 2006, 10:54 am
> Hi
> I have a garden which is now one year old, the north side of the rear
> garden is bounded by a 6 foot high brick wall shaped like a hockey
> stick i.e. with a curve. This and the gap between the house and the
> start of the wall creates a wind tunnel effect which channels the
> west/north west winds acrosss the top half of the garden.
> Silly me planted Chamaecyparis which are all now nicely brown, the
> plants at the other end (south) of the garden don't suffer this wind
> and are quite happy and growing at a good rate.
> Can anyone please suggest any wind tolerant plants for this part of
> the garden, it would be nicce to look out of the kitchen window at a
> nice shrubbery rather than a bare lawn and brick wall.
> TIA
> Paul
Plug the gap first maybe ? :~)
The BBC has a list of wind tolerant plants:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/htbg/module1/wind1.shtml
This might be of interest too:
http://www.intersites.co.uk/2808/
Jenny
Posted by Paul on May 16, 2006, 7:18 pm
On Tue, 16 May 2006 16:54:47 +0200, "JennyC"
Thanks for the suggestions, can't really plug the gap though :-(
Posted by Nick Maclaren on May 16, 2006, 2:54 pm
|>
|> Can anyone please suggest any wind tolerant plants for this part of
|> the garden, it would be nicce to look out of the kitchen window at a
|> nice shrubbery rather than a bare lawn and brick wall.
But where are you posting from? It makes a hell of a difference if
the winds are warm, wet and salt-laden or dry and cold. All right,
we don't get really dry or really cold, but the principle applies.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
Posted by Paul on May 16, 2006, 7:17 pm
On 16 May 2006 18:54:29 GMT, nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
>|>
>|> Can anyone please suggest any wind tolerant plants for this part of
>|> the garden, it would be nicce to look out of the kitchen window at a
>|> nice shrubbery rather than a bare lawn and brick wall.
>But where are you posting from? It makes a hell of a difference if
>the winds are warm, wet and salt-laden or dry and cold. All right,
>we don't get really dry or really cold, but the principle applies.
>Regards,
>Nick Maclaren.
South west, warm , wet and salt-laden, VERY WINDY, in the
aforementioned part of the garden that is.
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> I have a garden which is now one year old, the north side of the rear
> garden is bounded by a 6 foot high brick wall shaped like a hockey
> stick i.e. with a curve. This and the gap between the house and the
> start of the wall creates a wind tunnel effect which channels the
> west/north west winds acrosss the top half of the garden.
> Silly me planted Chamaecyparis which are all now nicely brown, the
> plants at the other end (south) of the garden don't suffer this wind
> and are quite happy and growing at a good rate.
> Can anyone please suggest any wind tolerant plants for this part of
> the garden, it would be nicce to look out of the kitchen window at a
> nice shrubbery rather than a bare lawn and brick wall.
> TIA
> Paul