Plants/shrubs for outside enclosure any ideas?

[Bride2b]

Hi

My hubby Steve has worked really hard this afternoon, on the tort enclosure, we have put a bit of plantain in a rose bush and a lavender bush but it still looks bare any ideas greatfully received.

[veebee]

You could add hebe, mallow, hibiscus, buddlia (butterfly bush), mixed sedums including ice
plants, campanula, nasturshum, pansies, mixed weeds seeds, hostas, convulvulous, ornamental
grasses, think thats enough to be going on with!!

Vivienne

[Bride2b]

Hi

Many thanks I will have to look out for the plants we went upto B& Q but nearly all of their plants looked dead or were dead so we left it.

Hi...

A cheaper way of doing it is when you are next out weedpicking try to take some including the roots...

At this time of year I am finding the following readily available that have good solid roots:

Sow Thistle



Dead Nettle



Garlic Mustard



Yarrow



White nettle



Ribwort



From the garden centre:
Hosta



Lavender



Hebe



Buddlia



Hope this helps.

[niamherrity]

Are all hebes ok I have a large one with purple flowers were I want hennys out enclosure to be. Is it ok to leave it there

Thanks for the pics debs there brill

[Bride2b]

WOW,

Thank you very much excellent pictures as well I have quite a few weeds in the front and back garden but I am unsure of them so havent given any to Holmes or Moriaty.

Once again many thanks for the pictures of the weeds and plants


Tanya

No probs - thats what I am here for.... happy to help

[Bertie1974]

I have two types of buddlia growing wild in my back garden (white and purple) are both types ok to feed torts and can you feed both flowers and leaves. They are beautiful in the summer when in flower, and we get so many butterflies and moths (hence butterfly bush). Really is a lovely sight

Sam

xxx

[Bride2b]

Thanks I will try that Im going car booting tomorrow to look for my plants much cheaper than the garden centres.

Tanya