tree and underplanting

still undecided on a tree- am down to straight choice between a traditional dessert apple and my ol' friend prunus subhirtella autumnalis?














and I'm quite taken with this philadelphus I just saw on crocus - silver backed leaves and red eye to flower - v nice methinks ...

am also reminded I have little evergreen going on ANYWHERE .. yikes. a daphne or two???

planting ideas for new border

If I put a trellis to disguise lottie, how about Claire Austin climbing rose.. excellent repeat flowering, also liking the clematis cartmanii (variety??) evergreen to 3m, early/mid spring. and don't forget trach jas ...

Also must remember Viola Cornuta - evergreen spreading to 30cm? flowering May - Sept

So this is the border I need to plant plus the other you can't see on the other side. Am pining for fruit trees so apple or pear would seem sensible. worried that pear too fastigiate in form? am open to suggestions...

I am also quite tempted to chuck two trees in - Malus of some kind?

Feel is to be a bit more floriferous than the rest of the garden praps??


Libertia, liriope, gernium, paeonia, euphorbia, hydrangea, hellebores, tellima, astrantia, luzula, ferns, pulmonaria, smilacina, sarcococca. symphitum.

possibly on rear trellis/fence, put roses or white flowering quince ...

as alternatives to Iceberg, love both Mme Alfred /Carriere - good on North wall, vigorous climber, constant flowering adn Countess of Wessex is shrub rose (can it be enticed into being a small climber?) with continuous flowering described by Peter Beale as like  Iceberg

inspiration for the front of the house

How about I plant an Eleagnus quicksilver where the nasty hibiscus is currently. it's quite a large plant but would look lovely alongside the front door colour (!) and would certainly fill the space ...
it's quite happy to be dry - lovely colour.

If I have room at the back for one it would also be nice but don't think I should shade the greenhouse too much

PLANTING CONTINUES

I haven't included enough evergreen so am having a bit of a panic - thinking a few good worker bees like skimmia kew green, daphne laureola, hebe parvifolia and euphorbia mellifera (tho' am concerned about lack of sun for latter)

At the moment, I'm liking fatshedera as it gives height but leaves plenty of room for planting in front. I might also try experimenting with the Daphne bholua which I had 0riginally intended but later discarded for fear it might look a bit straggly ... think am going to go for it.... would however like to get a Hebe parv. in somewhere as it's such a nice plant and also the E. mellifera as its form is so pretty as is the colour of the foliage. skimmia could also be really handy for winter interest and is sufficiently woodlandy to play with the vibe of the rest of the garden.

INSPIRATION

cool restrained palette, fresh greens and whites and the odd bit of blue ... filtered light with a woodlandy vibe ... channeling Sissinghurst still. I want to ensure that any evergreens don't loom too loomily, hm, have to be careful there

PLANT PALETTES

So, this is the flavour of the planting. A bit woodlandy and with a limited colour palette of whites, greens and blues.