WildFlowers And Walton Plant Stall day
Walton Plant Stall 2010
<h4>You're browser does not support iFrames - here is an exerpt of the content</h4> <a href="http://gardenerstips.co.uk/blog/flowers/plants-for-walls/">Click here to read the article in full</a> <p style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;"><a title="Campanula in the Wall" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hortoris/4667209298/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4031/4667209298_351228c9ff.jpg" alt="Campanula" width="500" height="375" /></a></p> <p>I am fortunate to have a boundary wall that has two skins of stone filled with soil. This makes an habitat for plants that I can use to grow something a bit different.</p> <p><strong>The Pros & Cons of a Filled Wall.</strong></p> <li style="padding-left: 30px;">The wall raises the working height and brings plants nearer to eye level.</li> <li style="padding-left: 30px;">The soil is of poor quality as goodness is leached away. This suits some alpines and nasturtiums.</li> <li style="padding-left: 30px;">Due to holes somewhere the soil washes out in some spots and I am always looking to refill or stop the leak.</li> <li style="padding-left: 30px;">The wall is dry and gets hot in the sun although the stone provides some cooler protection for roots.</li> <li style="padding-left: 30px;">Slugs do not like to climb the wall (just send <a title="gardeners" href="http://gardenersvoice.com/category/gardeners/">gardeners</a> up it)</li> <p><a title="wall plants" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hortoris/4666545615/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4666545615_aec737bbce.jpg" alt="wall plants" width="500" height="375" /></a></p> <p><strong>Suitable Plant Types for Walls</strong></p> <ul> <li>Dry condition lovers and sun seekers like Thyme</li> <li>Plants that like a baking like Pulsatilla</li> <li>Plants that hold there own water store like Sedums and Houseleeks.</li> <li>Alpines and similar plants with long roots.</li> <li>Trailing plants and poor soil plants.</li> </ul> <p><a title="Pasque Flower in the wall" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hortoris/3384594087/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3585/3384594087_b75b421eb7.jpg" alt="Pasque Flower" width="500" height="375" /></a></p> <p><strong>Some Plants recommended by Cambridge University <a title="Gardening" href="http://gardenersvoice.com/category/gardening/">Gardening</a> services <a href="http://www.gardeninghelpuk.com/Plants_for_walls_&_paving.htm">site</a></strong><br /> Crassula sarcocaulis<br /> Helichrysum ‘Sulphur Light’<br /> Sedum acre<br /> Sempervivum ciliosum<br /> Saxifraga species <span id="more-7674"></span><br /> Euryops acraeus<br /> Artemisia schmidtiana nana<br /> Helianthemum varieties<br /> Ajuga reptans<br /> Aribis alpina<br /> Dianthus deltoides<br /> Geranium dalmaticum<br /> Erigeron ‘Profusion’<br /> Lewisia cotyledon<br /> Lobelia <a title="cultivars" href="http://gardenersvoice.com/category/cultivars/">cultivars</a><br /> Portulaca grandiflora<br /> Vinca minor<br /> Phlox douglasii<br /> Hypericum olympicum<br /> Alyssum montanum</p> <div style="display: none">VN:F [1.6.3_896]</div><div class="ratingblock"><div class="ratingblock "><div class="ratingheader ">Rate this Article</div><div class="ratingstars "><div id="article_rater_42204" class="ratepost gdsr-soft gdsr-size-24"><div class="starsbar gdsr-size-24"><div class="gdouter gdheight"><div id="gdr_vote_a42204" style="width: 0px;" class="gdinner gdheight"></div><div id="gdr_stars_a42204" class="gdsr_rating_as"><a id="gdsrX42204X5X0XaXarticle_rater_42204Xarticle_loader_42204X10X24" title="5 / 5" class="s5" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX42204X4X0XaXarticle_rater_42204Xarticle_loader_42204X10X24" title="4 / 5" class="s4" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX42204X3X0XaXarticle_rater_42204Xarticle_loader_42204X10X24" title="3 / 5" class="s3" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX42204X2X0XaXarticle_rater_42204Xarticle_loader_42204X10X24" title="2 / 5" class="s2" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX42204X1X0XaXarticle_rater_42204Xarticle_loader_42204X10X24" title="1 / 5" class="s1" rel="nofollow"></a></div></div></div></div><div id="article_loader_42204" style="display: none; width: 120px; " class="ratingloader article"><div class="loader flower " style="height: 24px"><div class="loaderinner" style="padding-top: 2px">please wait...</div></div></div></div><div class="ratingtext "><div id="gdr_text_a42204">Rating: 0.0/<strong>5</strong> (0 votes cast)</div></div></div></div>
