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7. Plant For Interest & Low Maintenance

7. Plant For Interest & Low Maintenance (Image 7 of 8)

Low maintenance, easy to look after plants are a must for a family garden. That means masses of perennials that are suited to your garden's soil type (buy a soil testing kit at garden centres). Ensure, too, that you pick plants that like sun for sunny spots, and plant shade-lovers in shady areas. That said, if you have kids, planting for interest is a must, so look for plants with different leaf shapes, with scent and colour, and cultivate a vegetable or herb patch, too. For advice on planning a border, click here.

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wow...thank u

Posted by sara on 19/10/2009 10:59:09

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hi i love the show

Posted by chris on 25/03/2009 19:00:05

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Please could you give me some advice on rendering. We are planning a side extension to our kitchen, its not going to be a big build however it will make a huge differnce to inside. * 4 meters will be 3 frameless glass windows from ceiling to floor level (2.5 meters high) * there will be 2 pillars either side and a beam going across all in rendered concrete bricks * the roof will be made of 3 panels of frameless glass which will be in line with the window panels, either side again concrete blocks going up to the upstairs bedroom window(quite a steep angle) * Our architects have designed a hidden box for the guttering (as we do not want any guttering on show) * the concrete blocks will be rendered and painted a butter milk colour (our garden has a contemporary ibiza style feel, so the extension will hopefully match those elements) Our query is we want a simple sleek look to the extension and we have been told by our architect that the rendering will require some type of "copping", to protect the rendering and concrete, which we appreicate, however we feel this will totally ruin the look we are after, do you have any other ideas or advice on this matter. Thank you * *

Posted by Marie Jackson on 18/02/2009 21:32:52

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