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What to do with the area under the balcony?

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Lilly67

Posted 10.37AM
Fri 15 Aug 2008

Hello. I live in the countryside in a two storey house where I moved 4 months ago. The point is that when coming out of the house there is a balcony where we usually sit and relax and then you go down some stairs and onto the garden. The area under the balcony is right now useless and ugly. I have planted plants and flowers around it but what can I do with it? There is no sunshine there and its height is about 1 metre. Its length is about 4 metres and width 2 metres. Please help.

 
mondaychild

Posted 5.20PM
Fri 15 Aug 2008

No hope of plants in such a restricted space.
You could put your water butts there for rainwater collection but the height is somewhat small.
Roll-out mushroom beds would fit underneath it.

 
danny49

Posted 9.10PM
Fri 15 Aug 2008

Confused could any one tell me how and when to prune a climbing rose?

 
mondaychild

Posted 4.53PM
Mon 18 Aug 2008

danny49
A real climbing rose will only need pruning to take out dead wood. They are vigorous and the main problem is stopping them covering too much area. You can cut off leading shoots and it will simply sprout from near the cut. When established they can easily grow a metre per year in all directions. Tie back to the wall when the new shoots are still flexible. If cutting back, do this to just above an inwards facing bud, this will help to keep it to the wall.

 
 
 

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