Plants in Walls
Question:
Can you please tell me any plants besides Aubrietia that you can plant in the top of a walled raised bed to hang over or to plant vertically in the wall?
Answer:
Please find below some suggestions. Most of these are alpines and do require a well drained soil. Cerastium (Snow-in-summer) - colour: white Iberis (Candytuft) - colour: white Linaria (Toadflax) - colour: various - there is an upright version of this too Saponaria (Soapwort) - colour: pink. You could also consider planting a nice coloured, small leaved ivy to trail down and plant some low growing alpines, such as Thrift to add some height. If you don't mind a bit of work you could consider planting trailing geraniums or other colourful annuals each year.
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