• Question: what plants are you currently planting?

    Asked by aaliyaha to Pete Webb on 22 Nov 2025. This question was also asked by Rossette.
    • Photo: Pete Webb

      Pete Webb answered on 22 Nov 2025:

      I’ve got a north-facing spot in my garden that is overhung by trees, so it’s very shady and nothing grew very well there. I’ve dug out all the grass and weeds and have planted it with ferns, hostas, brunneras and epimediums, all of which require a shady setting. It’s on a slope (I live in the Peak District, which is quite hilly) so I landscaped it into terraces using big lumps of the local sandstone, called Millstone Grit. I’m looking forward to see how it looks come next Spring!

      And now that’s done, the next thing I’m going to do is make a wild flower meadow, in part of the garden that gets lots of sun!

Comments

  • Photo: angeladouglas

    angeladouglas commented on :

    A mixture of trees depending on the soil and owner’s objectives. MostlySitka spruce, Norway spruce (the squirrels like these!), some Serbian spruce, Scots pine, birch, Douglas fir, alder (grows well in damp ground), holly, some haw and blackthorns with other species too!

  • Photo: Nazia

    Nazia commented on :

    I have planted lots of hellabores just before Christmas and they are still flowering now. And the bulbs that I planted last year have sprung up to so I am looking forward to when they flower.