What Should You Plant in the ‘Coffin Border’? Perennials for Narrow, Shallow & Dry Borders

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Ай бұрын

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Plant list + US Zone info:
Sedum aizoon 4-9
Campanula poscharskyana 3-9
Stipa tenuissima 7-10
Alchemilla erythropoda 3-8
Geranium 'Anne Thomson' 4-9
Brunnera macrophylla ‘Alexander’s Great’ 3-8
Epimedium × rubrum 4-9
Thalictrum minus 'Adiantifolium’ 3-7
Euphorbia cyparissias 4-8

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@RosyHardyGardening 20 күн бұрын

kzbin.info/www/bejne/enW6fYxonbiBj6M - Part 2 for Full Sun as has been requested by several people

@patrickdempsey9886 Ай бұрын

Absolutely beautiful you have never failed a challenge yet coffin border and the coffin leaf table behind you talk about buried in your work ha ! God bless the work

@user-ns9hq8ky2f Ай бұрын

Great,Rosie ! No -one ever addresses this "between the houses" strip. You have made it possible to have it look a lovely space. Thank you from our Zone 5a. 🌈

@RosyHardyGardening Ай бұрын

Trying to fill the content gaps for gardeners where we can :)

@juryservice1 Ай бұрын

Thanks Rosy. It's been a bad year for slugs and snails (UK). I think it would be very useful, particularly for new gardeners, if there was some indication about susceptibility to slugs/snails. I bought a phlox recently and it's been badly damaged, despite the application of slug pellets.

@marcusseidel6824 Ай бұрын

I think Erigeron, even Hollyhocks are suitable for narrow difficult places. It took me years trial and error to find the right plants for a narrow one tile garden at the front of my mothers house. Full sun, wind and many dogs makes it challenging. Thank you for your good advice. Kind regards, Marcus

@kimmybooth Ай бұрын

I get really excited when I see all your plants lined up 🌱 Incredible information as usual, you’d have to trawl the internet for hours working this out for yourself….thanks Rosy 🎉

@GardeningandMyDailyLife Ай бұрын

Bạn chia sẻ rất hữu ích với những người làm vườn ,cảm ơn bạn đã chia sẻ kinh nghiệm để mọi người cùng học hỏi nhau những kiến thức tốt 🌱👍,

@favouritemoon4133 Ай бұрын

'Coffin Border' made me laugh! I inherited one about 18 inches wide along the whole of the eastern side of my NE facing sandy soil garden. I've widened most of it but the remaining 8ft butts up against a York Stone terrace [huge slabs] and I balk at dealing with removing them, so 'Coffin Border' it remains. It currently has Aquilegia 'Norah Barlow, Geranium 'Johnson's Blue', and Bluebells all thriving. I do prefer the Geranium you showed, though! P.S There's something else in there but I can't remember what it is and I broke my ankle on Saturday and can't get out into the garden yet. I've got a greenhouse and garden tables covered in young annuals that would normally have been in the ground two weeks ago, but the weather has been so blumming awful I held off, to my very deep regret. Looks like my neighbours will profit handsomely from my ill-timed accident!

@helenazzopardi1713 Ай бұрын

Hi Rosy, That was great, excellent advice. I watch a lot of gardening shows, but i just appreciate the way you give ideas/advice and explain. Also bringing out the actual plants to show us. I have actually gone online and bought many of the plants you show. Thank you and keep the videos coming

@melanieelliott7831 Ай бұрын

I have gardened in dry shade for over 40 years and have found that both brunerra and epimediums have roots that make them difficult to reduce when they establish themselves. Epimedium especially develops a very dense hard base that is hard work to cut back, though thankfully it is also a slow grower. Both mentioned can also become quite tall, so may overshadow smaller plants.

@costask3404 Ай бұрын

What a great idea for a video! Thank you

@brendaashford9792 Ай бұрын

I love your way of setting out and explaining. I must say I went to the garden centre twice last week for perennials and spent £150 there or thereabouts. Now I’m going to do the shady border too, my husband doesn’t understand but you’re helping me make my garden my happy place again. Just wished I lived nearer your garden centre as I had to substitute a couple of the perennials as my garden centre here in Somerset didn’t have them. Thank you 🙏

@coffeebirds Ай бұрын

This is wonderful and at perfect timing for me as I am literally figuring out a "coffin border" along my fence which I just stained a dark slate color, but it's full sun in my California zone 9b. I'm hoping and wishing you make a video for a full sun situation.

@suepercy8390 Ай бұрын

Me too please rosie

@jcking6785 Ай бұрын

Excellent advice and plant choices.

@rachelbarth1271 Ай бұрын

Very practical and helpful information. I really enjoy your down to earth approach! A true gardener 😄❤

@pamelahooper7851 Ай бұрын

Wow. This is gold. Thank you very much.

@Buntspecht82 Ай бұрын

Another brilliant video. Thanks so much for all of the exceptional content lately; it is very much appreciated and we are incredibly lucky to be able to tap into your vast knowledge and experience. Thanks a million and greetings from Bavaria.

@ruthlarson6334 Ай бұрын

Thanks for this. Great to see that they will all work in my zone in western British Columbia 😊

@celiacain9742 Ай бұрын

Great video! I did my “coffin border” a couple of years ago (zone 5bUS/6bCA, outside Toronto), mostly with divisions, and it’s one of my favourite parts of my garden. Geraniums, ferns, tiarella, brunnera, epimediums. I have ostrich ferns and anemone Honorine Joubert for height and put false hydrangea vine “Moonlight” on the fence. Around a corner (where there’s more light, but just as confined a bed) I also have hakonechloa and acanthus - the one that grows in this zone - with clematis Giselle and Taiga going up the downspout. I have a good large nursery and an excellent small nursery near me, but no way to get this wonderful selection. I wish I could just stop in and pick up some plants (or even mail order).

@GaryW.777 Ай бұрын

Wonderful ideas and channel 🌿🍃

@karlsorchidparty2395 Ай бұрын

Thanks! ❤

@RosyHardyGardening Ай бұрын

glad it was helpful

@karlsorchidparty2395 Ай бұрын

@@RosyHardyGardening Very! I've got one of those. North of our house, between the house and our garage. About 2 m wide.... .. .

@pattaylor719 Ай бұрын

So interesting, thank you. Lovely to see the plants set up like that. I'm off to your website to have a look at the plants now 😊

@alanelsbury1290 Ай бұрын

Fantastic advice.

@dosso9958 Ай бұрын

Great video! I would love to see suggestions for a “coffin strip” in a hot, part sun to full sun area! Thank you !!!

@RosyHardyGardening Ай бұрын

It been requested a couple of times now and may be in the pipeline...

@dosso9958 Ай бұрын

Looking forward to it. Thank you 😃

@arnorrian1 Ай бұрын

Amazing!

@MyUsername156 Ай бұрын

this is such a great video idea! I have a shady "coffin border" on the side between my home and the fence. I'm trying to make the most of it, so thank you! If you had any suggestions for annuals that would suit these types of borders that would also be much appreciated.

@yorkshirelass5460 Ай бұрын

Great video, I have a long narrow, about 6inches wide, border which gets some direct sunlight. It’s right against my neighbours face. It’s around 14ft long. If you have any suggestions I’d be grateful as I don’t know what to plant for all year round interest.

@gloriaruiz2332 Ай бұрын

🙏🏻

@chrispetersen6402 Ай бұрын

Love your videos! I wish I could get some of the cultivars that you mention. We don’t have any really great nurseries nearby. Most places carry the ordinary.

@RosyHardyGardening Ай бұрын

Where are you based?

@chrispetersen6402 Ай бұрын

@@RosyHardyGardening North Shore of Long Island in New York, USA. Zone 7a. We had some better specialty nurseries over the years. Owners have gotten older and retired and no one wants to run these nurseries. There is one better nursery on the eastern end of the Island where I can find some less common plants. I’m a collector, so I like to look for unusual things. I have access to one wholesale nursery where I sometimes find an interesting plant or two. your nursery though, has quite an extensive collection of things we don’t grow here or can’t find here.

@zoewhite7705 Ай бұрын

Here in the UK if our local nursery doesn’t stock what we want we order from an online one - they generally have much wider ranges. I wonder do you not have online nurseries in the US?

@chrispetersen6402 Ай бұрын

@@zoewhite7705 yes, we have many online nurseries. I do order from online nurseries when I can’t find a plant and I really want it. Usually the plants are more expensive and smaller in size, but I am willing to wait for something special to grow out. The very unusual things are usually much more expensive than I am willing to pay. And shipping can be quite expensive as well. half of the fun of gardening is in the hunt for that special plant!

@zoewhite7705 Ай бұрын

@@chrispetersen6402 Thank you, I’m always so interested in what’s the same and what is different for gardeners in different countries! Good luck finding the plants you’re after.

@r.b.8061 Ай бұрын

Hi Rosy! I have a coffinborder with a lot of sun and dry against my house wall faces south- west, west, west north. Some thyme, saxifrage and sedum do well, do you have another suggestion. Managed it that it looked green nearly all year round. This border is on the food from euyonimus, which grows against the wall. The plant shouldn’t get so tall. I tried bearded irises, but it was too dry for them (unbelievable). In spring some tulips are on one spot. Thank you! Love your videos.