[Pavlodge]

I am successfully growing various varieties  of "Grow & cut again" Salad leafs in some guttering that i fixed to the fence rail around my veg patch . can anyone sugest some flowers that would also grow in such a shallow soil environment , Maybe ones that trail as well as upright.

Thanks.

[Trillium]

Taller flowers would have trouble growing in guttering because they need larger roots to keep them anchored and upright.

But drought tolerant groundcovers would be ideal, like snow in summer, creeping phlox, candytuft, any of the interesting sempervivems, dwarf dianthus, etc.

[viettaclark]

Nasturtiums come to mind....lots of colours, trailing types, grow anywhere, look pretty and you could bung the seed in now.
You can also eat the flowers, leaves and seeds....raw in salads or pickle the seed to make "false capers"
Win, win, really....

[Goosegirl]

Depends on how deep your guttering is. How about alpine strawberries - you can get pink and white flowered ones. How about fixing some small plant pots with their bottom cut off  into the guttering for the other plants mentioned to give a better root depth. You could also try Virginia Stock (grew them as a child  ) and any other low-height ones.

[jhub]

Sorry to butt in but a q about using guttering- do you drill drainage holes? I tried growing lettuce and the compost was so wet it was a disaster.
Thanks.

[Trillium]

You could either drill drainage holes in the bottom, or, tip the guttering slightly to one side so it can leak out the end pieces that are usually loose (or drilled for drainage). Your choice.

[jhub]

Great, thanks.

[devonbarmygardener]

I always start my peas in guttering and that works really well.
It doesn't disturb the pea roots too much when you move them.

Haven't tried anything else - i like the idea of cut and come again leaves though

[Trillium]

Here's how one fellow does it: Here.

[jhub]

That's great, thank you.

[prikay]

Starting peas of in gutter pipes works really well for me