Hey i'm trying to create a low maintiance raised bed for my in-laws. They have 40ft by 4ft stone trough made out of dry wall rocks, my in-laws are quite elderly so i want something which isn't too high maintinace but will be really pretty. I can go down about once a month and weed / re-plant etc and the neighbour has said she'll water if/when it gets dry.
I had some leftover Pansys and Primroses from my garden so last weekend i've been and filled it up with those, some are flowering now and some will start next summer. at the end of the wall, where it hits the nieghbor's yard it widen's out to about 8ft across i've also planted in 100's of Daffodilli and Tulip bulbs, with a few panseys for "now colour"
righty, i was thinking of trying to soften the edges of the wall with something that would creep over the edge, also i'd like to make sure the area was quite densly packed it's a pet hate of mine when you get patchy pots or borders.
First off, i've seen some Creeping Phlox is this a good option as won't it help keep the weeds down as well as potentially creep over the wall???
However I'm concerned about it smothering the panseys and Primroses? Also i read a suggestion about daffodilli's being coupled with Phlox can they really break up though it?? won't it smother them as well?
Now i Realise the Pansys aren't perenial's anyway, they are just there as a temp measure till the primroses get established, so i'll need to pull them out and replace when they are done is this likely to be difficult with Phlox around?? im not so much worried about the current panseys as they have a head start i'm more thinking about a couple of years when the phlox has spread??
Opinions?