"Rhiannon_s" wrote
I have a friend who is busy reclaiming a cottage from the wilderness and
I'm
looking for any recommendations for plants, it is a bit of what you might
call a challenging site though. It's at the bottom of a cold scottish
valley (although the valley itself is quite high up), but it is very, very
damp (the only things that are growing nearby are sedges and rushes) and
the
soil is very poor due to it having been on the edge of a conifer
plantation
(now removed except for a few more unreachable spruces) so it is very
poor,
thin, stony and acid soil. In sort, damp, acid, shady, poor soil. I'll
admit to be being at a bit of a loss with suggestions. I suppose the good
news is she wants to do a woodland style garden, but apart from hazels and
hollies I'm all out of ideas.

Can anyone help, please?

Sounds like you need to be looking at Bog Plants and those suitable for pond
margins.
Things like Iris siberica and leavigata.

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Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK