On Sat, 16 May 2009, Swiss Toni wrote

My parents live in Montpon, they found canna's grow a treat, however
you
say you have a slug problem so perhaps thats a no no. Climbing roses
seem to flourish, try Pauls Himalayan Musk. They have had sucess with
Campsis & Laurels.

Good Luck

Thanks - the backing wall is rather low, so I don't think roses would
work there, also the bed is very shallow (front to back), so even a low
growing rose might threaten to spread over the path. I wish I could
grow cannas, they'd be perfect! But I'm going to try sedums and
geraniums, and yesterday someone gave me a cistus cutting and I'll try
that there too. I know they can grow huge as well, but it's very small
just now, and as far as I know they don't object to being pruned quite
fiercely.



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