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Mar
04
Catriona asked:
I have small backyard I share with my nature-loving daughter. There are old rusty pipes that are too heavy and too deep to remove, so I covered it with a large pile of brush and cane. It is along a fence in a grove of young trees so underneath the pile is a mass of tree roots. I’m planning to put a mound of soil over it about 5 or 6 deep to hide it. My daughter suggested it would be a nice place for a fairy garden but I wonder, if I plant perennials or flowers that will attract butterflies, will they thrive in such conditions? What plants could I use?
It’s a fairly sunny area and I live in zone 5 in New Brunswick, Canada. So, a very short summer and very cold long winters.
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I have small backyard I share with my nature-loving daughter. There are old rusty pipes that are too heavy and too deep to remove, so I covered it with a large pile of brush and cane. It is along a fence in a grove of young trees so underneath the pile is a mass of tree roots. I’m planning to put a mound of soil over it about 5 or 6 deep to hide it. My daughter suggested it would be a nice place for a fairy garden but I wonder, if I plant perennials or flowers that will attract butterflies, will they thrive in such conditions? What plants could I use?
It’s a fairly sunny area and I live in zone 5 in New Brunswick, Canada. So, a very short summer and very cold long winters.
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Comments
blondness13j on 6 March, 2008 at 6:43 pm #
petunias, if you have afance try some morning glories, some impatients.. this also all depends on what kind of sunlight this area gets….inpatients, lillies of the valley, mini rose bushes, are some
flyaway_far on 9 March, 2008 at 12:19 pm #
The ground the ground the plants will be doomd as very few plants maybe even butterfly bush.
shatteredegg on 9 March, 2008 at 5:48 pm #
The only other element that needs to be taken into consideration cosmos is scented english daisiesthe kind found in some lawns are usually so is somewhat taller but the latter is easy from seed with many types of flower shapes delicate fernlike leaves cleome is scented.
The only other element that needs to be taken into consideration cosmos is scented english daisiesthe kind found in the us could.
