{"id":18080,"date":"2017-02-12T12:05:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T12:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18080"},"modified":"2017-02-12T12:05:56","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T12:05:56","slug":"make-a-woodland-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/make-a-woodland-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Make a Woodland Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a title=\"Bluebells in Woods by tejvanphotos, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tejvan\/3537655649\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2263\/3537655649_9854a7e943.jpg\" alt=\"Bluebells in Woods\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFirst Steps<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Think through your short term and long term plans. Woodland gardens are likely to last and last.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure you have the right space, location and environment for a woodland.<\/li>\n<li>Work with nature not against it.<\/li>\n<li>Make careful consideration of the type of garden you are aiming for and think in 3 dimensions at the planing stage.<\/li>\n<li>Keep your first designs and plans basic so you can\u00c2\u00a0 make changes after the key plants are in place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Tips for making a woodland garden<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Trees are the framework and backbone of your woodland garden.<\/li>\n<li>Plant some evergreens to provide structure through winter<\/li>\n<li>Lift the canopy of trees regularly to allow light through to the plants below.<\/li>\n<li>Introduce brightness to shady spots with golden leaved plants and shade tolerant varieties.<\/li>\n<li>Spring will be OK with bulbs and wild flowers but introduce plants for summer interest<\/li>\n<li>Provide varying light levels to increase the range of plants grown.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid hard landscape and make design features simple and natural.<\/li>\n<li>Mulch and consider ferns, Rhododendrons and Cornus if the soil is on the acid side.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>On a hot summers day (what is that ? ed.) there is nothing better than a woodland walk with its distinctive scents and surprising colours. Well spaced deciduous trees often provide the best displays as the filtered sun helps develop then highlight the woodland growers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aconites are one of the earliest woodland flowers and do well <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/winter-aconites-light-up-under-trees\/\">under trees<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/bluebells-a-gardening-friend-or-foe\/\">Bluebells<\/a> are an favourite but can expand rapidly in a garden.<\/li>\n<li>Anemone nemorosa or Wood anemone grow well under shady trees as long as they can get some moisture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Aconites\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4002\/4419991290_2550b47bb9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Low growing Red Campion flowers May to June on the woodland margins with it&#8217;s small delicate rose pink flowers.<\/li>\n<li>Foxgloves grow tall spikes of flower June to September.<\/li>\n<li>Rhododendron ponticum grows wild in some acid soiled woodlands and produces large colourful shrubs. They are now thought to be too invasive in some areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Wood anemone\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4615743973\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4040\/4615743973_25e5d34843.jpg\" alt=\"skipton 013\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sorrel, Purslane, Wild garlic and Celadine are other plants to look out for during early summer.<\/li>\n<li>Primroses flower in woodland when the shafts of sunshine help the plant light up the area with the bright yellow flowers<\/li>\n<li>Dog Roses, Blackthorn and Hawthorn are all native plants that can feature in mixed woodland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/photos\/woodland-bulb-flowers-photos\/\">Photos of woodland flowers<\/a><\/li>\n<li>You can buy seed mixtures aimed at different locations from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=wildflower\">Thompson &amp; Morgan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Steps Think through your short term and long term plans. Woodland gardens are likely to last and last. Ensure you have the right space, location and environment for a woodland. Work with nature not against it. Make careful consideration of the type of garden you are aiming for and think in 3 dimensions at the planing stage. Keep your first designs and plans basic so you can\u00c2\u00a0 make changes after the key plants are in place. 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