{"id":8343,"date":"2016-03-29T02:29:49","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T09:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8343"},"modified":"2016-03-22T03:45:36","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T10:45:36","slug":"windswept-gardening-plant-selections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/windswept-gardening-plant-selections\/","title":{"rendered":"Windswept Gardening Plant Selections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/New-Picture-9.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8344\" title=\"Trees in the wind\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/New-Picture-9.bmp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are you a windswept gardener who suffers from prevailing and random wind (in the garden I mean). Well here are some tips and plant selections to help make the most of your conditions. Your other suggestions would be welcome.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nInitial Thoughts of the Windswept<\/strong> (move home)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Screen a windy site with Trees and Shrubs then fill in with sturdy perennials.<\/li>\n<li>Think of wind breaks when locating garden furniture or planning a new hedge.<\/li>\n<li>Seaside gardens hint at some of the great garden features that you can incorporate into your windy garden.<\/li>\n<li>Drought or water shortage often goes with a windswept garden so select plants that are also drought tolerant.<\/li>\n<li>After planting give new additions some protection until they are established and water regularly until the roots grow. I put large pots, fleece barriers and even temporary trellis near new plants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Selection of Trees<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mountain Ash or Rowan trees grow in some inhospitable places.<!--more--><\/li>\n<li>Conifers grow in high and windy space so try selected varieties of Spruce Picea that are targeted to get 60 feet high .<\/li>\n<li>Opt for some Creeping Juniper horzontalis that only grow 1-2&#8242;.<\/li>\n<li>Acer rubrum will turn red leaved in Autumn or Juniper virginiana will form an evergreen column.<\/li>\n<li>Tilia cordata has been recommended to me but I have never grown it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Selection of Perennials<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sea Holly Eryngium amethtstinium have sturdy stems that will stand up to anything.<\/li>\n<li>Echinops globe thistles also do well in windy conditions.<\/li>\n<li>Russian sage is a favorite addition to add fragrance to the garden before the scent gets blown away.<\/li>\n<li>Daylilies,\u00c2\u00a0 Flax,\u00c2\u00a0 some Daisies, Marguerites and Coreopsis are good for infil.<\/li>\n<li>Honeysuckle is the best climber for a wind spot.<\/li>\n<li>Low growing plants such as Thrift, Violets and Nasturtiums will complement Shirley Poppies but avoid Oriental Poppies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/best-windbreaks-for-the-garden\/\">Windbreaks<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/trees-and-shrubs\/trees-exposed-to-wind\/\">Trees Exposed to Wind<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If all else fails build a <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/design\/walled-gardens\/\">Walled Garden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quick Wind Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stake your young trees and plants before they are blown out of shape.<\/li>\n<li>Check your greenhouse is safe from glass being blown out.<\/li>\n<li>Put loose equipment in a hut so it isn&#8217;t blown about.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a windswept gardener who suffers from prevailing and random wind (in the garden I mean). Well here are some tips and plant selections to help make the most of your conditions. Your other suggestions would be welcome. Initial Thoughts of the Windswept (move home) Screen a windy site with Trees and Shrubs then fill in with sturdy perennials. Think of wind breaks when locating garden furniture or planning a new hedge. Seaside gardens hint at some of the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/windswept-gardening-plant-selections\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardening"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}