Gardeners?

[Tin Pot]

I want to plant some bushes on my front garden to turn it from a barren wasteland into a lush forest without having to to any hard work or spending much money.

What should I plant?

 

[vickster]

Leylandii but your neighbours will hate you and you'll end up with a dark house

 

[phil_hg_uk]

I want to plant some bushes on my front garden to turn it from a barren wasteland into a lush forest without having to to any hard work or spending much money.

What should I plant?

If you dont want to work hard or spend much money then probably concrete wont be very lush but the maintenance will be low.

 

[Tin Pot]

Leylandii but your neighbours will hate you and you'll end up with a dark house

Yes a bit extreme!

I have a straggled rose bush and some kind of green leafed thing at the moment and a white picket fence.

I planted some flower last year, they died pretty comprehensively

 

[vickster]

Just cultivate the weeds, dandelions are pretty in their own way

 

[Levo-Lon]

Laurels are nice..fook laylandii..lol privet hedges are good too

 

[vickster]

He wants a cheap, low work forest, they are perfect

 

[Levo-Lon]

He wants a cheap, low work forest, they are perfect

Its the future war you start that cost's..

 

[Tail End Charlie]

Berberis, can get purple leaved and green leaves, can be trimmed to shape or left, I prefer to leave them alone. Prickly as well.
Shrubby honeysuckle, as above trim or leave alone. Not prickly.
Osmanthus, like holly but prettier in the variegated version.
I also would recommend fatsia japonica. It looks very exotic and grows to a fair size but not too quickly.
You've got loads of choice. The ones I mention will grow in pretty much any aspect.
Don't plant leylandii, and go with some advice my mother gave me "don't ever plant anything described as quick growing".

 

[hopless500]

Japanese Knotweed should do the trick*


*disclaimer.... possibly not the best advice and you may want to ignore it or be arrested

 

[Cuchilo]

I have some beans you can plant . Will swap for a cow or something .

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Just cultivate the weeds, dandelions are pretty in their own way

Just call it a woodland garden if anyone asks

 

[Cuchilo]

Actually I do have lots of seeds from this ( anyone know what it is ? )
It's not like this all year but very pretty most of the year . I'll send you some if you like .

 

[vickster]

Looks like cannabis and some fake pink flowers as disguise

 

[PK99]

Japanese Knotweed should do the trick*


*disclaimer.... possibly not the best advice and you may want to ignore it or be arrested

Spotted a stand of this in the park opposite my house the other day...... got the council on the case immediately!