Gardening advice

[wellinghall]

So one for rustica, bunn, helflaed, and anyone else who wants to chuck their twopenn'orth in.

Our garden is bordered by a shared driveway, with a low wall and fence in between. The drive is tarmac (although fairly old and broken tarmac), and the usual stuff (dandelions, grass, nettles, more dandelions) grows along the edges.

It struck me today that maybe I could get something more attractive to grow there. I'm not prepared to put in very much work to achieve this, and I certainly wouldn't be looking for a high success rate; but can anyone suggest any seeds that might work?

Thanks

Comments

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I am told that opium poppies are unable to make opium in the Uk because it's too dark/rainy, so there are no legality problems : I've grown them for years. Also only the white ones are of the true 'opium' strain: red and pink ones don't make as much of the vital goo...

I find the art of getting a good display is to plant a bucketload of them: the flowers don't last long individually, but that way you can get a few weeks out of them. And I quite like the look of the pepperpots afterwards...

I am with you on blue meconopsis poppies: they are real gits. Lovely to look at, but my god, the hassle!