Landscaping Species Proposal

Landscaping Proposal

Site: 46 Bowring road, Ramsey, IM8 3EJ. Client: Gary Walker

Species to be planted;

Trees -

Betula pendula ‘Fastigiata’ x2, offering year round colour with its silver bark, a tall slender tree suited where lateral space is limited. (shown on map as trees numbered 1.)

Pyrus calleryanna ‘Bradford’ x2, Flowers early spring with a white blossom, a good urban sited tree offering wildlife interest. ( shown on map as trees numbered 2.)

Quercus ilex x5 an evergreen tree, offering good habitat for wildlife, can be shaped to reflect its surroundings. ( shown on map as trees numbered 3.)

Sorbus aucuparia ‘Cardinal royal’ x2, offering year round interest with blossom, fruit, leaf colour. ( shown on map as trees numbered 4.)

Prunus serrulata ‘Sunset boulevard’ x2, Ideal garden tree providing wildlife and colour interest’s throughout the year. ( shown on map as trees numbered 5.)

Acer campestre x2, a native species offering wildlife interest and cover. (Shown on map as numbers 6.)

Shrubs, Hedging -

Fagus sylvatica ‘Purpurea’, traditional style of hedging that offers colour in the spring, summer and autumn. Escallonia, Offering year round cover and colour, with great wildlife interest as well. Olearia traversii, fast growing hedging providing good screening and shelter. Elaeagnus ebbingeii, evergreen shrub providing good cover easy to manage.

Plants for Beds/Borders -

Phomium’s, Various colours available to be used as dotters within beds and borders. Photinia x fraseri, to be mixed in amongst beds and boarders providing year round colour. Hebe ‘various cultivars’, to provide year round colour and wildlife interest mixed in amongst the boarders and beds. Pinus mugo ‘mops’, evergreen providing an interesting shape to boarders and beds. Cotonneaster horizontalis, providing low evergreen cover, great wildlife interest. Lavandula stoechas, stunning purple flowers, evergreen with a very distinct scent. Ohpiopogon ‘Black Dragon’, providing dark leaf colour, sets of neighbouring plants well.