Questions

I have a lawn 10ft x 15ft and I want to put a border around 2 sides of it, under the living room window and down the side. I am thinking of going in there for a few shrubs and perennials. I am thinking of 3 pink winter heathers, 3 dwarf dahlias (purple), 3 perennial lavenders and 3 of something else. I also want something a little bit taller for the centre piece, the window is 1ft off the ground so it can't be too tall or it will block alot of light. What would you suggest?

I have a friend who is about to pull out a big hedge of dogwood because she heard they can cause drainage problems. Would dogwoods cause drainage problems in a garden that would probably not have great drainage anyway? would their roots be particularly binding? the hedge is about 5 or 6m away from soak pit. also, would ash trees cause problems? i read somewhere that their roots go out quite a bit further than other trees.

I have a medium size suburban garden, south facing and overlooked by upstairs windows of my neighbours houses. I would like to plant trees along the back wall that would give the garden and patio area privacy. I would prefer evergreen trees to give privacy all year round and not necessarily all the same type of tree. Would you have any suggestions?

Any suggestions what to plant along a 90ft north facing wall apart from climbers. I like evergreens as you have cover all year round but I also like flowers for colour. I would like to plant a tree or two that would grow up more than out and some shrubs in between. At the moment it's completely bare.

I live in Duncormick , Co Wexford . My garden is very wet , with very poor drainage & exposed to the sea wind _( apx 1 mile from the sea) . I am only learning slowly about gardening , Can you please recommend some trees if any that would be suitable for planting in ths environment . Would love fruit trees or the like .

We have just moved into a new home and are ready to design our garden.We live beside the sea, so its frequently windy. Can you suggest some shrubs/trees/plants that we could plant, that will survive in these conditions.