Battered Bank at rear of house - need cheap landscape ideas please, is about 18m wide, runs at back of house.?
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Virginia creeper and flowers in pots that can be removed for maintenance.
Nothing's gonna be cheap.
Railroad ties, rebar to hold them together, dirt and
gravel, and a lot of hard work is the cheapest
landscaping method for keeping up bankings.
You don't say what zone you are in so I'll only be guessing but:
What about clump grasses? Native plants for your area? (You can get a lot of freebies from your local native plant society.) You could also attempt at planting vines on the bank and letting them take over. Ivy mixed with trumpet vine would be an interesting combination. The ivy will creep along and the trumpet vine will produce red flowers and look attractive. You wouldn't need much of either to start. Just patience and a little care to get them started... They would also choke out a lot of weeds and eliminate the need for mulch or any kind of bracing. They would help with any erosion also...
Cheap will be the sweat equity program and not that cheap. Terracing and reinforcing is about the only way to improve it along with plantings for erosion.
Good Luck!
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