What can i plant in a bed next to a wall? the bed is very small as the concrete footing for the wall makes up half of it.

The bed is south facing. I can put in a foot of any type of soil, but underneath it is clay. So I’m struggling to figure out what to plant – the bed is 5m long.

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#1 Comment By GKH_Susan On 10/23/2019 @ 10:14 pm

How about a shrub border? You said 5 meters of length? This article suggests shrubs that can tolerate compacted soil. You could use easy to care for evergreens such as yews or deciduous shrubs such as ninebark or a combination:

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