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Putting the garden into the railway
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:10 am
by GAP
After building the elevated railway I planted out under it to fill in the under space, bit of the opposite way to most layout builds in that the track went in before the garden.
I have used shrubs that should grow to the top of the fence and will spill out between the upper and lower levels.
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I planted a couple behind the trestles they will hide the big black pot and give a leafy background to the high trestle.
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The plants are called Acalypha and are a tropical plant that are used for hedging but grown mostly for their colourful leaves.
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Re: Putting the garden into the railway
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 5:14 am
by LNR
That's how I did Mine on the raised section, track first and then plant underneath, the original intention being to keep it just above track level. Now however, track is running through a forest !!
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Constant pruning beat me in the end.
Grant.
Re: Putting the garden into the railway
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 9:04 am
by GAP
LNR wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 5:14 am
That's how I did Mine on the raised section, track first and then plant underneath, the original intention being to keep it just above track level. Now however, track is running through a forest !!
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Constant pruning beat me in the end.
Grant.
That is the effect I am aiming for.
Re: Putting the garden into the railway
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 12:32 pm
by ge_rik
By contrast, I started with a hedge and built the railway into it. Same end result, different route.
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Rik
Re: Putting the garden into the railway
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 10:14 pm
by GAP
LNR wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 5:14 am
That's how I did Mine on the raised section, track first and then plant underneath, the original intention being to keep it just above track level. Now however, track is running through a forest !!
Timber train 2.JPG
Constant pruning beat me in the end.
Grant.
Grant
What plants did you use?
Re: Putting the garden into the railway
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2020 1:36 am
by LNR
GAP wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 10:14 pm
Grant
What plants did you use?
The one nearest the camera with the paler green leaves is Orange Jessamine or Satinwood ( Murraya paniculata ) and I notice that it is native to Nth. Queensland. It has larger leaves. The further one is Sunset Lillypilly (Syzygium Australe ) has much smaller leaves and grows like hell!
Grant.
Re: Putting the garden into the railway
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2020 4:33 am
by GAP
Murraya paniculate also know as "Mock Orange".
In the pictures in the link to my blog below the plant seen looking straight out the shed is one, I had cut it back before the picture was taken.
https://ringbalin-light-railway.blogspot.com/2019/08/
It was removed along with a tree to make way for the railway, the tree remover told me that cutting mock orange ruins chainsaw blades quote It's like cutting wire rope".