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| We just bought a house last weekend and although we love the house our backyard is seriously lacking. Any ideas on how we can make the most of our "pizza slice" on a tight budget? All ideas welcome. We have a small patio atached to the house and this is what it over looks... aka the pizza slice  
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| your picture doesn't show what direction does your yard face? it makes a big difference on what you can buy. is there lots of sun/shade?
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 Sorry about that... hopefully this pic works. our backyard does get quite a bit of sun throughout the day... It has a south west exposure. Any ideas for this tiny little space that needs some TLC?
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| Do you want actual flower beds, or something just to go along the fence? If you want, you could plant some fast growing vines along the fence. One great one is called a Boston Ivy (pretty sure that's the name) it has little suckers on it, so it doesn't have to wrap around anything. I'm not sure if there is a Walmart around you, but if so, they have some great 6 foot cedar trees on for $19.99. You could put those in along the fence - sorta 6 feet apart. Hosta's are great shade plants, but can do ok in the sun as well (mine are all in full sun, you pretty much can't kill the suckers) and they will spread as well. If you're on a tight budget, find out if there is a gardening club in your area. Quite often you can purchase or get free cuttings from members...this is huge savings!!! anyways, hope this helps a bit!
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| I'm not sure on prices for plants or anything but what I would do is probably take out all the grass in the corner so you will end up with a triangle shaped flower bed (makes it easier to cut grass). I would do a combination of things such as putting in plants that will come back every year and some that will just die in the fall that way you don't have to buy so much every year. In that space you could buy a flowering tree (such as a thunderchild crab tree - my mom has one its sooo beautiful in the spring or a flowering apple tree) I think they run at $50 (not sure) or a rose bush and then plant a couple perennials or annuals around it. and then put some nice edging on it, I think that would look really nice. Thats all i can really think of, maybe do a little bit this year and then maybe some ideas will come to you and then do some more next year and that way it will be really cheap. If you want more for on the sides you can do some planters as well.
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Yes, you could plant a tree in the back corner, or an ornamental "standard" which doesn't grow 20-30 ft high. Most flower in the spring. OR, you could do mid sized flowering shrubs, like some of the weigela varieties or the dwarf spireas.... coming up the sides. You can then plant perennials (cheaper in the long run) watching carefully the heights and width they grow to. I LOVE purple coneflowers for sun gardens, and they even come in "dwarf varieties". If you want perennials, most nurseries have tons on display according to sun or shade or rock gardens. They are pricey, and yes, you can watch for perennial sales in your area. I have tons of perennials and love finding homes for those I've split versus composting them. You can fill in with annuals. Determine your colour preferences, and go from there. You can google "shade garden" or "sun garden" or "flowering shrubs" and get all kinds of images or descrptions to get you started. Just remember to space things out properly. Don't plant them according to the size they are now. If it's a sun garden which it appears to be, make sure you mulch when you are done planting  Happy gardening and good luck on developing a green thumb!~
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