Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich kümmere mich um einen Garten, der im Winter überflutet wird, da sich das Klima schnell ändert. Dieser Innenhof backt dann im Sommer auf der einen Seite und liegt auf der anderen im Schatten. Auf kargem Boden ist es ca. 20 cm dick. über Bauschutt und hat seit letztem Jahr ein massives Problem mit Schnecken. Irgendwelche Gedanken darüber, was ich zum Überleben pflanzen kann, das viele Blumen hat, um alte Damen glücklich zu machen?
Von: joe90bi
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Without stating the obvious you need to prioritise your drainage before even considering the most suitable plants for this garden.
That looks like you have delightful bridge over a small moat. Go with it and turn it into massive pond
My garden also floods then bakes. It takes a while for things to establish but they tend to be ok once they do.
I now swear by this RHS list to avoid more mistakes. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/plants-tolerant-of-both-wet-and-dry-soils.pdf
Geums seem to be ok, roses too. I’ve also found decorative grasses pretty resilient. Hope you find something that works for you!
It looks like it the ground level drops down in front of your wall ? If it does, you want to put in channels or French drains channelling the water away and out your garden under/through the wall.
There’s no point in planting anything unless the drainage is fixed, though you could get some pet ducks.
You now have a reason to buy a boat
Ready made moat.
Wowsers.
This is civil engineering, not gardening.
A french drain will not touch the sides of this and you risk moving the issue onto your clients’ neighbours.
Professional consult time.
In “Ye Olden days” they used to deliberately flood meadows early in spring, the water kept the frost off and warmed the soil to 4 degrees or more, giving farmers earlier grazing grass than unflooded meadows.
Most things dont seem to mind a brief fllooding, what they dont like is permanently soggy roots.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water-meadow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water-meadow)
Honestly if your not looking to turn it into a pond you might want to look at adding some soakaway crates. You dig a big hole assemble them and essentially have a little artificial aquafier under the garden for excess water to drain slowly
A couple of decorative willows would help remove some of the water, but drainage is the first priority.
Annuals e.g Cosmos. You’d be planting them after the floods have passed, they don’t mind poor soil and they flower for months.
You might need to get some builders to install a soakaway here.
I’d just get some pedalo’s