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  Need help selecting plants/flowers for a high floor terrace

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Very_Green
Joined: 4/05/2008
Location: New York
Posts: 2
Posted: Apr/05/2008 7:34 AM PST

I am completely green at gardening and have no idea where to start. I have a 5x9 foot terrace on a high floor facing South (open East, South and West), with another terrace overhead but lots of sun (and wind). I would like to maintain the area in the center for a small table and chairs, but need to warm up the area with some plants/shrubs/flowers around the edges that can survive 30th floor wind and sun. I would love some advice!
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Joined: 5/09/2005
Location: In a Pacific Northwest 'burb
Posts: 19328
Posted: Apr/05/2008 9:13 AM PST

I saw a program on the Victory Garden last year where they landscaped a windy city high-rise. All I remember about it is they used pots of evergreens and a Goldflame honeysuckle in a trellised pot. I remember that because I have a Goldflame and I was checking out the flower, since mine was new and hadn't bloomed yet.
Very_Green
Joined: 4/05/2008
Location: New York
Posts: 2
Posted: Apr/05/2008 9:24 AM PST

Thank you! I will do some research on those plants, and see if that program might be available on DVD. That would be perfect. I appreciate your help.
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