Planting in Kilmacolm

Scotia Maintenance covers Kilmacolm and the surrounding Inverclyde area seven days a week, 7 days, 8am–4pm. Quotes are free and given after seeing the garden, and there is no requirement to set up a recurring arrangement to get a single job done.

The village sits high, on the edge of open moorland, and it is cold and exposed compared with the towns down on the Clyde. Spring arrives later, the first frosts come earlier, and wind off the higher ground is a real factor on the more open plots. Planting choices need to reflect that honestly, since species that thrive in a sheltered Glasgow back garden are not a safe bet here.

Planting in Kilmacolm is chosen after looking at the garden rather than from a list. Exposure, light, shelter and what the soil is actually like vary street by street, and a scheme that thrives in a sheltered back garden will not survive on an open plot a few hundred metres away. Species are picked to hold up through a Scottish winter rather than to look their best on the day they go in.

Planting in Kilmacolm is chosen on site after looking at the exposure, the light and what the soil is actually like, because the same border scheme does not work on every street.