PLANTING OPTIONS

MEDIUM-HEIGHT SHRUBS AND PERENNIALS FOR GARDEN BED

Plant in groups of five or seven: Californian lilac (protect from frost), dwarf bottlebrush

(Callistemon ‘Little John’), Mexican orange blossom (Choisya ternata), lavender, Carex ‘Frosted Curls’ or other cultivars, daylilies,

Lomandra longifolia ‘Tanika’, bearded iris.

SCREEN TREES FOR BOUNDARIES AND DRIVEWAY

Plant at 1m intervals: feijoa, Griselinia littoralis

‘Canterbury’, Michelia gracipes or other Michelia cultivars such as ‘Bubbles’ or ‘Star Bright’, Leptospermum ‘Copper Sheen’, Photinia ‘Red

Robin’, Viburnum tinus ‘Eve Price’.

LOW PERENNIALS FOR EDGING

Liriope muscari ‘Royal Purple’, mondo grass

(Ophiopogon japonicus), Dianella ‘Little Jess’, dwarf flax (eg Phormium ‘Jack Spratt’ or ‘Surfer’).

SMALL FEATURE TREE

Japanese maple, weeping cherry (eg Prunus ‘Kiku-shidare-zakura’), Magnolia ‘Genie’, dogwood (Cornus).

NOTE Most of the plants listed suit the conditions of this particular site, which can get very cold during winter. These plant suggestions are a guide only. Check them out at your local nursery and ask about their growth rate, height and spread, and whether they’re suitable for your garden’s conditions.