PLANTING OPTIONS

SCREEN TREES Try Michelia figo, Michelia

gracipes (or similar cultivars such as ‘Mixedup Miss’, ‘Bubbles’), Ficus ‘Tuffy’, Olearia

paniculata, Camellia sasanqua ‘Setsugekka’. LOW PERENNIALS FOR PLANTERS (and to add evergreen structure to picking garden). Try dwarf flax such as ‘Jack Spratt’;

Dianella ‘Little Jess’ or ‘Little Rev’; rain lilies

(Zephyranthes candida); Liriope muscari. CLIMBERS TO SOFTEN THE DECK Try a clematis hybrid, passionfruit (Passiflora edulis), star jasmine, purple wreath (Petrea

volubilis), mandevilla, Thunbergia grandiflora. SHADE PLANTS FOR UNDER DECK Try ground and tree ferns, tractor seat plant (Ligularia reniformis), giant leopard plant

(Farfugium japonicum), clivia, evergreen

hydrangea (Dichroa), Liriope muscari. NOTE Most of the plants listed here are suitable for the conditions of the particular site, which is warm and coastal. These plants 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.