Garden design - help please.
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Need help with backyard garden design
Comments (4)Have you considered planting outside your fence with the golden canes. (Hardy enough to re-position) Councils don't usually mind. Privacy with visual depth to them and then you can plant something more fun in your small garden space without the issue of palm roots stealing all the nutrients, A flowering vine on your mesh fence would be the fastest privacy screen....See MoreHelp with design of front garden
Comments (1)There are so many great things you could do with this space. Instead of a hedge (which may take a while to grow, and will take much pruning) you could put in a climbing wall and plant some beautiful creeper vines or flowers - even climbing fruits like figs or passionfruit. For the garden bed section it depends on the style you may be wanting to achieve. Some ideas are below: Zen Garden styling: keep the mango tree and landscape with some rocks, smaller grasses/shrubs and a nice seat or water feature could compliment your house nicely, and add a lovely touch to the front area. Get Shrubby: plant an array of hardy shrubs around the mango tree so help emphasis the mango tree and keep the area low maintenance. Native Australian plants are great and love the sun if this area is very sunny! Don't forget to keep the weeds at bay!! This can be easily done with weedmats underneath stones or mulch, or even with synthetic grass around the base of the plants. Hope this helps! Can't wait to see the finished product....See MoreSmall garden design ideas needed please
Comments (33)Strong geometry, cool blue and glass and a plain lawn background. to fill the diamond with bush is going to cancel out its strength. But something different to the slightly sterile design compilation … if the finance is there, get two or three massive raw rock slabs and one spectacular architectural tree. resist going vertical .. layer them horizontally to slightly overlap or break the hard lines of the diamond, but not to obscure it. Then choose you vertical with a sculptural tree. There are vertical cherry trees with spectacular autumn colour which would contrast with the rocks (texturally), and be floaty like the water in the pool…. whatever the tree, lift the foliage up from the soil level, and underplant with jut one kind of tight low ground cover, even moss (if your climate can support) or ground hugging juniper that you can train inside the diamond. This combination of elements is rich for the eye, softens the geometry, and adds interest which is lacking right now. The place for shrubs and grasses and palms is to border the lawn....See MoreFront garden design help!
Comments (6)Hi Millie, I am in Melbourne also, I have had great success with viburnum in my west facing front garden, viburnum ‘emerald lustre’ is a gorgeous shiny leaf beauty, look for plants that give a bit of structure that will add interest along your path, pittosporum golf ball’ is a naturally rounded grower, rhaphiolepsis ‘snow maiden’ and the gorgeous loropetulum ‘blonde and gorgeous’ is outstanding ....See MoreElite Outdoor Living
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