10 exotic plants that grow well and look great in Perth.
Here are the top 10 exotic plants that grow well and look great in Perth. Allot of these plants are used by landscape architects and designers to create gardens that looks nice and perform well. They look good together and can be used in a range of garden styles.
Which native plants are scented?
Here is a list of my favourite WA plants that will create a beautiful fragrance in your garden as their flowers will fill the air with pleasant smells. Some of these plants are very tough and drought hardy like Hakeas and Grevilleas
Which native plants flower in summer?
Whilst WA natives are renowned for their winter/spring show there are many that will flower in summer and grow happily in your garden. They range from trees, shrubs, ground covers and annuals.
Who is the best mural artist in Perth?
Well this scenario confronted me whilst doing a garden design in South Guildford. The client had an over run small garden and a few pots along the wall. The first challenge was to re-establish the existing garden and create a small but beautiful bird attracting garden.
How to grow plants vertically?
Espalier is an ancient technique of controlling woody plant growth to produce fruit. Modern day Espalier utilizes a wide range of flowering nonedible plants also such as vines, shrubs and trees.
Which native plants are edible?
There is an abundance of food out there if you know what to look for and you are trained in identifying each plant. Across Australia the food varies allot and some of the nicest native fruits and berries can be found in far northern NSW to far northern QLD.
July – Wildflower gardens are looking amazing
Now is the time to get rid of that struggling lawn that was installed in an area that doesn’t get enough winter sun and ends up being full of weeds and a headache every single year, or improve your predominately European style gardens that are full of exotic plants that in winter look depressing until the weather eventually warms up after many months of dormancy.
Colour your garden with natives – top 10 blue flowers
For those that want a nice spread of colour or are designing a garden with a colour scheme in mind then here is my top 10 list of tough and reliable plants that have blue flowers. The plants with the most members that have blue flowers belong to the Goodeniace family.
Something flowering in each month June to August
June
Thymelaeaceae which contain the rice flowers – Pimeleas
(Yellow/pink/purple)
Qualup Bell – Pimelea physiodes is probably a tourist favourite alongside the Royal Hakea – Hakea Victoria for the most unusual wildflowers that you will see if you visit the world famous Fitzgerald national park that I haven’t visited yet !!!
