If you get any Santa Ana winds you want the biggest heaviest pot you can handle or else you will be listening to your pots klonk klonk falling over and rolling around and the potting mix falling out and the plant getting close to death from dessication. Even with a big heavy pot you might have to tie it to something. (Been there, done that) Perhaps this does not apply in your area, but for anyone else with strong Santa Anas, trees in pots are difficult when the Santa Anas blow. One of my neighbors actually has wrought-iron strapping attaching her pots to her house to keep her potted trees from blowing away. She has 20' Italian Cypress in pots about the height of trash cans, but with about 50% more diameter. You have a nice big deck. You could fill it not just with plants but by making a specific sitting area and a dining area with different pieces of furniture and pergolas, lanterns, etc. Furniture looks a little scattered about. If you or a family member is a skilled shopper see what you can find for outdoor seating and dining at garage sales, flea markets. A well designed seating area and a dining area would draw you and your family outside more often as well. Long term I would figure out which tree really works for you in a pot and then get multiples of that tree for a more unified appearance.

Do the tendrils stay green or change to some other Colour? I,ll check it on Google.How did we survive without the web and mobile phones? we,ve had a bit of rain, the grass isn,t growing as fast,the spring bulbs are emerging in Autumn and we,re playing footy in N.Z!! Put the kettle on dear and we'll have a nice cup of tea. chas

Looks like a prostrate one. We have a similar one here but with rounded leaves. I always resize my photos before posting, generally around 200 to 300 kb. Like most sites this one has an automatic resizer to reduce photos anyway so you still don't get a larger image in the post. The only way I've found to get larger images showing is to use another photo storage site and put a link to it.

Hi Anna, I was wondering which part of Australia you are planning to start out in, it might be worthwhile posting this so that people in that area could give you some ideas about places to check out. Other than the botanic gardens in canberra, the other botanic gardens I have visited here have dissappointed me with their limited displays of natives. I prefer to just get out in the bush, that way you can see things unique to the area you are in, and get the opportunity to see birds, animals, butterflies and insects as well. Good Luck wwoofing too. I had a great time wwoofing in Denmark. BTW, for others interested in experiencing wwoofing, you don't need to be an overseas visitor to go wwoofing, anyone can do it, pretty much anywhere. cheers, mudlark