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Posted by rockfront Sydney (My Page) on Fri, Jun 23, 06 at 7:15
Hi,
I am new to this forum and am defiantly a beginner when it comes to gardening so I'm looking for a little bit of help from people who know far more than myself.
I am about to do some landscaping at the front of my house and I want to plant predominantly Australian natives.
The front of my house if far from level, the house itself is around 5 meters up from the road and the garden I want to plant the natives in is tiered rock between the house and road (man made rock not a solid piece of course).
I have a few areas where I have removed old trees (some fake bananas and a massive rubber plant) so there is defiantly a soil structure under all the rock.
The problem I am having is I want to select a plant that doesn’t have an overly aggressive/destructive root system that will soon destroy the area around the plant which I will be re-rocking after the rubber tree smashed it to pieces.
I will have one main feature plant in the centre of the garden and I was thinking something along the lines of a Banksia or Waratah. Can anyone tell me more about the root system of either of those plants or suggest any other possible natives?
The area gets fairly good sun, especially morning through midday and I would like a plant that grows to an absolute maximum height or 3 meters. The diameter of the plant doesn’t really matter.
Thanks for any possible help!........and for reading such a long post.
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RE: Aust. Native root systems
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- Posted by pos02 NSW Aust (My Page) on
Sun, Jun 25, 06 at 19:23
| Either of the species you suggested would be fine. I don't think they have particularly agressive root systems. Rubber trees are notorious for that, but most natives are nowhere near as bad. I would suggest that you select plants for the aspect, soil type, and amount of sun. The best gardens are one where the plants look like they belong. Also, go out and buy one of the many books about native gardening. They are very useful. |
RE: Aust. Native root systems
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Have you seen Don Burke's book, "Indigenous"? There's lots in it about gardening on a rocky Sydney site.
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