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Posted by meryl2 Sydney/Blue Mts (My Page) on Tue, Oct 7, 08 at 18:45
| Hi all - Please may I have some help for a neighbour who is a gardening novice and has recently lost his wife to cancer. She loved natives but hasn't been well enough to garden for some years. He wants to plant a small area of land in her memory and doesn't know where to start. The land, which is in Sydney and frost free (on the Cooks River), is flat, enclosed by a brick wall which has proper drainage, and is at the base of a small (7 metres) sandstone cliff which is north facing. From time to time it gets major storm runoff but this doesn't lie.
He wants a list of appropriate and, preferably, showy plants, easy to locate at nurseries, to get him started....shrubs, groundcovers (weeds will be a problem, the land is not easily accessed from the house, which is at the top of the cliff) and a tree which will reach the height of the cliff but no higher (to hide a sewer line down the rock but not obscure the view which is gorgeous).
Can you people help, please? The more input, the better. |
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- Posted by pos02 NSW Aust (My Page) on
Mon, Oct 27, 08 at 0:40
| It's a bit hard without seeing the site, but if it faces North, I imagine it will be quite dry most of the year. It there is some significant runoff during storms, perhaps a pond or dry river bed at the base will help. Water collected can be used in other parts of the garden or lawn. You should aim for sandstone ridgetop species, such as bansia, acacia, hakea, and many of the heath plants. There are also numerous prostrate natives which will also do very well in this location. Grevillea Poorinda Royal Mantle should thrive, and will cover large sections in a few years. If the site is not hot & dry however, you can plant almost anything. The best bet would be to visit a native nursery (there is one in Heathcote) and buy some tubestock. Try a few different things and see what grows well. |
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