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Posted by juliet44 NW Sydney (My Page) on
Sun, Nov 20, 05 at 6:29

We have installed one of those split system air conditioners. So now in the garden at the side of the house is a huge metal box with an enormous fan which blasts out a gale of super-heated air in summer and freezing cold air in winter, straight across the garden bed. Whatever do you grow in front of that?! Any suggestions?

Juliet

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Hi juliet,
How about a brick wall, so you dont damage the garden.
Leyland

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Hi Juliet.
We had the same problem but not being brick layers we settled for proper square trellis on a frame. We then grew allemanda all up the trellis. Grows nice and fast and thick. looks pretty and quite a few colours now. I have a burgundy coloured 1. Protects all plants behind it. As long as they have water they love the humidity

Here is a link that might be useful: allamanda

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How about some of that tea tree fencing which comes in big sections and you just buy one section? They have it at our local big nursery. Might be too tall for where you need it, but maybe it could be could in half height-wise... We also put in a split system a-c last summer and it blows out across a large mostly-flat rock (part of our landscaping) which has various low growing things around it: oregano, blue fescue grasses, short-growing rosemary, mondo grasses, a couple of different rosette-shapped succulents...they are all tolerating all the blowing air, winter & summer, just fine. I wouldn't even think of subjecting a darling rose to those conditions...much as I love them. Janine, Melbourne.

  
 

 

 


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