Recent Posts Tagged With 'landcape feature and accent plants'

• Phoenix roebelenii, Dwarf Date Palm

  Posted on Saturday December 5th, 2009 at 18:26 in palms, landcape feature and accent plants

  A low maintenance landscape of Dwarf Date Palm, (rear) Cycas revoluta, Sago Palm in front and rosettes of Agave attenuata to the left.This is one of my favourite palms as it is will grow in sun or shade ,live happily in a container and is tolerant of...

• Crinum pedunculatum, Native Swamp Lily

  Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 03:02 in bulbs, native flora, landcape feature and accent plants

  Crimum pedunculatum, Swamp LilyThe 1m long and 10cm wide, smooth leaves of the Swamp LilyThis Lily is in the Daffodil Family , Amaryllidaceae, and is native to coastal regions of Queensland and New South Wales. It grows both in sand dunes above the h...

• Cordyline \'Red Fountain\'

  Posted on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 at 02:07 in landcape feature and accent plants

  Cordyline banksii x pumillo 'Red Fountain'This plant is everywhere and is another export from across the ditch (New Zealand). Mass produced by tissue culture and sold as an indestructible clump forming container or garden plant which will grow in any...

• Grrrr! Tiger Grass

  Posted on Thursday September 17th, 2009 at 16:30 in grasses, landcape feature and accent plants

  Thysanolaena maxima, Tiger GrassTiger grass is a clump forming grass resembling a bamboo and is an excellent screening or landscaping feature plant. It grows to about 3 metres tall but remains a metre wide at the base. During winter it produces termi...

• Abelia x 'Keat's Gold'

  Posted on Thursday August 27th, 2009 at 06:04 in exotic shrubs, landcape feature and accent plants

  Abelia x grandiflora 'Keat's Gold'The glossy gold splashed leaves of this hardy shrub make quite a statement in any landscape so it has become a popular choice for commercial landscaping projects.I have seen it used in shopping centres and roundabout...

• Banksia 'Little Eric'

  Posted on Thursday August 20th, 2009 at 02:53 in native shrubs, landcape feature and accent plants

  Banksia ericifolia 'Little Eric'This is one of the choice compact native shrubs,growing to just over a metre high and spreading to about 1.5metres. The flowers are a rich mahogany colour and stand well above the foliage from late winter well into spr...

• Banksia 'Roller Coaster'

  Posted on Sunday August 16th, 2009 at 16:28 in native shrubs, birds in the garden, landcape feature and accent plants

  Banksia integrifolia 'Roller Coaster'This is one of the prostrate ground cover forms of the tree Banksia integrifolia which probably came from a windy sea cliff where it had adapted to hug the ground as a means of survival. It needs a large space in ...

• Nandina domestica 'Nana'

  Posted on Friday August 7th, 2009 at 01:05 in exotic shrubs, landcape feature and accent plants

  Nandina domestica 'Nana'One of the most popular garden and landscaping plants in Australia and much used in the gardens of Service (gas) stations or at roundabouts, it never fails to please at this time of year if you want some brilliant winter colou...

• Elegia capensis,Fountain Rush

  Posted on Friday July 17th, 2009 at 00:26 in water plants, exotic shrubs, landcape feature and accent plants

  Elegia capensis, Fountain RushThis is a striking foliage plant from South Africa which forms a large clump to about 3 metres tall. It naturally grows close to streams in Winter rainfall areas which dry out in Summer ,so technically it could be includ...

• Dracaena draco

  Posted on Thursday July 16th, 2009 at 01:04 in exotic trees, landcape feature and accent plants

  Dracaena draco Dragon TreeThis tree from the Canary Islands has become a popular landscape plant in recent years because of its dramatic shape and form as well as its qualities of drought tolerance and general hardiness. Mature specimens are able to ...

• Philodendron 'Xanadu'

  Posted on Wednesday July 15th, 2009 at 02:37 in exotic shrubs, landcape feature and accent plants

  Philodendron 'Xanadu'One of the parents of this beautiful hardy plant is Philodendron selloum which is indigenous to southern Brazil and adjacent Paraguay. P selloum was a popular garden plant in the late 20th century especially for tropical style ga...

• Bambusa textilis 'Gracilis'

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 20:14 in landcape feature and accent plants

  Bambusa textilus 'Gracilis'This Bamboo is one of the best to use for screening especially around swimming pools. I have planted it here in a narrow 30cm wide garden bed and after 6 months it has put on plenty of growth to provide a privacy screen .I...

• Himalayan Bamboo

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 02:31 in exotic shrubs, landcape feature and accent plants

  Drepanostachyum falcatum, Himalayan Weeping BambooThis is one of the delightful soft clump forming Bamboos which likes to grow in shade. I have used it here in planter boxes which are open at the bottom to allow for expansion of the root system and ...