Plants for rocks (includes some plant ideas for any verge though.
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Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Nature strips without lawns 91Sep 14, 2011 10:23 pm Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: Nature strips without lawns 98Nov 13, 2011 1:37 pm Fu Manchu Why the hell are we so compelled to have a lawn? Seriously, why???? Anyone who thinks plastic grass is an option is kidding themselves. Just some man made version of something natural to ween ourselves off our addiction to lawn. The toupee of the landscape world really. You know its not real and but don't have the heart to say something to the owner, all the while feeling compelled to stare hypnotically at it. Lemmings or something better? It's easy as to chose. Good point, Fu. But take a look at the bottom of the page: paid ads for fake turf. There is another disconnect here. LOL Re: Nature strips without lawns 99Nov 13, 2011 5:16 pm Fu, your pic above of the random persons verge, are they Swan River daisies? That is pretty much how I want my verge, or at least with a fairly large clump of daisies and maybe some other natives mixed in. I can't wait to see all our neighbours' faces when they see our native, daisy laden, mulched verge amongst their professionally landscaped, pristinely mowed & edged turfed verges.. i think there might be a bit of this happening --> Oceanic with Nautilus upgrades. Handover 8 September 2010 Nature strips without lawns 100Nov 13, 2011 6:47 pm They are paper daisies. A seasonal burst of wonderful color and form for any landscape. A mate of mine knows of someone who sows them into her lawn each winter. So the lawn looks rubbish but the paper daisies look great. Then mow them back into the lawn for late spring. That's about when the lawn looks great again. Elvis has left the building... The site supervisor quit after 2 month on the project. I guess he was just instructed to bark at people, but didn't like when he was… 26 21340 Hi, I contracted a Builder to do a Garage to Bedroom + ensuite conversion (Class 1a), the Builder engaged the Certifier and Engineer and received BDA from the Certifier… 0 5518 |