Thanks foo, you really are an encyclopedia
I can't remember the flower colour.
White IIRC...
http://asgap.org.au/e-vic.html
For those wondering about location..
http://www.nearmap.com/?ll=-37.720469,1 ... d=20100107
Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Nature strips without lawns 41Mar 03, 2010 12:39 am Thanks foo, you really are an encyclopedia I can't remember the flower colour. White IIRC... http://asgap.org.au/e-vic.html For those wondering about location.. http://www.nearmap.com/?ll=-37.720469,1 ... d=20100107 Re: Nature strips without lawns 42Mar 04, 2010 10:53 pm Folks have a squiz of this info http://www.greatgardens.info/docs/GG005.html Re: Nature strips without lawns 44Mar 17, 2010 10:37 pm Plants for verge replacement viewtopic.php?f=19&t=26910&p=364812&hilit=corking+cork+roots+water#p364812 How to kill the lawn on the verge viewtopic.php?f=19&t=24850&p=333072&hilit=corking+cork+roots+water#p333072 Council verges viewtopic.php?f=19&t=24810&p=331267&hilit=corking+cork+roots+water#p331267 Pre turf viewtopic.php?f=19&t=22049&p=298478&hilit=corking+cork+roots+water#p298478 Backyard turf prep viewtopic.php?f=19&t=22080&p=290153&hilit=corking+cork+roots+water#p290153 Killing couch viewtopic.php?f=19&t=20697&p=267460&hilit=corking+cork+roots+water#p267460 Re: Nature strips without lawns 45Apr 12, 2010 12:56 am I'm not sure if it was mentioned already but the plants should be quite low growing espcially on corner blocks, so that people can see the traffic easily. It's great that people are getting into native gardens as when I was doing landscaping, my partner and I would promote it strongly but people understood native plants to be ugly and woody. It was evenutally always grass, roses, rosemary, etc... Although it was nice to sneak in a few native plants that had a bit of a cottage feel eg pimelea. People were surprised native plants could be used that way. I have a corner block and plan to use everlastings and similar daisy type flowers along the side and in the front yard for a burst of colour in spring. I had some bad luck last year as 2 weeks after I sowed the seeds we had the last rains of the season and it completely rotted the seedlings! Hopefully I'll have more luck this year! Re: Nature strips without lawns 46Apr 12, 2010 1:17 am yeah great point and I have somewhere a plan for heights and regualtions common with most councils around Australia. Here is the Town of Vincent and some of the ideas for plants they have. http://www.vincent.wa.gov.au/cproot/276 ... 3%20LR.pdf and info relating to verges http://www.vincent.wa.gov.au/3/510/1/tr ... tscapes.pm and some of this councils regulations for the care and attention in relation to public saftey. Not hard really and just insert your areas name and it is a guide. Of course contact your local council for specific information but as a guide, it's pretty good. http://www.vincent.wa.gov.au/cproot/497 ... 0Space.pdf City of Subiaco http://www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/template.a ... eRecID=570 http://www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/fileupload ... ochure.pdf Also this link provides a sample of Subiaco's verge management guidelines. http://www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/fileupload ... df#page=50 You will note that in this area (Perths Western suburbs) that they have a native plant subsidy scheme. Might be an idea to get in touch with your local council's Sustainability Officer for more information, you never know, they too might have a similar policy As mentioned, they are guides only, check with your particular local council for more. Re: Nature strips without lawns 51Jun 17, 2010 1:13 am Did I post this yet? From Zanthorrea Nursery Go out there if you live in Perth or near by, well worth a drive The team there are some of the most qualified and well educated in retail garden centres. http://www.zanthorrea.com/info/Verge_Planting.pdf http://www.zanthorrea.com/info/Everlastings.pdf http://www.zanthorrea.com/info/Looking_Great.pdf http://www.zanthorrea.com/info/Coastal_Planting.pdf Re: Nature strips without lawns 52Jul 01, 2010 12:23 am I had some Hemiandra Pungens growing, stunning flowers and a nasty little bite. Kept the cats off the younger plants until Fed 7 2009 when the heat baked most of my garden to dust. Funny how Nettle survived. meh... Not much did actually.. A few WA pea flowers and pitto's. I have some ground hugging Grevilea cuttings under way now. It grows well in shade but has not flowered much so I will in time plant these out to the front. Just waiting for the fence so I can shade it out in winter before I start on that. The house faces south. Nice info in those links though. Once I get that fence done I will be able to rip into the nature strip and replant what the heat killed in 2009. When people walk past the first thing that will hit them is the pungent scent from a plant I have not identified yet, grown from cuttings its slow but smells amazing. Then the fence itself will be covered in mondo grass panels, a kind of green mystery house. Lavender and herbs with natives dotted here and there. Prickly moses for the smaller birds to evade the crows and honey eaters. Every one is mowing their lawns, I haven't touched mine since 2008. Going green is a great way to uh, drink more beer on the weekend... Re: Nature strips without lawns 53Jul 12, 2010 3:05 pm Low growing plants are needed if you want to use plants instead of lawn. Some of my favourites are Mingo, the blue kangaroo grass, or Isabella, a lawn alternative spreading fine leaf liriope that you mow once per year at the end of winter. This grows well in full sun or shade. There are so many good ground cover Grevillea types, and there is a new ground cover Westringia that grows very low and Dense called Mundi. A good Myoporum works well in the southern and western states. In Queensland Rhoea works great. Dianella Little Jess is often used as a medium street, as is Little Rev. I would be interested to know of other peoples favourite plants for this situation. Re: Nature strips without lawns 54Jul 22, 2010 12:46 am I'd like to extend my vege patch to the nature strip but our council would never go for it. Have considering putting an olive tree there though, wouldn't look too out of place but haven't got around to asking if they'd allow it. Re: Nature strips without lawns 55Jul 22, 2010 2:18 am free will Have noticed a few people growing vegies and herbs on the nature strip. To which I say three words. Dogs, faeces, urine.......... I don't know. I keep watching shows like "Gardening Australia" and what do they recommend putting on gardens? Chook poo. Cow poo. Blood and bones. Hmmm. Pfiff Finally making progress again, with a clothesline (yippee) and some much needed little things being attended to over the holidays. 40 C on New Year's eve? We love our a/c! Re: Nature strips without lawns 57Aug 05, 2010 11:09 pm Pooh isn't human, he's a bear. Prolly squash ya plants but. Re: Nature strips without lawns 58Aug 05, 2010 11:27 pm Quote: From Zanthorrea Nursery Go out there if you live in Perth or near by, well worth a drive The team there are some of the most qualified and well educated in retail garden centres. My favourite garden centre. Also the only one my kids will go to without complaining because there's a playground, wooden sculptures and a pond full of fish to look at. Re: Nature strips without lawns 60Aug 21, 2010 10:22 pm I went outside once. The graphics were alright, but the gameplay sucked! Settlement:22nd June Slab:27th August Frame:16th Sept Bricked:21st Oct Roof:24th Nov Linings HANDOVER23rd March! This certainly doesn't look good. I would be engaging with an independent inspector to have a look at this. As for the unscheduled site visits, most builders are quite… 1 28285 Elvis has left the building... The site supervisor quit after 2 month on the project. 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