Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Drought Tolerant Plants - Melbourne 21Mar 16, 2009 9:58 pm grevilleas - no
oleanders ( - not really plumbago - not really diosma - couldnt find? Machurian Pears - no, after something a little more structured? Liriope - I like english box - really like Custom European Cabinets - Melbourne Kitchen Specialist PM for business details as website currently being updated! Our Crazy Owner Builder Journey! Re: Drought Tolerant Plants - Melbourne 22Mar 16, 2009 10:53 pm kek NZ Flax (what's its proper name?? ) Phormium You'll get more images on google using that name. One variety I have found to be a good grower is the plain old varigated flax. Phormium tenax. Very tough and far tougher than the others. better still is using dianellas instead, same look but more waterwise. Subsurface irrigation is the way to go using pressure reducers, proper filters (disc filters not inline filters) flush valves and air bleed valves. people who advise these systems don't work don't know how to install them and or have never designed or installed a proper system. Re: Drought Tolerant Plants - Melbourne 23Mar 17, 2009 7:37 am Fu, whats the chances of being able to set that up ourselves? Sounds complicated! Custom European Cabinets - Melbourne Kitchen Specialist PM for business details as website currently being updated! Our Crazy Owner Builder Journey! Re: Drought Tolerant Plants - Melbourne 24Mar 17, 2009 9:53 am Quote: grevilleas - no Oh, Bam, grevilleas are my favourite shrub, so easy, drought tolerant, prolific flowers, many colours, fast growing..... oh well, never mind. Quote: diosma - couldnt find? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Here is a pic of a diosma for you - the pinky purple flower is the most common variety but you can also get white flowers and a golden diosma which has yellowish leaves and flowers. Only a small plant but very easy to grow, very popular here, suitable for hot dry climates. Re: Drought Tolerant Plants - Melbourne 25Mar 17, 2009 10:17 am Thought of another: Agave species are drought tolerant, but the most popular seems to be Agave Attenuata - I suspect because it doesn't have deadly spikes. They make a great feature plant in garden beds or pots, or just mixed in with other plants.
Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This Melbourne Water website has a handy search function so you can find drought tolerant species of trees, small shrubs, or whatever you might be looking for: http://www.conservewater.melbournewater.com.au/content/water-wise_gardens/water-wise_plants.asp That should keep you busy for a while. Don't dismiss all grevilleas, there are lots of different types and some are beautiful. I had a gorgeous pink one at our old house, huge flowers - it attracted lots of native birds too (can't remember the name now). Grevillea Poorinda Royal Mantle is one of my favourite ground covers, makes a lovely feature planted on top of a retaining wall or in a raised bed: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Drought Tolerant Plants - Melbourne 26Mar 17, 2009 10:28 am The grevilleas I have grown have been shrubs rather than ground covers, 1 - 2 m high.
Agave Attenuata I didn't know that's what they are called but yes, I second this, these are very easy too, and if you take one of the little off-shoots (like the ones in the left hand corner of pic) and replant, it will soon develop into new plant. they do grow rather slowly though. Re: Drought Tolerant Plants - Melbourne 27Mar 17, 2009 11:39 am A vote for Adenanthos Silver Streak or Woolly Bush we had one in our previous garden and it went from a 12 inch specimen to what you can see in the piccy below (in the redgum planter behind the seat) in about 18 months...without watering!
Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I planted one in our current garden from a six inch pot in the height of summer, in full sun, minimal water (watering can a week), and it's grown about four inches since planting. It's also known in our household as the "Spencer Plant"...because it has soft downy leaves which remind DS1 of his teddy bear "Spencer"...he has been known to give the plant a hug...!...he was very distraught when we had to leave the Spencer Plant behind until I told him we would replace it. Grows to about 2 metres high and about 1.5 metres wide. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ mmm....donuts Homer Simpson 1956- Links: Site Costs Ready Reckoner | H1 Addiction Medical Advice | Château TDL: The Backyard Re: Drought Tolerant Plants - Melbourne 28Mar 17, 2009 12:58 pm Get yourself to the garden show, Bam - it starts on April 1st. These are some pics from a couple of years ago:
Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I'm not sure about most of the plant names, although I think the ornamental grass above with the purplish-coloured seed heads is a Pennisetum something-or-other. If there's something you like, maybe Fu can use his super powers to identify it. Re: Drought Tolerant Plants - Melbourne 30Mar 17, 2009 6:45 pm Quote: A vote for Adenanthos Silver Streak or Woolly Bush we had one in our previous garden and it went from a 12 inch specimen to what you can see in the piccy below (in the redgum planter behind the seat) in about 18 months...without watering! Yes, we planted one of these in our front garden in mid December, its now double its original size and survived several 40+ deg days we had over the summer, watering twice weekly at first, now down to weekly. Re: Drought Tolerant Plants - Melbourne 31Mar 17, 2009 10:39 pm Those little purple on one side and green on the otherside of the leaf plants have been quiet hardy for me over the last few years. I dont water them at all, except for when i first put them in for a few weeks. I had them in a 3-4 terrcotta pots for awhile while we rented then once we brought i put them right up in the back yard in our temp garden and they multipled on their own and reproduced. From 4 small plants i got all these and more. See photo below, i only just planted these last week, and i am only watering once a week until they have settled in. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Drought Tolerant Plants - Melbourne 32Mar 18, 2009 6:43 pm I love those, LOC - I've seen them around. Any idea of their name, or do I have to go scour the nursery? Re: Drought Tolerant Plants - Melbourne 33Mar 18, 2009 7:53 pm The old rhoeos there (or mosses in the cradle) are one of the most popular plants sold at present and have been for a few years now.
Easy as to propagate so go to a nursery selling bigger pot sizes (yes cost more each) and look for ones nice and full. They divide up and take easily. This means one or two big pots will cost far less than 20 little ones If you can get 10-15 plants out of each, say 175mm or 200mm pot, then you did your self a favour They will go to rubbish in the coldest part of late winter/ early spring but once the night times warm up they take off again. If they look yuck then whipper snip them, mow them, cut them back and the will recover fine with fresh new growth They are quite toxic plants so watch it around the littlies Re: Drought Tolerant Plants - Melbourne 34Mar 18, 2009 9:28 pm Fu Manchu They are quite toxic plants so watch it around the littlies Hmm, so I shouldn't grind them up and put them in my husband's coffee then? Even if I'm mad at him? Re: Drought Tolerant Plants - Melbourne 37Mar 19, 2009 6:24 pm Well, he did make vague threats about rat bait in my peppermint tea....
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