Well, Murraya would be too large. It's actually for my mother's small gardens, she has not been there very long and at this stage it doesn't appear to get much sun. So many trees and parts of buildings that block the sun out. I was thinking buxus, but was not sure how much sun it needs. For now we might just plant some lebelias as an edgeing
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There is also a dwarf variety of the murraya that would work, and yes buxus will grow in part shade, go for the japanese over the english box it has a much nicer form.
Sorry Macy, I would say no more than 40cm high and about 25cm wide. Thats small I know. I have never seen the dwarf murraya, the Korean box sounds nice also.
Sharon..... frustrated interior decorator, I have always wanted to do this for a living..
Okay, this is what we've used where we wanted something about that height. It's really hard to get something exact so in some places we've gone for something smaller and in others we know we'll have to do regular pruning. With your even more limited width you'll definitely need to prune unless you go for something quite small or you happen to find something with a small columnar habit.
Euonymus Tom Thumb - similar to buxus
Pittosporum Golf Ball - lighter green than buxus and euonymus
Nandina Nana - reddish foliage, very hardy, just cut it right back to rejuvenate it
Dianella Little Rev - upright strappy foliage
Miniature Liriope - grassy appearance with flowers, there are a few green ones with various flower colours and also a variegated one with purple flowers
We don't have any buxus (we used the euonymus for a formal hedge) but I've heard something about some varieties having an unpleasant smell. Maybe someone else can advise?
The mini murraya is called ''Min a Min''. Very cute and compact. I like it. You can keep the standard Murraya to a smaller size you just need to keep it trimmed. I have a tiny hedge of Korean box and it does well in shade.
Have a squiz at Australian plants as well. I often say it but Correas make excellent formal hedges, as do westringeas (native rosemary) Dwarf Gold diosmas too Leucophyta Brownii nana Silver Nugget is another but that might need more sun. Correas definitely.
Have a squiz at Australian plants as well. I often say it but Correas make excellent formal hedges, as do westringeas (native rosemary) Dwarf Gold diosmas too Leucophyta Brownii nana Silver Nugget is another but that might need more sun. Correas definitely.
I was wondering about diosma, but as you say, maybe more sun.. Thanks
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