Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Plants selection for my front garden 5Sep 23, 2009 9:08 am You are right. Frangipani doesn't really fit it. That's why I am keen to find another tree species. But I am also not too keen to have another agonis flexuosa burgundy. Building Clarendon Brighton - Done and moved in Sept 2009 Re: Plants selection for my front garden 6Sep 24, 2009 9:43 am Just a word of warning about the Grevillea Ned Kelly - it's a beautiful plant, but is part of a family of grevilleas that cause extreme skin allergies. So please don't plant them in locations where they may hang over footpaths or your neighbours' boundaries. Those of us who have to suffer the itching, burning, blistering, weeping rash and the subsequent scarring would really appreciate it. The nursery industry needs to develop warning labels - this is a very common problem, just from brushing past the leaves, and the rash is really nasty, yet most people are unaware. I see these plants overhanging public footpaths all the time. http://asgap.org.au/APOL2009/mar09-s1.html P.S. Fu will probably stop by and tell you that a 3m tree isn't a tree at all, but a shrub. Re: Plants selection for my front garden 7Sep 24, 2009 10:01 am kek Just a word of warning about the Grevillea Ned Kelly - it's a beautiful plant, but is part of a family of grevilleas that cause extreme skin allergies. So please don't plant them in locations where they may hang over footpaths or your neighbours' boundaries. Those of us who have to suffer the itching, burning, blistering, weeping rash and the subsequent scarring would really appreciate it. The nursery industry needs to develop warning labels - this is a very common problem, just from brushing past the leaves, and the rash is really nasty, yet most people are unaware. I see these plants overhanging public footpaths all the time. http://asgap.org.au/APOL2009/mar09-s1.html P.S. Fu will probably stop by and tell you that a 3m tree isn't a tree at all, but a shrub. Kek, appreciate your info about grevilleas. I certainly had no idea. Your are right that they need some warnings on their labels!! Do they cause allergy on contact? or by airborne too? I am now considering Eucalyptus 'Summer Red'. It can grow to 5-8m high (5m in 10 years) For the location where I plant it, it should be fine. I just need to trim it when it starts growing too high. Building Clarendon Brighton - Done and moved in Sept 2009 Re: Plants selection for my front garden 8Sep 24, 2009 10:09 am It's not all grevilleas, but G. Robyn Gordon and G. Robusta (the Silky Oak tree) are probably the best-known. As a general rule, anything that shares parentage with those is likely to be a problem too, and grevilleas in general are the worst offenders amongst our natives. I'm pretty sure that Ned Kelly is a close connection of the worst culprits. I've grown grevilleas in the past, but I'm cautious about which ones I buy. If you and your family have no issues with them, then go ahead and enjoy them; just be careful to keep them within your boundaries and nobody will get hurt. Re: Plants selection for my front garden 9Sep 29, 2009 12:13 am I would wipe the weed dietes off your list, you will spend the rest of your life digging the buggers out. The roo paws are a top choice, and you know why?... cause they are WA plants Chop 'em back to the ground nearly every Feb/ march. I'd look at growing Hakea multilineata or buculenta as a feature tree (under prune it). Eucalyptus caesia (silver princess) would be an awesome choice too, or Euc ficifolia (red flowering gum) or Euc erythrocorys (red cap gum) or the Coolibah tree. All small euccies and all WA plants Warratahs and banksia species will also do well as feature trees. Look at using conostylus candicans maybe instead of the lomandra and maybe check out mass plantings of the sedges, carax. green orange and dead looking colours available, look good planted up though Re: Plants selection for my front garden 10Oct 04, 2009 1:03 am I get problems from airborne as well as contact but I havent met anyone like me so your plants probably wont either! I wonder if the birds have the same problem with the Ned Kelly? *Built with Gemmill Homes in WA* Slab - 1st June 2009 Plate Height - 17th June 2009 Lock Up - 18th August 2009 PCI - 5th October 2009 Hand Over - 15th Oct 2009 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20844 Re: Plants selection for my front garden 11Oct 04, 2009 8:18 pm It is mainly the group of tropical grevilleas like Robyn Gordon, superb, Ned Kelly etc that give the most grief. Varieties like Olive leafed grevilleas (Olivacea) are pretty harmless. There are a few ugly sorts like Juniperus (?) I think it is that make people itchy to, that is a ground cover one and is really spikey. Re: Plants selection for my front garden 12Oct 05, 2009 8:42 am Protea- some grow upto 3 m (my all time fav) Eucalypts with rounded leaf (almost like bo leaves- gorgeous) Eucalypt with burgundy foliage (would look great if you have a rendered or pale bricks) both these eucalypts I have seen in Bunn!ngs- bit pricey but one cant stop noticing and admiring them Murraya could be a great option for you. It creates a great tall screening hedge but doesn't drop fruit like lily pilly. The flowers smell divine. 2 10193 Hi Kaiser85, We are building with Firstyle Homes. Our build has just started, slab pour is on Saturday (hopefully!). Their standard range is pretty good. We did our… 1 6461 Hi there, we have classic cream gutters, fascia’s, roller door and undercover carport. We are are going to paint the roof a terracotta orange colour. After some… 0 4490 |