Hi all u Green thumbs out there
I would like to get some plant suggestions for formal garden. So if anyone has pictures of front/back/side yards with formal gardens can you please post pictures here.
Much appreciated. Thanks
Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Formal Gardens- Queensland 2Mar 06, 2010 12:29 pm While you wait for posts have a squiz at http://www.gardenjot.com/ Re: Formal Gardens- Queensland 3Mar 07, 2010 6:30 am I can't help with appropriate plants for Queensland, but perhaps some of the ideas here might work for you: http://www.daylily.com.au/teagardens/gardens.htm It might be useful if you post your location - climate in Queensland varies quite a bit; it's a big state. Re: Formal Gardens- Queensland 5Mar 07, 2010 6:01 pm Oh no! Look as far as formal gardens go, the concepts throughout the world are all the same. When you work around plants enough you start to become aware of what we can do with them. For example many natives are as good or better for formal box hedges. You would see Murraya used all over the joint as formal hedges and it does well. When selecting a hedge plant forget about the width of them. Pick something that gets to more than the height you need. roughly 1/2 or 3/4 the height is easy to keep a plant clipped to. There are European hedges that are near on a thousand years old and they are kept far smaller than they normally would grow. Colour will be a powerful tool. Visit the few Botanical gardens around Brissie and the regional cities. There will be loads of ideas. Browse resort websites for photos of the gardens. Look at any shrub you like, just start clipping it from a very small size. Hedges of Acalyphas will be excellent. Yellows and reds will come up well. Even tiered hedges of yellow Acalyphas with a lower hedge of the reds clipped in front of it. That would look fantastic. There is also a dwarf one called inferno that looks rubbish in a smaller pot when you buy them but sensational when planted out make use of trees. No formal garden in the world goes with out the stunning effect that trees have. Bauhinias would suit a formal garden well. Chinese gardens also offer sensational inspiration for formal designs. 2000 years ago they were ahead of where the western world is with landscaping today. They are and were totally in touch with everything that makes a good landscape. We have little concept in comparison. Lawn areas or flowing paved smaller areas fit well in these designs. Re: Formal Gardens- Queensland 8Mar 10, 2010 7:26 pm Doesn't matter, just start checking out botanic gardens around the traps. Take a camera and a note pad. can't identify what the plant is, just contact the curators or the council where the park is located and they can help, or post it up here at Homeone 1 10485 Building Standards; Getting It Right! We bought a house in 2015 advertised as a 7/2/2, 4br up, 3br down (7br), and to date, it’s a great house. However, we’ve just had it valued and it’s come in as a… 0 11988 I think you are getting different numbers because they all just based them on "other jobs" even though each job is unique. Often, with builders, unless you're speaking to… 3 3233 |