Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Aug 30, 2010 12:17 am Re: Help ID'ing a purple-flowing plant and an orange grass : 2Aug 30, 2010 1:33 am Hi vundaful, First pic looks like a Echium, don't know if the flower is deep enough to be 'Echium - Pride of Madeira' ? Not sure of the orange grass. A sedge? Re: Help ID'ing a purple-flowing plant and an orange grass : 3Aug 30, 2010 8:29 am Thanks Grevillea Vale - Google certainly does seem to confirm the purple flower as an Echium. As for the grass, I've found a sedge which is my best attempt (Carex testacea) though it seems to have a humped, rounded shape rather than an upright, spikey shape like in the picture. Re: Help ID'ing a purple-flowing plant and an orange grass : 4Aug 30, 2010 6:36 pm Sedum Autumn Joy is the second one. It will be available soon at your local garden centre but as the name suggests the end of summer will be the best and most likely time to find one . Butterflys love it's flowers Re: Help ID'ing a purple-flowing plant and an orange grass : 5Aug 30, 2010 6:48 pm the grass... yeah sorry Libertia Goldfinger, or now I think maybe "Taupo blaze"? Never seen a good one in Perth or the SW but I guess there must be a few around. Quite popular over east Re: Help ID'ing a purple-flowing plant and an orange grass : 6Aug 30, 2010 7:38 pm Fu is wise... the picture is from a Melbourne garden Re: Help ID'ing a purple-flowing plant and an orange grass : 7Aug 30, 2010 8:11 pm Zanthorrea can get it right now if you wanted one Very common on rendered homes Smaller suppliers get the lower quality raw materials 6 11901 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair Please help me to answer this question , it will help me a lot as i can go to buy confidently with your recommendation: I want to put synthetic turf in our backyard for… 0 5604 0 4752 |