Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Sep 23, 2010 10:31 pm Fu, I'm in need of your help again, please! I've managed to source Bentonite, Zeolite & Molasses. Bunnings didn't have any of it, so we went to our local Better Pets & Gardens, who will have it all there for me next week. With the announcement of our 1 day a week watering restrictions, we're now rethinking having lawn out the front. We have a small area, approximately 50sqm, but it faces due west and we're close(ish) to the coast. It's going to cop the brunt of the afternoon sun, and I really have my doubts about it surviving with these restrictions. I'm now thinking maybe LOW growing groundcovers with some sort of bark or pebble or something. I'm sticking with the garden edging of agapanthus (this bed will be about 1 metre, running along the top of the retaining wall). For the groundcover, should we go with it, I would like something that is not spiky leafed like cordy's, and preferably something that might flower at least once a year. Something that grows sideways rather than upwards, but that won't run oout of control. What might your suggestions be? Oceanic with Nautilus upgrades. Handover 8 September 2010 Re: New WA Water Restrictions 2Sep 23, 2010 10:41 pm Hang five I am working on an article for this very thing. Re: New WA Water Restrictions 3Sep 27, 2010 6:39 pm Fu, We've been doing some googling and research. Keeping it quite simple, how about... Aggy border, then spotted throughout the rest of the yard, Acacia 'Limelight', Acacia 'Fettucini' & a couple of different Grevilleas, and maybe even a couple of small/low Callistemons? Not sure what sort of mulch to use though? Oceanic with Nautilus upgrades. Handover 8 September 2010 Re: New WA Water Restrictions 4Sep 27, 2010 11:07 pm Those plants will have a very hard time in WA conditions with one day watering. Choose WA plants instead. Natives aren't natives here in the west We always ask, are they east coast natives or west coast natives For the ones you want to survive the coming west coast summer you will need very rich organic soils to 300-400mm deep, bentonite clay, loams, zeolite and of course the right mulch coupled with subsurface irrigation. Mulch is either mulch from http://www.mulchnet.com/postcode.php or any sort of straw such as Lupin or Pea Straw. 100mm thick. Break your irrigation up into 3 start times on your designated day. Instead of say 1x 10min watering, make it 3x 3 min waterings with say 30 mins-1hr in between set for a morning starting at say 3am. You will have far less to no surface run off particularly on lawns. You save one min of water which will make a difference to your bill. The water you do use is of far greater benefit as it goes deeper into the soil. The soil will not dry as easy. The plants will get deeper root systems. The plants won't stress when your neighbours plants will Re: New WA Water Restrictions 5Sep 27, 2010 11:14 pm Calistemons like Mat Flinders or Little John will be tough enough but not this year. Look at awesome acacias like the zig zag wattle Instead of Grevilleas maybe look at Hakeas like undulatum and the new dwarf pin cushion Hakea, Hakea laurina nana These guys rock when it comes to native plants and also we have the Friends of Kings Park plant sale coming up in November I picked up some really cool plants there on Friday http://www.apacewa.org.au/pages/nursery if it's the look that you're not happy with, the easiest option would probably be to spray paint it all into the same color as the walls so it blends in. there might not… 3 4186 there was an event. The question is whether the builder had the insurance and whether the event was covered. The workmanship is a separate conversation. 10 23735 18 90470 |