Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Oct 07, 2010 9:59 pm Thanks, Acherion. Sorry the images are so large. 30-09-10 Plants put in. Soil is only between 30mm and 50mm. Plants on top of clay with soil mounded up around individual plants. Landscaper has watered plant twice and soil has been washed away from the majority of plants exposing the roots. We have a total of 45 plants as opposed to another corner block up the street (which is being done at the same time) that has 70 plants. Purple pipe has now been installed in the 'garden' area, but not the area which is to be grassed. Dead grasses - not sure what they are (8 of these) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Insect eaten plant (2 of these) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Side garden (on corner block) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Section of front garden Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Landscaping??? 2Oct 07, 2010 11:59 pm It would great if landscape threads were posted in the landscape forum. Not sure how much folks miss out on by keeping to the building forum but there is a heap of lost info and ideas in the building forum going to waste Our great horticultural and landscape minds go begging by posting in here I found this by accident. Re: Landscaping??? 3Oct 08, 2010 12:12 am What I see is an unsustainable non water wise garden Black mulch Did you know the use of black composted mulches increase a gardens water needs by 20% over no mulch and 90% over a thick layer of straw or fresh tree lopper mulch. That is just what the muck does for starters. It looks "pretty" though and that is where all the good finishes. The grasses have been planted too deep. That is why they have rotted out at the base. The Agaves are suffering from the cold, not from bugs. Also the damage would have been started with handling the pots they were in. Note the position of the damage in all the plants, about the same height They are carried in twos or threes at a time in each hand and often the leaves will get caught between the pots when handled a bit rough. You will see similar on nursery specimens. They will grow up fine They do get pretty big though That particular soil prep is not what I would remotely entertain as best practice nor an acceptable practice. The plants will only ever develop a weak and water hungry root system. The plants will be hungry and expensive to care for. More often than not I see landscapes like this removed after 3 years and re done again when it would be better to have done it right the first time Have a browse of the landscpae forum and review the soil prep threads and the mountain of great advice there is in there Hmmm, I have checked your past posts and it seems that you are in NSW, not WA as I had thought. It pays to show your State in your avatar. Retaining wall regulations… 5 7857 Hi, you've probably already resolved this, however, Commbank will probably pay the funds to you after you send evidence the work is done regardless the change in the quotes. 1 35326 Ideally you would engage a landscaper to give you some insight what they may need in the space to make your vision come to life… 1 13637 |