Hi all.. this is sort of a continuation of my request for help in this thread http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=42700
I am more or less decided on what to do with the soil (level, compost, mulch, dig, compost in hole, plant) but now need your help with the plants and trees.
My initial design is to have some hedge on the left side corner, sort of continuation of the fence for boundary definition, but probably only a knee or waist high.
Then some flowering plants at the front. Small plants that will not be taller than knee-high.
Then a bird bath at the centre and a yucca each side of the bird bath with white pebbles surrounding each of them.
Then as filler, some small shrubs/plant (prefer to be flowering) scattered all around together with some varying sizes of rocks.
But upon searching and reading a few threads, it seems that the yuccas will be a bad idea since they grow really huge (saw Fu's posts on them). Really like the look of them though so if I decide to still put them, they would probably in big pots.
Also, I would remove the bird bath and replace it with a feature tree!!! Searching and reading some threads, there are many to choose from. I've sort of shortlisted it to: forest pansy, magnolia kay paris, ginko biloba, frangipani, claret ash and japanese maple. The garden is south facing and can get a bit of windy. My primary concern is the size of the tree and its roots. I chose some of the shortlisted trees since some of them would complement the facade (especially those strawberry pillars) ...
This would be my first stab at gardening. Would really appreciate comments on the garden layout, plants to put in and especially what feature tree would suit.
thanks everyone..
P.S. maybe I will remove the yuccas as they will be distracting for the feature tree. will put them in pots and put them i front of the pillars