Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Aug 19, 2012 2:55 pm Afternoon!
Well I've just watched Gardening Australia and loved the dry river bed creek created in Ringwood to help with drainage. Here's the story for those that missed it; http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s3567752.htm So other than Lomandras what plants would you use in this type of landscape? I am looking to landscape our gutter/culvert in this way but would like to add a little colour. What do you think of using agaves on the edge and then maybe a blossoming cherry tree set back a little to the left in the background... Refer to second block pic. Photos of our block are here - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=58630&start=30#p907208 I guess one thing we need to keep in mind is that we have had to engineer a drainage basin just over the gutter which I had planned on landscaping with a retaining wall with steps leading down into a grassed area lined with ornamental pears and naybe agapanthus at the base of them.... all the ideas are kind of in my head but open to many suggestions.... Re: Plants for a dry river bed creek landscape. 2Aug 19, 2012 3:13 pm PS- what are your thoughts on buying plants via eBay? Jem's Custom build - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=58630 Re: Plants for a dry river bed creek landscape. 3Aug 19, 2012 9:04 pm Dry creeks IMO should be more "native" banksia, grevillea etc However if you are looking for a more exotic look maybe look at a Japanese garden for inspiration I went outside once. The graphics were alright, but the gameplay sucked! Settlement:22nd June Slab:27th August Frame:16th Sept Bricked:21st Oct Roof:24th Nov Linings HANDOVER23rd March! Re: Plants for a dry river bed creek landscape. 4Aug 20, 2012 11:00 am My initial thoughts were lots of grasses but have been give some huge agaves that I need to find homes for ... thought I might be able to use them as a bit of a feature in between the rocks. Now I am not too sure. Jem's Custom build - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=58630 Re: Plants for a dry river bed creek - Gardening Australia 5Aug 23, 2012 1:00 pm agapanthus horrible beasties. Don't know where you are but there are some lovely WA plants that would suit your grassy creek bed and blend in just fine with agaves (imho, anyway). knotted club rush. conostylis. roo paws. There are a few fringed lily like things that I can't think of the names of. dampiera. pigface (succulent with lovely flowers at times). I'm starting to be convinced there's a grevillea for every place, shape, size and colour! Love my pincushion hakea which would blend in better than the cherry tree to your arid looking dry creek bed I think. Also I love the idea of the thyme, mint and even oregano from the gardening australia episode. They would fit in nicely and you can't kill them with a brick. Although mint's rumoured to be nearly as hard to get rid of as agapanthus if it gets somewhere you don't want it. Re: Plants for a dry river bed creek - Gardening Australia 6Aug 23, 2012 7:33 pm Love the idea of using herbs, especially thyme! I guess I didn't really explain my thoughts very well, I guess there will be two different areas - first being the dry cry running along the gutter then another grassed area that is set down a level which would be lined by trees/agapanthus (which I have pots and pots of - about 200 plants). I think I need to find a free landscaping program to pop it all together... Jem's Custom build - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=58630 Re: Plants for a dry river bed creek - Gardening Australia 7Sep 05, 2012 12:34 am There is another thread on that here; viewtopic.php?p=610803#p610803 I posted a pic on there of my brother and sister in laws place in Alice. It looked awesome. It was all Australian natives from tube stock. They no longer live there, but you get the idea from the pics. It's possible but a soak well is usually much larger. Your 'soak well' only holds 424 litres when full. What is your soil type? Soak wells need sandy soils. 10 9010 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair Ditto 3M Claw, expensive but best thing I've used to date. I put two of the 11kg ones in for a 12kg mirror on the wall, and its been great for 4 years now. 4 2144 Looking for some advice on pool surround planting. We have roughly 500mm wide garden bed around the edge of our pool. Depth of the bed is only around 250-300mm to top… 0 3867 |