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A striking planting of native grasses contrasts with the path... that leads to the compost heap! |
The Flower Garden, with its lovely low rock wall, is relaxed in style. Roses, perennials and bulbs flourish here. |
Sun-loving plants and natives on the paved terrace... |
and stone steps lead back to the house. |
Productive and good-looking, the vegetable garden | |
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Grasses and Roses- A Garden in Contrasts
Inspired by plants that love the climate and the soil, this garden does not suffer any "prissy little plants' as the busy owner declares she has not time to coddle them. The courage to combine and use plants in unusual ways underlies the striking design and plantings in this truly lovely garden.
Grasses, which love the clear air and breezes, and don't suffer from drought, are a clear favourite. Native hebes make great companions for them. More unusually, grasses are paired with carpet-style roses in a garden covering a low bank. The combination not only works, it looks good too.
An older area of planting was inherited from a previous gardener. The garden with its lovely low rock wall modifying the steep slope remain but the planting has been overhauled and altered. A more relaxed style, using plants that thrive and blend together, as well as provide flowers for the house, as been developed. Roses, perennials and bulbs are found in the lovely border, the only traditional planting in the garden.
A rock terrace and sitting area has been replanted using sun-loving plants and natives. Spiky astelias contrast with rounded hebes and brachyglottis. Abutilons jostle with native kowhai and arctotis creates pools of colour.
A striking path of grasses shows the effectiveness of using these lovely native plants, contrasting them the texture of the path. No one would guess it leads to the compost and incinerator, while passing the clothes line! Design at its best!
The very productive vegetable garden lies facing the sun, its lower edge raised to reduce the slope, but it is a 'dug' garden which produces a rage of vegetables throughout the year. |
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Grasses and roses are combined in a low planting on a bank near the house |
One of the many, covetable hebes in this garden |
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