AUSTRALIAN HOUSE & GARDEN / 139H&GGARDENS OF THE YEAR
KEY PLANTS
Silver birch
(Betula pendula)
Cercis ‘Forest Pansy’
Wedding cake tree
(Cornus controversa
‘Variegata’)
Purple Norway
maple (Acer
platanoides
‘Crimson King’)
Silver elm (Ulmus
minor ‘Variegata’)CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE LEFT
Silver-leafed lamb’s ears (Stachys byzantina).
Raspberries ripe for picking. The hedge of
raspberries is an unknown variety, started
from a friend’s cutting 25 years ago.
White-flowered dogwood (Cornus ‘Norman
Hadden’) and purple-leafed Physocarpus
opulifolius ‘Diablo’ frame the view along a
path towards the house. Robert’s shed is
fronted by a box-edgd garden of mixed
perennials that love hot, dry conditions.