2019-12-01_Australian_House_Garden

GARDENS HG

AUSTRALIAN HOUSE & GARDEN^ | 155

“I’VE LEARNED THAT SIMPLICITY IS THE KEY – REPEATING TWO OR THREE PLANTS IN

A BED LOOKS FANTASTIC. I ALSO LOVE COMBINING EVERGREENS, STRAPPY PLANTS AND

SOME SOFT COLOURED PERENNIALS TO CREATE TEXTURE.” Phoebe Brown, owner

CLOCKWISE FROM THIS IMAGE The driveway is lined with

liquidambars and maples (Acer negundo ‘Sensation’), underplanted

with oyster plant (Acanthus mollis) and clumps of agapanthus. A view

to the pool and cabana, with rolling hills beyond. The family and their

animals stand on a hill overlooking one of the property’s three dams.

OPPOSITE Garden beds beside the house feature clipped balls of

Abelia grandiflora ‘Nana’, dwarf pink rockrose (Cistus x skanbergii),

Japanese box (Buxus microphylla ‘Japonica’) and Teucrium fruticans.