Your Home and Garden – September 2019

Japanese viburnum Helleborus

NOTETheseplantsaresuitableforthe

conditionsofthissitewhichis ina warmer

areawithoccasionalwinterfrosts.Check

themoutatyourlocalnurseryandaskif

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Buxus microphylla Liriope muscari

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SUGGESTED PLANTING PLAN

ONTHEWALL

Toenliventhebare

areaattheendofthe

wallplanta small,

shade-toleranttree

suchasJapanese

mapleordogwood

(Cornus).

Whenplantinginclaysoilinlatewinter/early

spring,onlydigholeswhensoilis nottoosodden.

Makeholehalfdepthofrootballandround

bottomofholeupwardsslightlysorootsareclear

ofwetsoil.Useforktoroughensidesofholefor

waterpenetration.Mixsoilwithqualitygarden

mix,fill holeandmounduparoundtopofrootball,

then mulch with compost or other organic matter.

TIP

1 2

5

3

4

LEFTBANK

Plantbankon

westernsideof

drivewaywitha mix

offloweringshrubs

andperennialsso

theapproachtothe

househasabundant

interest and colour.

RISEUP

Builda 60cm-high

raisedbedalong

lengthofhouseto

softenanddisguise

itsconnectionwith

thedrivewayand

providea pleasing

outlookforvisitorsas

they approach.

INTHESHADE

Fillraisedbedwith

good-qualitygarden

mix,thenplantwith

shade-lovingplants

tocreateaninformal

hedge.Edgewith

low perennials.

STEPUP

Buildtwoshallow

stepstoconnect

drivewayanddeck;

alignedgewith

outsideof raisedbed

for a clean look.

PLANTING OPTIONS

HIGHBANKONDRIVEWAY

Shadyspots:Hydrangea,Chinesefringeflower

(Loropetalumchinense), helleborus,Japanese

anemone,Alchemillamollis. Sunnyspots:

Australianrosemary(Westringiabrevifolia),

floweringquince(Chaenomeles), carpetroses,

smallerredhotpoker(Kniphofia) cultivars

suchas‘EmberGlow’or‘FireGlow’.

PLANTSFORRAISEDBED

Dwarfcamelliasuchas‘TomThumb’or‘Sugar

Babe’,JapaneseorKoreanboxcultivars

(Buxusmicrophylla), Portugueselaurel(Prunus

lusitanica), Mexicanorangeblossom(Choisya

ternata),Lophomyrtus‘RedDragon’or‘Pixie’.

RAISED-BEDEDGINGPLANTS

Liriopemuscari,Bergeniacordifolia,Sedum

rupestre‘Angelina’,dwarfmondo grass

(Ophiopogon‘Nana’).

INFORMALHEDGE ALONG

DRIVEWAY

Keeptrimmedto1minheight.Tryredmatipo/

māpou(Myrsineaustralis), Japaneseviburnum

(Viburnumjaponica),Viburnumxbodnantense

‘Dawn’(deciduous),Weigelaflorida‘Evita’,

Weigela‘Rosabella’orothersmallercultivars,

tarata(Pittosporum eugenioides ‘Mini Green’).

OUTSIDEEDGE

Plantanotherinformal

hedgealongeastern

sideofdrivewayfor

a moredefinededge.

Usespeciesthatwill

tolerateclaysoilbut

firstfollowadvice in

the tip below.

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