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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 424062" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I'd love to advise you but what would work in your area is a total unknown for me. What I suggest you do, is look around gardens in your neighbourhood, see hat other people are growing successfully that you like. I also like herbs, I could advise you there. You can get some herbs which are also pretty. One of my favourites is a thing called Mexican tarragon. It is lush and green, has a fabulous flavour and when it flowers it produces tiny bright yellow flowers like miniature marigolds. Or you could plant thyme, or lemon thyme and trim it to a round cushion. Stuff handfuls into a chicken you're about to roast.</p><p></p><p>Flowering plants - two possibilities that may work for you are Brunsfelsia (aka "yesterday, today and tomorrow") which flowers in white, mauve and blue on the same bush. The flowers actually change colour as they age on the bush. We also have a Tibouchina here that does the same thing - different shades of purple and pink on the same tree. I think you can get it in a dwarfing form. Tibouchina used to be called Lassiandra, I think it originated in South Africa.</p><p></p><p>I like easy-care plants. We have a lot of Australian native plants which I love, but are an acquired taste, perhaps. A dwarf lilli-pilli might be interesting for you, it has purple fruit which are pleasant to eat. For a beautiful Aussie flowering bush, look for grevillea. The variety "Robyn Gordon" is a classic, but a variant on it is named after one of our most famous bushrangers - "Ned Kelly". If you have any parrots, they love to eat the flowers. These bushes flower most of the year (all the year here) and, I think, are even fairly snow-proof.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 424062, member: 1991"] I'd love to advise you but what would work in your area is a total unknown for me. What I suggest you do, is look around gardens in your neighbourhood, see hat other people are growing successfully that you like. I also like herbs, I could advise you there. You can get some herbs which are also pretty. One of my favourites is a thing called Mexican tarragon. It is lush and green, has a fabulous flavour and when it flowers it produces tiny bright yellow flowers like miniature marigolds. Or you could plant thyme, or lemon thyme and trim it to a round cushion. Stuff handfuls into a chicken you're about to roast. Flowering plants - two possibilities that may work for you are Brunsfelsia (aka "yesterday, today and tomorrow") which flowers in white, mauve and blue on the same bush. The flowers actually change colour as they age on the bush. We also have a Tibouchina here that does the same thing - different shades of purple and pink on the same tree. I think you can get it in a dwarfing form. Tibouchina used to be called Lassiandra, I think it originated in South Africa. I like easy-care plants. We have a lot of Australian native plants which I love, but are an acquired taste, perhaps. A dwarf lilli-pilli might be interesting for you, it has purple fruit which are pleasant to eat. For a beautiful Aussie flowering bush, look for grevillea. The variety "Robyn Gordon" is a classic, but a variant on it is named after one of our most famous bushrangers - "Ned Kelly". If you have any parrots, they love to eat the flowers. These bushes flower most of the year (all the year here) and, I think, are even fairly snow-proof. Marg [/QUOTE]
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