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Christmas colours from my canna's. Wishing all my friends, followers, clients and fellow gardeners a very Happy Christmas. May 2017 be peaceful and productive for you all.

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I visited my #fitzroycourtyard last week. Very pleased how the vertical garden has developed.

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Anigozanthos flavidus. This one is growing in my dryland garden. Rarely watered and with an inorganic mulch. I grew it from division. Easy to do.

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A Splash of colour in my garden. Good old fashioned hollyhocks.

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A couple of newly installed Corten steel garden beds in the recently built Highett garden. There is a shelf inside to place selfwatering pots on. Over time they will weather and get a patina of rust.

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Poppies dance in my wildflower meadow. Next season I will reseed with more cornflower seeds.

It's always constructive to periodically visit gardens you have designed. You see how plants have developed and work together. You see what's succeded and yes, what has not worked so well. All this informs you for future design work. Here is a slide show of a garden I designed and built in early 2014.

I love seeing how a mixture of hardy perennials and self seeding annuals can produce almost naturalistic plant displays. Some recent photos from my own garden....

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Choosing the right tree for your garden...an occasional series. I'm currently designing a planting plan for a new town house to replace the existing 'builders landscape'. When I visited the site the landscaper had planted a Eucalypt. I crushed a leaf and there came the distinctive citrus aroma of Corymbia citriodora. The tree was planted in a tiny garden and over a storm water drain. C.citriodora, commonly known as Lemon Scented Gum can grow to 35m in the wild and i've seen them 20m plus in suburban gardens with agressive root systems. A completely inappropriate tree for this tiny garden.The moral of the story is get a qualified horticulturalist or landscape designer to specify your plants. The photos shows just how big a small tree can grow.

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First day of spring. In my wildflower meadow you can almost feel the energy flowing into the corn flowers, poppies, cosmos and other meadow and cottage garden plants. It's knee high and lush. The borage and purple hebe have been a great attraction for bees.#gardensforwildlife

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First day of Spring. Anenomes and Hydrangea quercifolia already starting to set flowers. Highett garden.

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First day of Spring. The thyme is thriving in the crazy pave and along the bed by the deck. A clivea is providing colour amongst the recently transplanted tree ferns as the fronds unfurl. White tulips are just starting to emerge from the black pots. #Inglisgardenconcepts #Highettgarden