Retaining Wall Plants Australia
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Retaining wall plants australia. Retaining wall design ideas photos of retaining walls. Convolvulus sabatius makes a delightful spillover plant or dense groundcover for sunny parts of the garden. A practical solution that can add a whole lot of character to your outdoor space. This photo shows a good way to layer plants.
A retaining wall is a rigid barrier built for the purpose of preventing soil and or other organic material such as stones from moving downhill or shifting more generally. Ideal for free standing walls up to 300mm high non reinforced. Creeping fig should face away from direct hot sunlight and needs regular pruning. 40 retaining wall ideas for your garden material ideas tips and designs by elise hodge.
It has an easy to use tapered rear for curved walls herb gardens and planter boxes. May 14 2019 explore my info s board retaining wall gardens on pinterest. A rule of thumb is to layer plants by having have a few cascade over the edge others mounding and still others providing an upright shape. Plants suitable for retaining walls.
The lovely lilac blue trumpet shaped flowers appear through spring and summer. Browse photos from australian designers trade professionals create an inspiration board to save your favourite images. But they are the. With their long trailing stems these are plants that grow naturally as groundcovers but when given a little height will attractively cover the vertical rather than the horizontal.
This easy to lay lightweight block is perfect for diy garden proj. When planting on top of retaining walls choose cascading plants with long stems that will spill over and soften the edge of the retaining wall. Scaevola also known as the fan flower is an australian native that has pretty little blooms mainly in blue purple and mauve. Diy garden projects are easier with the adbri hudson stone wall block.
Lomandra are another tough low maintenance strappy leaved plant that thrives in most parts of australia. On this 4 foot high retaining wall at the front of a lawn the owners have planted creeping fig ficus pumila to grow up the wall. When you think about landscaping the last thing that probably comes to mind are retaining walls.