GreenGardeners Landscaping

Water-wise sustainable planting, well mulched.

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Pink Flowering Dogwood - an alternate to flowering cherry - cool climate small tree

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Mass plantings of the same or similar plants will most certainly have a positive impact in your garden when viewed from above or at ground level. Notice the beautiful variety of clumping and upright plants in this prairie-style garden here. An incredible amount of interest is produced due to the appropriate and artistic use of texture, shape and color. The serpentine hard-scaping lines make a bold yet relaxing statement from ground level and would take on an artistic flair if viewed from above.

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Good use of shape, texture and colour variations - suitable for all seasons.

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The prostrate forms of juniper provide a low maintenance option and look wonderful interspersed with rocks. Zone 6, Juniper blue star and Japanese Garden Juniper, russian sage, nepeta, miscanthus Adagio, all happy in full sun.

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Texture, form, depth and movement - lovely combinations. The red tree is a purple plum (Prunus cerasifera 'Thundercloud'. Then from left to right, a mugo pine, a Japanese maple, a Tardiva hydrangea, a dwarf blue spruce and up behind is a Peegee hydrangea with Spirea 'Little Princess in front of it. Perennials are daisies, Black Eyed Susans, and Russian sage. The ground cover is juniper. The pink flower is an annual Cleome.

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Bold massed plantings of one type of shrub or perennial is an easy way to create drama and interest in a garden. Buying small plants won’t break the budget and they’ll adapt more quickly than larger grades.

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Natural rounded bushrock echoed in the paths and walls gentle curves.

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A patchwork wall planted to add further interest.

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Extensive use of retaining walls and incorporating existing boulders.

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Sandstone set in crushed rock lead down the slope.

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Rustic sleepers for steps and sandstone filled gabions create an informal garden

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Plants cleverly chosen to endure hot summers and cold winters of Cowra NSW.

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Shrubs selected for form and colour

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Small trees and massed bushes help to mask neighbours and create a private enclosure with soft serpentine shapes.

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