Call us on:
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If you are planning to have a non-retic garden it might pay to improve the soil slightly with a small amount of Kaolin clay and soil improver and if it’s getting very little additional water, you may want to include TerraCottem wetting crystals. These crystals are expensive but are used extensively in land care commercially in rainfall only situations as they are effective in improving plant survival in the early stages.
Ground covers:
Banksia nivea – attractive clumping ground cover, very waterwise once established
Conostylis candicans – popular silver foliaged strap leafed plant with yellow pom pom flowers
Grevilea crithmifolia prostrate – tough spreading low ground cover with attractive white flowers
Banksia blechnifolia – attractive Banksia with interesting leaves and flowers from the ground
Small shrub:
Calothmanus hirsutus – small compact claw flower plant with beautiful foliage, great for gardens
Thryptomene sp – beautiful small shrubs that get covered in small flowers from white to purple.
Verticoridas – Feather flowers – an abundance of varieties, beautiful feather flowers, very waterwise
Isopogon formosus – Rose coneflower – attractive shrub that gets covered in bird attracting flowers
Hypocallyma angustifolia - white myrtle flowers and nice foliage
Eremaeae pauciflora – tough plant that has orange flowers in early summer
Scaevola porocarya – beautiful blue flowering Scaevola – emerald foliage
Summer Calytrix – Calytrix fraseri – beautiful pink flowers during summer
Beaufortia aestiva – summer flowering plant with attractive red/orange flowers
Leucophyta brownii – popular landscape plant with silver foliage and daisy flowers
Grevillea bipinnatifida – the WA parent of the Robyn Gordon grevillea, beautiful flowers/foliage
Screening:
Olearia axillaris – attractive silver foliaged coastal daisy that is very waterwise once established
Albany woolybush – beautiful soft foliage with bird attractive jug flowers
Hakea laurina - Pin Cushion Hakea – beautiful flowers/foliage and can grow like a hedge (pruned regularly)
Kunzea baxteri – beautiful foliage and flowers
Salt bush – Atriplex sp. – Very waterwise and attractive silver foliage – loves pruning
Feature trees:
Silver princess Eucalypt – Beautiful weeping foliage, attractive bark and flowers - to 8m
Corymbia ficifolia - Red flowering gum – Beautiful feature tree with attractive red flowers in summer
Hakea laurina – Pin cushion Hakea – beautiful versatile plant that can grow as a tree
Eucalyptus rhodantha - Rose Mallee – Beautiful waterwise tree – silver foliage and red flowers
Eucalyptus macrocarpa – Mottlecah – Beautiful waterwise tree – silver foliage and red flowers
Banksia prionotes – Acorn Banksia – Beautiful large shrub/tree with stunning flowers