"Claude" wrote in message
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I'm looking for ideas for selecting shrubs for an australian native
garden
to shield my house from the street. Can anyone suggest any plant
choices or
recommend a good web site/book?
Thanks
Claude



I have found the book "The Australian Garden" - Designing with
Australian Plants by Diana Shape ISBN 1 876473 33 9 inspirational. Many
beautifull pictures that give you ideas and a wide range of topics is
covered. She advocates to use indigenous (local) plants but covers the
whole of Auatralia. Today we bought a hybrid grevillea which will grow
2 - 3 metres high and will screen out the concrete water tank. One type
of shrub you could consider but there are of course myriad of options.
Hopefully you can find the book and see if it is worth buying.

Cheers,

Ernie