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"FlowerGirl" wrote:

ON my *want it* list a
Eucalyptus "Summer Glory"
Some more kangaroo paws
another Banksia (not sure which one I want yet ... I have "birthday candles"
in on the top of one of the retaining walls so might get a few more of those
to dot through the front garden. ... but I also want an upright form as
well).

Perhaps another form of Banksia spinulosa, then?

A Waratah ... when I get some feedback on the best one for my area (none of
the new ones around here yet).
More herbs to replace those dying in the herb garden. Even the mint is
doing it tough under the current water restrictions.

Instead I've been removing the revolting mock orange and bauhinia trees from
the side garden.

LOL, which mock orange are they? Murraya paniculata, with the cloying scent?
But I rather like bauhinias; just not enough to plant one.

Actually, we were looking at photos from when we moved in and consoling
ourselves that while the garden isn't quite how we want it, it is just *so*
much better than when we moved in 5 years ago ... no more snake weed or
dutchman's pipe, several bauhinias, mock oranges and frangipannis down,
'Neville' the concrete cherub / bird bath was destroyed with glee and a
newer, more subtle bird bath installed, many lovely native plants added to

LOL -- any pictures of Neville around?

make a *garden* (as opposed to the ADD planting style / weed farm of the
previous owner, and two of the three retaining walls transformed from grey
besser brick to terracotta render. The "to do list" still seems long, but
the garden is no longer an eyesore.

Mine will take another 30 years or so... :-)

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
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"Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may
start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled."
Kerry Cue