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"FlowerGirl" wrote:

The spot is underneath our front steps.

The plant needs to be a native (preferably although other options will be
considered).

It must not grow more than ~1m tall, smaller preferably, or perhaps be grown
in a hanging basket

Soil is well-drained and plant must be able to survive on minimal water.

It will be in full sun most of the day (not early morning).

I'm thinking some sort of paper daisy ground cover. Maybe kangaroo paw. DH
wants to put cactus there (but I hate cactus).
There is a jasmine plant there but I'm not that fond of it.

Can't make up my mind.

Hmmm, that gives you a VAST range of possibilities. Tell us the *ideal*
height. How large is the bed? What kind of foliage do you want? Fine?
Large? Strappy? What about foliage: blue-green, grey-green, yelow-green,
dark, silvery? Flower colour? What time of year would you like to see it in
flower?

Just off-hand, look at the new native frangipani cultivar (Hymenosporum flavum
something) -- 1m, yellow-green foliage, not as open as the original plnt, and
yellow flowers. There would be emu bushes (Eremophila spp) aplenty to fit
your requirements, or what about good old Melaleuca thymifolia, with flowers
that look like fairy floss? There is a small Baeckia virgata which would fit,
except they don't call it a Baeckia any more (tiny dark green leaves thatfeel
beautifully soft, and little scented white flowers in spring). Flannel
flowers could do well too. I end to go for local species if I can, so that
might also narrow things down.

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Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
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