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Greys, blues, purple, dusty pinks, red. Flower and foliage interest year round. Grey building. Foliage and flower colour to link to building, creating.

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1 Greys, blues, purple, dusty pinks, red. Flower and foliage interest year round. Grey building. Foliage and flower colour to link to building, creating an ephemeral, delicate, misty garden.

2 Groundcovers / Low shrubs Rhodanthe anthemoides ‘Sunray Snow’ Chamomile Daisy A stunning selection with Chamomile- scented, blue-grey foliage, pointy, decorative, deep pink buds and masses of white with yellow centered flowers over spring and summer. Butterfly-attracting. Grevillea nudiflora Spectacular low, mounding, groundcover with dense habit, fine foliage, long tendril-like stems and brilliant red flowers on tips of foliage Will drape spectacularly on an embankment. Spectacular bird and people magnate! Grevillea lanigera prostrate Mt Tamboritha & fine leaf forms Hardy groundcover with soft, blue=grey foliage. Flower buds look like blackberries and open up to pink and cream flowers. Bird magnets. Brachyscome multifida ‘ Break O Day ’ A very dark flower purple blue form of Cut Leaf Daisy. Mix with white rhodanthe for a massed wildflower effect.

3 Decroative Tussocks Lomandra longifolia ‘Nyalla’ A hardy showy tussock that looks like a grass tree. Grey foliage and yellow, butterfly-attracting flowers. Orthrosanthus multiflorus Bright green foliage, neat habit and masses of soft blue flowers over summer.

4 Small shrubs Correa ‘Catie Bec’ A stunning small shrub 1 m x 1 m. Flowers autumn, winter and early spring. Bold, rounded decorative foliage. Hardy. (See them in flower near the ramp at Anderson Street. A knock-out)!!! Derwentia perfoliata Diggers Speedwell A lovely lovely clumping plant with bold, grey green foliage and masses of blue flowers in spring and through summer. Foliage looks like ‘floral display eucalypt foliage’. Very hardy. Rare in mountains behind Warburton. Grevillea ‘Pinkie Petite’ A low, mounding groundcover 20cm x 1- 1.5m with silvery foliage and masses of pale pink flowers autumn to spring. Grevillea ‘Winter Delight’ Low growing to 30cm high x 1-1.5 metres wide. Beautiful dark grey foliage and masses of deep pink red flowers. Bird attracting. Correa ‘Isabell’ Tough but petite little correa with small glossy leaves and a neat habit. 75cm x 1 m. A bird magnate.

5 Derwentia perfoliata Diggers Speedwell A lovely lovely clumping plant with bold, grey green foliage and masses of blue flowers in spring and through summer. Foliage looks like ‘floral display eucalypt foliage’. Very hardy. Rare in mountains behind Warburton. Alyogyne huegelii ‘dwarf Blue Heeler’ Low, compact shrub with masses of purple flowers over a long period. Low shrubs

6 Bush garden /wildflower garden Austromyrtus dulcis Midyum A hardy spreading, low shrub with bronze new growth, masses of white flowers & speckled, tasty fruits. Tasmannia lanceolata Mountain Pepper An open shrub with red stems. Glossy foliage is attractive and can be used in cooking – but be warned – it is very hot! Berries can be used in cooking as an Aussie substitute for pepper corns. Occurs nearby in mountains.. Prostanthera rotundifolia Purple Mint Bush A shrub with scented, minty foliage and masses of purple flowers. Foliage of this plant can be used in cooking...

7 Scented foliage, scented flowers Darwinia citriodora Lemon Myrtle A small, neat shrub with waxy green foliage, bronze new growth and orange flowers. Bubble-gum scented foliage. 1 metre x 1 metre.. Prostanthera rotundifolia Purple Mint Bush A shrub with scented, minty foliage and masses of purple flowers. Foliage of this plant can be used in cooking... Boronia ‘Purple Jared’ A hybrid between the heavenly scented Brown Boronia Boronia megastigma and the hardy Red Boronia Boronia heterophylla. Heavenly foliage scent, purple flowers and aromatic foliage. Narrow habit to 1-1.5 metres high.


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