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Gav1 starts with ... I wonder if anyone has any ideas for a striking, edible 'evergreen' garden to decorate the side of a fresh (not salt or chlorinated) pool? It's fairly sheltered and is East facing. 12 metres long and about 600 deep and wide. I'd like something to grow about 2m high with some small shrubs and ground cover. The roots need to be non-evasive. It also has to be something we can use in the kitchen - all very well having 6 bay trees but we would never use them ;) Some ideas I had were: Tree lemon myrtle (slow growing native, evergreen, full sun, red growth in summer, white blossoms) 2 – 5m high Bay tree – could be shaped Small (non fruiting?) olive perhaps (but afraid this will get too big) Shrubs Rosemary (upright, purple flowers) Lavender (purple or white flowers aren’t that attractive once they have died however) Jasmine Groundcover Lemon balm Sage – theres some varieties with big purple flowers Thyme | About the Author Gav1 FITZGIBBON 10th July 2017 1:53pm #UserID: 16490 Posts: 1 View All Gav1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Kath5 says... Those sound like good choices. A few things I have that should do well in your climate are: Loquat Dwarf Avocado Dwarf Citrus Sweet potato (good for smothering weeds, I eat the leaves as well as the tubers) A couple of other options that might work: Dwarf Mango Acerola Cherry Dragonfruit Passionfruit Vanilla Native Raspberry You could also get low chill dwarf stone fruits or apple/pear but they would drop leaves in the pool. | About the Author Kath5 GIRRAWHEEN,6064,WA 11th July 2017 2:11pm #UserID: 14327 Posts: 18 View All Kath5's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Pademelon1 says... Some more Ideas: Strawberries Feijoa Guavas Non-Dwarf, but smaller Citrus varieties like cumquats, calamondins, finger-limes etc. Davidson's Plum Dwarf Papaya It should also be noted that while some suggestions (loquat, lemon myrtle etc.) are great, they may require some upkeep to prevent them growing more than 2m. Regards, Pademelon1 | About the Author Pademelon1 PADDINGTON,2021,NSW 12th July 2017 10:10pm #UserID: 11938 Posts: 138 View All Pademelon1's Edible Fruit Trees |