The current trend in gardening is to
create a very formal structured look with neatly trimmed hedges planted in a series of
layers with a low border at the front, a medium border in the middle and a taller hedge or
screen at the back of the garden. These plantings are often interspersed with standard
 topiary or white
standard roses and although this style of gardening is really a re birth of a classic and
traditional garden style, that is likely to stay with us for many years to come, there is
a new almost underground style emerging, a style that is structured and classical yet at
the same time towards a looser, freer, lusher, greener look particularly one that includes
bright colours, creating a garden with a tropical feeling.
Just as BoxOz� Lonicera and English Box are
the plants that form the substance of today’s formal structured garden Bongo
Borders� Liriope Liriope gigantea (Giant Liriope) can form the basis of a
tropical look garden. Bongo Borders� Liriope grows to 90 cm tall growing like a giant
Mondo Grass with deep green strapped foliage, they form a clean, even tidy border without
being formal. Bongo Borders� Liriope grow in sun or shade in almost
 any soil. They look
great as a border or underplanting with birds of paradise, canna lily, palms, cycads and
glossy leaved topiary such as lilly pilly or ficus. Bongo Borders� Liriope fill out
quickly to make a thick clump, they don’t ever grow taller than 90cm, so your never
have to trim them. Keep them green with regular doses of Devotion™ Time Release Fertiliser.
Chris and Marie’s Plant Farms have thick bushy 4” pots of Bongo Borders�
Liriope 5” tall in trays of 20 for $79.50. When planting a Bongo Borders� Liriope
plant 3 plants per metre or if your filling a whole bed with Bongo Borders� Liriope plant
4 plants per m2.
When planting a
Bongo Borders� Liriope plant 3 plants per metre or if your filling a whole bed with Bongo
Borders� Liriope plant 4 plants per m2. |
