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Bright red salvia will add punch to a hot garden. Heliotrpe could be used in a sensual garden appealing to the senses or in a moody blue/purple themed garden.
Annuals, including lisianthus, petunias, and pansies might also be
used in such a colour scheme. Including plants with blue-tinted fo-
liage such as dwarf blue spruce and blue hostas while further em- WHAT IF
phasize the colour theme.
If a colour theme does not appeal to you, then perhaps you will WE CHANGED
experiment with a themed garden room. Westman Reality Ltd.
A Mediterranean garden using reclaimed bricks and lots of herbs EVERYTHING?
and brightly coloured flowers such as nasturtiums and marigolds
might fit into a space in your landscape.
Want to try your hand at creating a xeriscape? Select an area of
your garden where you have difficulty growing things. Lay down Coming Soon… New Branding!
landscape fabric and cover it with attractive rock or mulch of some
kind. and that is only the beginning.
Then select a few specimen plants and some suitable objects
(these might be rocks or logs) and create your xeriscape. If the lo- As we continue on our quest to defy BIG BOLD AMBITIOUS MOVES AHEAD
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ity here. Have fun creating a theme garden this summer.
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