This is the top bed of the front garden. It contains six citrus trees; lime, lemon, orange, mandarin, and two cumquat (one variegated).
Previously, the trees were in pots around the back of the house until I got fed up of nursing the trees during the hot Western Australia summer.
Having the trees in the ground is much easier. The lime tree is doing well, but the other trees have yet to prove that they can produce. Although, given that most people I know have a lemon tree, perhaps I can get a different tree to the lemon if it does not work out.
The citrus trees are underplanted with self-sown Tansy and Garlic Chives.
I have also planted Marjoram along the front path, and Mullein has self sown near the grapefruit tree.
There is also an Australian native creeper that I purchased from the Friends of Kings Park that is growing on the wall shared with our neighbour.
Plantings
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Sweet Potato
Transplanted on 25 Oct 09 I think it is Sweet Potato, but it could be som...
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Valerian
Valeriana officinalis
Established on 05 Jul 09 Planted between the lime tree and the limestone...
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Leeks
Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum
Transplanted on 05 Jul 09 36 leek seedlings in replace of a grapefruit tr...
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Borage
Borago officinalis
Planting Out on 27 May 08 I like the flowers. The pot contained two e...
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Lavender Bunny
Lavandula angustifolia
Transplanted on 30 Mar 08 These lavender plants just appeared on the fron...
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Rosemary Bear
Rosmarinus officinalis
Planting Out on 30 Mar 08 I need to propagate more rosemary, as we appear...
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Climber
Chorizema diversifolium
Sown on 23 May 07 The tag that came with the plant was Chorizema ...
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Marjoram
Origanum majorana
This one is very sweet, and grows very easily f...
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Lemon 'Meyer'
Citrus x meyeri
This was transplanted from a pot.
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Lime
Citrus latifolia
This was transplanted from a pot.
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Mandarin
Citrus reticulata
This was transplanted from a pot.
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Orange
Citrus sinensis
This was transplanted from a pot.
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Cumquat 'Varigated'
Citrus japonica
This was transplanted from a pot. Although it f...
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Cumquat
Citrus japonica
This was transplanted from a pot.
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Tansy
Tanacetum vulgare
This has self-sown, and if I let it would be a ...
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Ivy Geranium
Pelargonium peltatum
I was given 15 hanging baskets of ivy geraniums...
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Geranium
Geranium
This is the mother plant of many of the geraniu...
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Geranium
Geranium
Pink geranium that I am attempting to grow else...
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Trailing Succulent
Sedum
Flowers start as purple buds and turn into insi...
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Mullein
Verbascum thapsus
These seedlings have grown where they fell from...
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Comments
cricketk wrote:
This is a gorgeous garden – how much space do you have in total?
Posted on 11 Nov 07 (over 2 years ago)
jacqueline wrote:
I’ll have to measure it Cricketk. I’m not very good at estimating or quantity surveying. But I can tell you it is a very big area with only enough room to squeeze through the trees.
Posted on 03 Dec 07 (about 1 years ago)