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Stellyose Posts: 1 |
advice on plants for large courtyard pots Posted 794 days ago I have some large (50cm diameter, 80cm deep) pots to put in a sydney suburban courtyard that gets a lot of sun. It is a courtyard with dark brown floor tiles that get quite hot and the walls are off white, there is a pool in the centre of the courtyard which combined with the walls creates lots of glare. |
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madaboutplantz Posts: 5 |
RE: advice on plants for large courtyard pots Posted 791 days ago Golden cane palms are always a hardy lush pot palm. Or a red neck palm. I know you don't want too many leaves dropping but frangipani's are so pretty and tropical looking, plus they don't require much water and can definitely take the heat. Also dracaenas do well in pots and look very stylish. |
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Maril00 Posts: 39 |
RE: advice on plants for large courtyard pots Posted 787 days ago I agree with madaboutplantz about the dracaenas. My fully enclosed courtyard is an absolute heat trap in summer, too hot to enjoy. But it looks very soothing through the window. I have a fish pond surrounded by crotons, dracaenas, cacti, chilean jasmin (this drops flowers), pothos and spider plants, all going mad in there.Some are in pots, others in a raised garden around the pond. You can't go wrong with dracaenas and if you want a really gorgeous display how about dracaena Red Fountain? Although you said you wanted greenery, and thats a lovely strappy chocolate-red leaf. The Butterfly bush (its a strappy green plant with pretty blue butterfly-like flowers that are flowering now) will work too. And that pot will be ok. |
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Maril00 Posts: 39 |
RE: advice on plants for large courtyard pots Posted 787 days ago ummmmm... anyone spot the 'deliberate mistake'? Red fountain is of course a cordyline... sorry. But I still think they are stunning in a pot. |
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dragonace Posts: 200 |
RE: advice on plants for large courtyard pots Posted 783 days ago cordyline's look nice. either the tall bushy one or the smaller shrub with a pink stripe on the leave would look nice. |
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suanne Posts: 19 |
RE: advice on plants for large courtyard pots Posted 773 days ago i would get a sugar gum for the first pot. these gums are much smaller than the ones you would see in the bush. this will create some shade then under the tree plant some big and shallow pots of lobelia. for colour, roses love the heat as does lavender, neither need a lot of water.it's a case of layering the garden so it creates a shady area .as the sugar gum grows you could plant some tree ferns under it and lots of those little coloured cactus type plants which multiply. hope this helps....suanne |
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