Nillumbik Waterwise Gardens

Diamond Creek Living & Learning Centre

The picture to the right shows how the garden looked before the work was carried out.

Soil - Clay overlaying shale, topsoil has been added in the past adding some sand.

Soil improvement - soil wetting agent, Blood & Bone, Australian Native Landscape 'Droughtmaster' (50mm thick), Tree Lopper's Mulch (100mm thick)

Site preparation - Remove existing Correas with virus, remove several leggy correas and prune remaining ones into serpentine shape.

Planted - 25 March 2007.

Garden Plan

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Before Planting

After Planting

Plants Used

Acacia implexa (Lightwood)

Viminaria juncea (Golden Spray)

Brachyscome multifida (Cut-leaf Daisy)

Chrysocephalum apiculatum (Common Everlasting)

Correa reflexa (Common Correa)

Dianella revoluta (Black-anther Flax-lily)

Grevillea lanigera 'Prostrate' (Woolly Grevillea)

Leptospermum continentale (Prickly Tea-tree)

Lomandra longifolia (Spiny-headed Mat-rush)

Pultenaea daphnoides (Large-leaf Bush-pea)

Pultenaea pedunculata (Matted Bush-pea)

Sedum telephium 'Autumn Joy'

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