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Shape & form The shape of garden spaces (linear, geometric or curved & flowing) affect ones’ movement through space & apprehension of it. The shape of garden elements, structures (paths, boundaries, garden beds) and plants, smooth or abrupt edges, minimal or curlicued, all these can be played with. Texture Plants with interesting textures include: Rough & smooth barked barked Eucalyptus Lagerstroemia indica Gordonia axillaris Melaleuca Succulents Plants with interesting seed heads, pods, fruit Casuarina Banksia serrata Banksia robur Stachys lanata Callistemon Pelargonium Mosses Taste There are many edible ornamental plants. Some obvious examples are vegetable, fruit & herbs. These plants are highly decorative as well as productive. Edible plants are rewarding to grow because they do not require too much care And they are very decorative. Examples are Beetroot Lettuces Rhubarb Shallots Silverbeat Syzygium Aromatic Plants Flowers are not the only sources of garden scents. Many plants have aromatic foliage, culinary herbs being just one example. Examples of plants with fragrant flowers and/or foliage are given below: Herbs for scent Thymus Majorum Mentha Nasturtium Lavandula Cultivate Fact Sheet 7: Sensory Gardens Aileen Westbrook © 25 February 2007 Page 2 of 8
Rosmarinus Trees and shrubs for scent Backhousia citriodora (lemon-scented leaves) Darwinia citiodora (lemon-scented leaves) Eriostemon myoporoides Eucalyptus species e.g. E. citriodora Gardenia sp. Helioptrope arborescens Leptospermum petersonii (lemon-scented leaves) Murraya paniculata (fragrant flowers) Pelargonium (many with scented foliage) Plumeria rubra (fragrant flowers) Prostanthera sp. Thryptomeme saxicola Tulbaghia Viola odorata Plants with Movement Grasses Pennisetum alopecuroides (soft plumes like foxtails) Poa labilliardieri Isolepis nodosa Stipa Themeda australis (Kangaroo Grass) Perennials (tall, wispy varieties): Cosmos (especially chocolate scented Cosmos atrosanguineus) Salvia patens, S. uliginosa, many others Interesting Climbers Akebia quinata (chocolate scented flowers) Trachelospermum jasminoides (scented) Hoya carnosa (waxy pretty flowers) Fauna attracting plants Butterfly attracting plants include Austrodanthonia (Wallaby Grass) Chrysocephalum (Helichrysum) Lomandra Pimelea (Rice Flower) Poa Stylidium graminifolium (Trigger Plant) Themeda australis (Kangaroo Grass) Xanthorrhoea Cultivate Fact Sheet 7: Sensory Gardens Aileen Westbrook © 25 February 2007 Page 3 of 8
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Shape & form<br />
The shape of garden spaces (linear, geometric or curved & flowing) affect ones’ movement<br />
through space & apprehension of it. The shape of garden elements, structures (paths,<br />
boundaries, garden beds) and plants, smooth or abrupt edges, minimal or curlicued, all<br />
these can be played with.<br />
Texture<br />
Plants with interesting textures include:<br />
Rough & smooth barked barked Eucalyptus<br />
Lagerstroemia indica<br />
Gordonia axillaris<br />
Melaleuca<br />
Succulents<br />
Plants with interesting seed heads, pods, fruit<br />
Casuarina<br />
Banksia serrata<br />
Banksia robur<br />
Stachys lanata<br />
Callistemon<br />
Pelargonium<br />
Mosses<br />
Taste<br />
There are many edible ornamental plants. Some obvious examples are vegetable, fruit &<br />
herbs. These plants are highly decorative as well as productive.<br />
Edible plants are rewarding to grow because they do not require too much care<br />
And they are very decorative. Examples are<br />
Beetroot<br />
Lettuces<br />
Rhubarb<br />
Shallots<br />
Silverbeat<br />
Syzygium<br />
Aromatic Plants<br />
Flowers are not the only sources of garden scents. Many plants have aromatic foliage,<br />
culinary herbs being just one example. Examples of plants with fragrant flowers and/or<br />
foliage are given below:<br />
Herbs for scent<br />
Thymus<br />
Majorum<br />
Mentha<br />
Nasturtium<br />
Lavandula<br />
<strong>Cultivate</strong> <strong>Fact</strong> <strong>Sheet</strong> 7: Sensory Gardens<br />
Aileen Westbrook © 25 February 2007<br />
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