Australian House & Garden

Frond Embrace

Poolside pleasures abound at the rear of the property, thanks to a planter box filled with bird of paradise (Strelitzia nicolai) underplanted with Lomandra longifolia ‘Tanika’ and blue rock bindweed (Convolvulus mauritanicus). The rockery includes tractor seat plant (Ligularia dentata reniformis), variegated star jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides ‘Tricolour’), clipped Japanese box (Buxus microphylla var. japonica), dwarf Swiss cheese plant (Monstera deliciosa ‘Tauerii’), Gymea lily (Doryanthes excelsa), existing cycads and curly palm (Howea belmoreana). Glass mosaic pool tiles, Ezarri.

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