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Your suggestions please for my shady front garden

16 years ago

Hi,

Firstly, my thumbs are not green, so I need your assistance. I live in Perth, Western Australia and I am on the hunt for some native border plants for my front garden which faces south, and gets only a little sun. I would like some thing colourful, but not nessarily with flowers.

Can you help?

Samantha

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madisonkathy
16 years ago
Samantha, you might want to check over at the Native Australian Plant forum here on Garden Web. I'm afraid few of us here know much about plants in your part of the globe.
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