Shady Ladies

First of all I would like to thank all of you who gave me some suggestions on what I should plant in my backyard the other day. Your suggestions were very much appreciated and helpful in my decision on choosing the right plants.

I've decided to plant these waratahs which belong to the proteaceae family, a native Australian plant. They will grow to 3 meters tall and 1.5 meter wide thus giving some kind of screening from the neighbours behind us.

The scientific name is Telopea speciosissima x oreades but the common name for it is Shady Lady. There's 3 colours to choose from, pink, red and crimson and I bought 1 pink, 2 red and 2 crimson coz I needed 5 to fill up the whole back fence. They have big showy flowers when they bloom and the flower buds are ready to open soon!

I had to plant them out equally spaced along the back fence so I used a measuring tape to equally measured up the distance between each plants and marked the ground with plastic tubs.

Then one by one I dug a hole just wide and deep enough to accommodate the root ball and then back filled with soil. Don't plant too deep or you'll smothered them!

Here's a tip, make a mound of dirt surrounding each plant so that when you water it the water will gathered inside the mound and seep into the ground where the plant's roots will be for a more efficient watering.

Remember the bearded iris I propagated before? Well I though I plant them in between the waratahs making use of the empty spaces between them before they grow big. I'm hoping when spring comes everyone will be thriving fast and blooming.

See how some of the bearded iris are already started growing their leaves. Both these plants are very hardy and will do well in dry condition so hopefully they will be maintenance free once established in a couple of years. And that concludes my little project, thank you for reading.