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TRANSFORMATION We love spending time in the outdoor spaces around our homes, whether it’s on a deck, veranda, balcony or patio. We want them to be a weekend or after-work haven, to relax and entertain in. It’s time to give your outdoor space an easy spring facelift by including a variety of leafy, edible or colourful potted plants. You won’t need a builder – just some gardening gloves!
Choose a plant theme for your transformation: TROPICAL RESORT STYLE
COLOURFUL FLOWERS
Leafy foliage plants and fragrant and vibrant flowers can bring back memories of your favourite tropical holiday destination. Lush palms, colourful bromeliads and cordylines, dwarf bougainvilleas, frangipanis, climbing mandevilla and clumping bamboo can all be grown in pots and positioned around outdoor areas. Place taller growing plants towards the back, smaller plants at the front, to create a layered effect that gives the impression of a larger space.
Create an inviting outdoor oasis by growing lots of beautiful potted flowers. Colourful petunias and calibrachoa, impatiens, marigolds, geraniums and daisies can bring quick and easy colour into outdoor areas. Perhaps go the extra insta-worthy mile and coordinate flower colours with table setting plates, drinkware and serviettes.
DELICIOUS EDIBLES If you love cooking on your BBQ and serving meals outdoors, then growing a range of potted vegies and herbs within easy reach will help add gourmet flair and taste to your menu. Grow graceful lemon grass and use the stems for basting or kebab skewers, fragrant sweet basil for mouth-watering bruschetta and loose leaf lettuces and cherry tomatoes for fresh and healthy salads. Convenient and delicious!
MEDITERRANEAN You may not be able to travel to Mediterranean countries at the moment, however you can bring a touch of Tuscany to your deck or outdoor space by growing pots of fragrant rosemary, olives, dwarf citrus, pretty purple lavender and bay trees.
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