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exotic and contemporary garden designs for the cooler climate
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Mediterranean Garden is formal and manicured. Stately palms
are planted with equal spacing. Spiky plants such as yuccas, cordylines,
agaves, aloes and phormiums are used lavishly in the company of other
trees and shrubs normally associated with the drier climate of the
Mediterranean such as olives, Italian cypress, eucalyptus, choisia
and pittosporums .
Colour is provided by the oleanders, hibiscus, agapanthus, lilacs and sun loving cistus to name but a few. Hedges of pittosporum are clipped to perfection, patios are decorated with groupings of terracotta pots. In spring the garden becomes a riot of colour led by trees like acacia which lights up the sky with its dazzling yellow mimosa blossom. Walls often painted white become a backdrop for sun loving climbers. Architectural plants though take pride of place - large palms such as butia and phoenix canariensis, the gigantic sword leaves of phormium tenax or the dangerously beautiful agaves.
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