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Jan 4, 2015 4:44 AM CST
Name: Patti
Australian Alps (Zone 8a)
I will never act my age.
Region: Australia Cactus and Succulents Keeps Horses Sedums Sempervivums Vegetable Grower
Garden Ideas: Level 1
Eviesmummy grubs UGH! We get migrations of big grey orange-spotted ones up the gum trees in autumn. Nasty things. Not sure what I'm going to do with the driveway yet. I may be biting off more than I can chew. We have a big entry to the farm, it's like a highway so it may need a sprinkler system, and more complicated things and I don't know if I want to deal with all that.

Thank you for the welcome Greg! Big Grin You will see in the pics below where I want to put the semsps. I have put the tectorums in there and they seem to want more sun. Not growing as actively as the ones on the northwest (the spill) part of the rockery. I have another area on the north east part of the house I will put more. That's where the drystone wall is.

Here are some pics of my rockery. Soon to be semper-succulent garden.

This is the west facing part of the rockery. The big yellow flowered succulent in the front I haven't identified but it is thriving. It gets SUPER hot.
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This is the other side (east facing) under the blue tree after blooming where I want to put the semps. It only gets morning sun.
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Further down all of this will be dug out. It is pretty exposed here so I think it will be mostly sedum.
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And the new bed I just cleared. West facing, gets shade in the morning and early afternoon, then it cooks. This is where I encountered the baby snake! The bed at the top with the irises was a place will be cleared over winter
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Thinking of creating a new bed here on the northeast side of the house.
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And the view from my front yard, facing due west (that's bushfire smoke).
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