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clippable natives

     
     Jan
     
     a belated contribution to your question about other clippable plants - 
     a few 'clippable' Australian natives are:
     
     Westringia fruticosa: 
     
           (Coastal Rosemary)    similar to 'real' rosemary,                
                                 but with wonderful grey foliage
     
     Leptospermum sp:
     
           (Tea Trees)          most will clip well. An old beach house     
                                near me uses L. laevigatum as a hedge (grey 
                                foliage) which looks great.
     
     Grevillea sp:
     
                                all the dense growing species clip well -   
                                including G. rosmarinifolia, G. juniperina  
                                and G. lavandulacea
     
     Syzygium and Acmena sp:
     
          (Lilypilly)           eg S. australe and A. smithii
     
     
     Pittosporum undulatum
     
          (Sweet Pittosporum)   Makes a wonderful hedge - sensational 'stop 
                                in your tracks' scent - thick glossy        
                                foliage - attractive orange berries - and   
                                yes there is a catch - it has the potential 
                                to become a weed - it is native to forests  
                                in Gippsland as an understory plant, but on 
                                the Mornington Peninsula and in the         
                                Dandenong Ranges it has become a real pest  
                                displacing indigenous flora.
     
     Susan
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