costa's garden odyssey videos

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Costa's Garden Odyssey is a groundbreaking series that takes in the best of old and new approaches to gardening and life. Costa guides us down the organic, holistic, sustainable, water-wise, garden path to a slower, simpler, happier reality.

Costa is a landscape architect with an all-consuming passion for plants and people - he knows how to find the best in both of them, and takes great pleasure in bringing them together.

Costa's Garden Odyssey shows us how to tread lightly - embracing nature's cycles and seasons, investigating and championing our local ...

strappy leafed plants

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There is something wonderful about the visual impact of strappy leafed plants, from the smallest liriope to the regal cordylines. They compliment modern architectural design wonderfully.

Although not related, most strap leafed plants, whether low growing or tall, are tolerant of drier conditions. Once established they look after themselves.

Border plants include both mini and tall mondo grass. For added interest there is the variegated liriope that flowers in spring with violet spikes of flower held high above the foliage, or the more delicate stripey white mondo. ...