Episode: Three
Date: 18th April 2009
Story: Waterwise plants for Perth Gardens
Presenter: Neville Passmore

Being water efficient outside you home has never been more important. Neville investigates the best waterwise plants for Perth with ?Waterwise Plants for Perth Gardens? directory, hosted by our very own ?Water Corporation.? This directory will have every gardener flourishing beautiful plants with only one watering day a week or less during summer.

Water Corporation

• A Database is now available through the Water Corporation website to assists in choosing waterwise plants for Perth
• Great tool to use when designing gardens.
• Gardens by the sea represent a special case, due to poor soil and strong winds which create a microclimate that is destructive and difficult for most plants.
• Look for hard-leaf plants that can handle sand and wind. Often grey or silver leaf plants manage well as they can reflect the heat away.
• The Water Corporation has made it easier for you to make the right plant selections.
• Their website has a section called ?Waterwise Plants for Perth Gardens? and has a printable brochure which provides techniques for setting up beautiful gardens that won?t be a drain on water resources.
• There a number of channels on the database which will help you search for appropriate low water plants.
• You can search by botanical and common name listing and there is a glossary.
• It?s easy to navigate and find what you are looking for.
• Choosing waterwise plants for your garden has never been so easy.?

Featured Plants

• Sand Heaht Wattle
• Seaside Daisy
• Fan Flower
• Indian Hawthorn
• Tolden Vaiegated New Zealand Flax
• Purple New Zealand Flax
• Yucca Silver Edge
• Grass Tree Blackboy
• Canary Island Tree

'Waterwise Plants for Perth Gardens' directory

• This directory is based upon information provided by Western Australia's wholesale plant growers. The plants listed are those that, once established, will flourish on one watering day a week or less during summer.

Find the Guide

• Visit www.watercorporation.com.au
• Click on ?Being Waterwise? on the left hand home menu
• Continue to ?Outside Your Home?
• Click on ?Waterwise Plants For Perth?
• Continue to ?Waterise Plants For Perth Gardens
• Search for Waterwise Plants by
• Botanical Plants
• Flower Colours
• Flowering Season
• Garden Types
• Plant Size
• Growth Habits

Contact
Water Corporation
Waterwise Helpline

Ph: 13 10 39

Call this number for:

• Watering days and information
• Water saving tips
• Reporting a breach of water restrictions
• Waterwise brochures for the home and garden

CUSTOMER CORRESPONDENCE
Water Corporation
Locked Bag 2
Osborne Park Delivery Centre
WA 6916

Fax: 9423 7722

email: cust_centre@watercorporation.com.au

Head Office

629 Newcasttle Street
Leederville WA 6007
P: 08 9420 2420

website: www.watercorporation.com.au