One can add depth and appeal to garden design, by using an extensive palette of colours. This can be applied to all of the materials incorporated in creating a unique garden.

The first range of materials would be plants. You are not restricted to flowering plants in bringing colour into your garden. Many plants have varied foliage colours. Just look around you when you are outdoors. Try to count how many shades of green you can count, by merely looking at the leaves on the plants around you. Decorative grasses, such as mondo grass (ophiopogon japonicus), dwarf mondo grass (ophiopogon japonicus kyoto), and jaburan grass (ophiopogon jaburan vittatus) have beautiful green leaves. Black mondo grass (ophiopogon planiscapus nigrescens) is a dark purple-black colour and acorus gold grass shimmers like old gold. Agaves are grey-green in colour, while euphorbias are a darker green and four fingers range in colour from pale green to bright orange. Fire chief phormiums are a beautiful rusty red in colour and the leaves on a star jasmine are dark green.

Flowering plants add seasonal colour, such as the bright yellow or deep orange flowers on the day lily. Gorgeously dainty pink flowers adorn the gaura – butterfly plant – and who can resist the blood red of a rose?

You can also use pebbles, rocks, stepping stones, pots, sculptures and benches to add colour to your garden. The possibilities are truly endless! Our landscaping gurus will astound you with their inspired ideas.

Should you wish to have your very own Kingfisher garden, you can contact our office on (012) 460 7990 or send us an e-mail to edrich@badecbros.com and we will send one of our highly experienced and innovative landscaping designers out to create a unique garden design, tailored to your specific needs. You will also be provided with a free, no-obligation quotation. Our team of dedicated professionals has been designing and implementing exceptional and beautiful gardens in a professional manner for the past 12 years.

We can also provide the home owner with any exterior decorative feature. We pride ourselves in providing our clients with excellent, efficient and comprehensive service. We offer all the products and services associated with creating a peaceful, and aesthetically pleasing outdoor living space which will complement the style of your home and in which you can relax.

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