Planting Suggestions

Colours can clash and flowers can be showy; shrubs and climbers can bear a profusion of small but fragrant flowers, most prominent in early evening.

Hot pinks, reds and purples

• geraniums
• fuchsias
• hibiscus

Silvery, evergreen hedges (keep well pruned)

• lavender
• pittosporum

Climbers and tall shrubs (plant against a white, sunny wall)

• bougainvillaea
• jasmine
• honeysuckle
• vines

Specimen and architectural plants

• sunflowers
• phormium and cordylines
• brugmansia (datura)
• agapanthus
• olive and citrus trees (container grown)

Herbs

• basil (grow - and eat - alongside tomatoes)
• thyme
• tarragon (the French variety)
• oregano or marjoram