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Summer planting
Contrary to popular opinion, summer planting is fine as long as adequate water is provided throughout any prolonged dry periods. This allows you to take advantage of increased summer growth.
Libertia peregrinans
Height: 0.25m;  Spread: 0.4m
Lily & Iris-like
A rhizome spreading plant that is now quite rare in the wild. It grows in open, poorly draining ground under scrub or on coastal dunes and cliffs.
» Click here for our Libertia article published in the Titirangi Tatler, November 2010...
» For a landscaping perspective on Libertia peregrinans see this article by O2 Landscapes...
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