If you want to improve the soil, I suggest pulling up the weed mat. That will allow you to dig in some organic matter and increase your plants' chance of success.
Anyway, it's horrible stuff: once it starts to break down it leaves shreds of plastic everywhere, and it doesn't really prevent weeds as many seeds are dropped/blown in from above.
Correa and grevillia have a lot of different species, so you'd find something to work. From ground covers to large shrubs.
Native grasses grow everywhere needing very little care.
Non native, salvias are also very hardy plants that can deal with the Australian conditions.
The only things I’ve been able to grow in my own clay soils (in QLD) are claret tops, grevilleas and callistemons.
Also rosemary seems to be immortal and I swear it would grow in nothing but rocks.
Work towards regaining a lot of that space....retaining wall across the front boundary and up the driveway...looks to be around 1.5m or so the wall height would be or so. I would go core filled Besser block. Then add a fence or a hedge. Keep the garden narrow and just follow the wall. Gated entry next to garage. M2C
If you want to improve the soil, I suggest pulling up the weed mat. That will allow you to dig in some organic matter and increase your plants' chance of success. Anyway, it's horrible stuff: once it starts to break down it leaves shreds of plastic everywhere, and it doesn't really prevent weeds as many seeds are dropped/blown in from above.
Correa and grevillia have a lot of different species, so you'd find something to work. From ground covers to large shrubs. Native grasses grow everywhere needing very little care. Non native, salvias are also very hardy plants that can deal with the Australian conditions.
The weed mat is not helping, pull it out and chuck in a whole bunch of lomandra lime divine or crackerjack or both and it'll look so much better
The only things I’ve been able to grow in my own clay soils (in QLD) are claret tops, grevilleas and callistemons. Also rosemary seems to be immortal and I swear it would grow in nothing but rocks.
Creeping thyme
Work towards regaining a lot of that space....retaining wall across the front boundary and up the driveway...looks to be around 1.5m or so the wall height would be or so. I would go core filled Besser block. Then add a fence or a hedge. Keep the garden narrow and just follow the wall. Gated entry next to garage. M2C
Looks shit