Thanks for the pic latina.  Looks lovely.  Will checkout a couple of nurseries in the next week or 2.

I live in the nortn western suburbs of Sydney.  We get the 2 extremes of temperature, frost in winter and extreme heat in summer.   The garden in the back area that faces the same position (west) has a hot pink rose , geraniums and cannus lily which do well although the cannus lily does get some frost damage, but comes good.

The new garden is in the front and not a big area.  Just had some sandstone edging done and want the new garden to look nice against the house.

Leggy, if you want a quick flash of colour for the festive season, how about some yellow marigolds, multi coloured petunias and salvias.  

All of them will "tell" you when they need water.  

I "tip" the main stem as I plant them, so that they bush out quickly.  

DEB

Thanks for that lloydlights.   I will look for some of those also when I'm next at the nursery.  Wil post a pic when it's all done.

Those hollyhocks are amazing. Wish I could grow them here, but it is too hot.