High Street Armadale: Advanced Trees for a Landmark Residence

Evergreen Trees Direct supplied advanced trees for the Pleysier Perkins-designed residence on High Street, Armadale, working with Myles Baldwin Landscaping. This project shows how mature trees turn a brand-new architectural build into a property that feels established the day it is finished.

Here is a look at the trees that anchor the landscape, why they were chosen, and how each one performs in this kind of refined urban garden.

Waterhousea floribunda: the boundary hedge

Waterhousea floribunda was used to create the boundary hedge that wraps the property. Dense weeping evergreen foliage, fine texture, and a refined architectural quality made it the natural choice for the project. The hedge gives privacy and softens the strong horizontal lines of the architecture without competing with them.

This is one of the most-specified Australian native hedges in high-end residential design. Fast growing, evergreen, and willing to be pruned to any height.

Peppercorn tree: the romantic anchor

Although Evergreen Trees Direct did not supply the Peppercorn (Schinus molle) on this project, it makes the bold visual statement that defines the landscape. The cascading fine foliage, deeply textured trunk and spreading sculptural form give the property the romantic gravity that finishes the design.

Peppercorn trees are the kind of feature that needs space to read properly. On a project of this scale, the result is striking.

Japanese Maple: the front feature

A Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) was planted at the front of the residence as a refined deciduous feature. The fine palmate leaves change through the seasons from soft green to brilliant red and orange in autumn, giving the entry a continuously evolving focal point.

Japanese Maple is the quietest feature tree with the loudest autumn statement. It works beautifully in front of a Waterhousea hedge, the deciduous detail set against the evergreen wall.

Collaboration and credits

The success of the High Street Armadale project comes from the collaboration between Pleysier Perkins (architecture), Sanders & King (interiors) and Myles Baldwin Landscaping (landscape design). Photography by Mitch Lyons. Featured in Est Living, The Design Files, Archello and The Local Project.

Final thoughts

What makes this project work is the discipline of the plant palette. A refined evergreen hedge, a strong romantic feature, and a deciduous front-garden detail. Three trees, three roles, one composed landscape. It is the kind of restraint that makes high-end residential gardens feel inevitable rather than designed.