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Planting suggestions, please
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Posted by CrazyLady Norfolk (My Page) on Mon, Sep 5, 05 at 14:53
| I've been assessing some of the plants I've grown from seed, and have decided I don't want some of them - Agastache scrophulariifolia, Sanguisorbe obtusa, and Scabiosa drakensbergensis. They're all tall, which is good, but they're not quite right. I'm looking for something denser, perennial, preferably blue or purple - or cream. I currently have a Colutea x media with a self-sown tall royal blue Aquilegia entangled with it, which I rather liked, with Hesperis matronalis in front. There are Passiflora caerulea and Eccremocarpus scaber on the fence behind, as the colour scheme is supposed to be mainly deep blue, orange, and white.
It's a sunny spot, and I have a Hedychium gardnerianum there doing well with no protection.
What am I looking for? |
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RE: Planting suggestions, please
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You seem to be talking Spring, here, CrazyLady. In which case delphiniums might be an option, if you want proper blue, but I can't remember if they overlap with aquilegias.
Otherwise how about monkshood, or various blue salvias, for flowering around now. |
RE: Planting suggestions, please
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| How tall do you need? Some of the big mounding Geraniums might work, they can give you a solid 2'-3' tall lump. |
RE: Planting suggestions, please
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- Posted by pjc04 UK SE England (My Page) on
Tue, Sep 6, 05 at 17:38
| Another couple of suggestions - blue/purple bicolour lupins; one of the campanulas - either glomerata superba - can be cut back to produce a second flush, or lactiflora "Pritchards Variety" which I believe has a long flowering season. There are some beautiful blue or purple irises; or how about camassias, if you have a damp soil, or catanache if you have a dryish soil like me. For cream/white, how about Verbascum chaixii album, or gaura, one of my favourites. |
RE: Planting suggestions, please
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| Thanks for all those suggestions - I DO like Salvias, Geraniums, Campanulas, Lupins and Irises. I have a tall Campanula in the back garden that's in the wrong place, so I think I'll move that to the front, for a start. Salvias is probably the best solution, as it is rather dry (especially as I don't do much watering!) and they seem to be able to manage well on their own. |
RE: Planting suggestions, please
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| there are some beautiful african daisies such as arctotis, ursinia, dimorpotheca, gazania and gaillardia - all easy from seed and look fabulous as ground cover, often in lovely peachy, creamy shades. Go for orange. Oh yeah, don't forget dahlias - i have a fabulous orange cactus type that is just luminous |
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| Hi Crazy Lady Some of my favourite tall perennials are Aconitum carmichaelii, early to grow but late to flower and looking good right through - flowering beautifully now in blue - Eupatorium maculatum, fab for butterflies and Sanguisorba canadensis, also flowering well now. How does Scabiosa perform? Is it sturdy, or does it need a forest of stakes as many tall plants do in this wet and windy garden? Maurice. |
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