Re: plant combo suggestions, please

**C* U* <c*@sbcglobal.net>**

Hostas would work shade-wise and its leaves would contrast with the  
little columbine leaves. I'd recommend 'Halcyon' because it doesn't  
get slug damage, keeps its bluish cast all summer long, and looks  
fresh well into fall whereas other hostas look bedraggled.  I'd  
suggest using just one hosta variety to give some order to the display.
Carolyn Ulrich

On Oct 17, 2008, at 2:22 PM, C.L. Fornari wrote:

>  Dear All,
> My dear husband loves Columbines, and I do not. I would appreciate  
> them more if they didn't look ratty and disfigured with Columbine  
> Leafminer from mid-July on, but there you have it. Last spring when  
> I was ordering seeds for the things I DO like, he asked me to order  
> Aquilegia. Since he pretty much defers to me when it comes to other  
> plant choices and garden design (and I'm annoyingly picky, I admit)  
> I went ahead and ordered them, hoping that they wouldn't germinate.  
> They did.  Every one.
>
> I now have two large areas of assorted Columbines and I want to  
> interplant these areas with something that won't overwhelm the  
> little suckers but at the same time might draw the eye from the  
> leafminer damage and generally look splendid later in the season.   
> Any suggestions?
>
> with thanks,
> C.L.
> C.L. Fornari
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