Re: plant combo suggestions, please

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On Oct 17, 2008, at 5:05 PM, Sandie Parrott wrote:

> What about Heuchera (Coral Bells)? They will take sun to mostly  
> shade, most
> soils and the newest cultivars have lovely leaf colors. Obviously  
> stick to
> the smaller varieties and maybe one color to draw the eye without
> overwhelming the other plants.
>
> Sandie Parrott
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "C.L. Fornari" <clfornari@mail.com>
> To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum"
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> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 3:22 PM
> Subject: [GWL] plant combo suggestions, please
>
>
>> 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
>> www.gardenlady.com
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