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RE: Texture in the Rose Garden

Thank-you for all the wonderful plant ideas to mix in with the roses.
Had to look many of the recommended plants and wondered to if others
on the list did too. Here is a good on-line Plant Encyclopedia that I
often use. 

http://cgi.pathfinder.com/cgi-bin/VG/vg

I couldn't find the "sea holly", what other name might it be called ?

Sincerely,       
Carleen Rosenlund of Rainier, Oregon -USDA-8
Sweetbriar - Keeper of Sheep & Old Roses
  
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> From: Robert Campbell <rbcamp@neptune.on.ca>
> To: rose-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: Texture in the Rose Garden
> Date: Tuesday, October 27, 1998 12:05 PM
> 
> I don't know about texture, but I like Bergenia cordifolia around
the edges
> of the rose beds.  The big glossy round leaves ( and they are low
growing so
> they don't obstruct the view) make a good contrast with the roses
and then
> in the fall they turn bright red.
> I am also quite fond of lavender near roses-the different leaf and
flower
> shapes make a good contrast and I like the pink roses set off
against the
> blue/purple lavender blooms.  Works well with white roses too, not
quite as
> well with other colours in my opinion.
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