Re: Plants for **below** a Salvia clevelandii?

What about a compact lavender? Hidcote or munstead.  Or, if it is in on the
edge a bank, L. stoechas?

Rebecca Lance

>I was helping a customer today who has this problem: she has a hillside
>across from some picture windows in her house which is planted with several
>Salvia clevelandii that she says "show too many bottom branches" for her
>liking.  She loves the Salvia flowers and doesn't want to take it out, so she
>was looking for solutions to "hide" or screen those lower branches.  Ok
>Medit-folks, anyone have some clever suggestions for what to plant in front
>of these?  She does have a few requirements -- the plants must have showy
>flowers (can be any color), be fairly low maintenance, must take extreme
>summer heat (Contra Costa Co., CA) and must not die back or look ugly at any
>time......whew.  The area is on a drip, so the plants should require a
>similar water as the Salvia.  I look forward to any input and thank you very
>much in advance!
>
>C. Carter
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