Re: Summer color for shade,and other challenges

You don't say if you are wanting no water or not, but Mexican Lobelia would do, or with more water, things like Francoa, Salvias such as Mystic Spires, Wendy's Wish, chiapensis, Acanthus mollis are all good in bright shade and long season of bloom. Foliage accents might include Helleborus argutifolius or Helichrysum petiolare Limelight.

On Mon Jul 4th, 2011 11:57 PM PDT Francisco Javier de la Mota wrote:

>Hi Ben.
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>Agapanthus, both in blue and white, might be a good choice under the olives. Here in the Madrid area they are about to bloom.
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>Fran
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>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Ben Armentrout-Wiswall 
>  To: medit plants forum 
>  Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 7:12 AM
>  Subject: Summer color for shade,and other challenges
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>  Hi All,
>  I have a woodsy corner of the garden beneath olives, and was wondering if there are any good flowers for summer color. 
>  I have a dwarf pomegranate right next to the patio that creates a splash of vermilion,and a clump of red Heuchera 'Santa Ana Cardinal' on another side of the patio, but for the middle ground and background I'm looking for cooler colors.
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>   Are there any gentians that do well in southern California?  Maybe a purple penstemon that prefers part shade?
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>  Also, I have several large Hardenbergia violacea vines trained on a masonry wall in full sun.  They back a border of roses, euphorbias, lavenders and statice, all of which are doing fine.  This spring, however, I lost about 1/4th of the hardenbergia, and another quarter looks half tan, half green.  Everything else in the border looks terrific.  Any ideas?
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>  Thanks, 
>  Ben Armentrout-Wiswall
>  Simi Valley, CA
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