Re: Quick-growing perennials fillers

Dear Joe,
 
I can't believe there is a list you don't have - just kidding.
 
I have used Achillea millefolium 'Cerise Queen', Artemesia 'Powis Castle', Artemisia stelleriana or Dusty Miller, Buddleia dward or regular size, Coreopsis grandiflora or Limerock, Cosmos atrosanguineus, day lilies, Dianthus barbatus or Sweet William, Echinacea, Erigeron karvinskianus - Santa Barbara Daisy, Gaillardia, Hardy Geraniums, bearded iris, Lantana, lilies, Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' and other grasses, Penstemon - many varieties, Phlox - tall garden varieties and creeping varieties, Rudbeckia hirta 'Indian Summer', Salvia greggii 'Desert Blaze', Salvia x sylvestris 'May Knight', and Saponaria.
 
Also some of the herbs are fast growing such as Salvia sclarea (I use Clary Sage for its large foliage) and many shrubs such as Ceratostigma plumbaginoides can be used in a perennial bed while they are small to fill in and then transplanted out the next year or left in.
 
I have also filled in with annuals till perennials are larger the second year such as sunflowers, cosmos, marigolds, petunias and zinnias.
 
Many times I have put in perennial beds in the early fall with amended soil and the next spring they really take off to fuller size than when I planted them in the spring.  Hope this helps.
 
Linda Starr
Springville Gardens
Lavender & Flower Farm 
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