Re: Color emphases on Perennial border design

> 
> I use silvery lambs ear (stachys?) and Artemesia "powis castle" in
> various places as spacers also.
> 

Here in New Zealand there is a plant "haloragis" (bronze form) 
native to NZ which almost no one uses (because it looks nothing in a 
pot in the garden centre). This plant is a wonderful foliage filler 
and offers a beautiful bronze toning which blends in very well with 
other foliage such as "powis castle" and is an excellent foil for 
pink flowers. We use it to show off pink delphiniums.

Haloragis is easy to propagate by both seed and cuttings. I am not 
sure of it's hardiness but if anyone wants to give it a try I will 
swap them some seed. I am told it will stand at least a little frost 
and know that cuttings taken in the fall would root quickly and 
survive inside over the winter. This plant has bronze foliage in the 
sun, green in the shade. It forms an unruly mound (about 1m2 in a 
year) but trims well and will hold it's trimmed shape for a couple of 
months. It roots where it touches the ground and fallen seed 
germinate in the spring.

Anyone want to try some?

I will collect a little seed and have it ready over the next few 
weeks

Terry Dowdeswell
18 Henderson Ave
Tuakau, New Zealand
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Terry@delphinium.co.nz
http://www.delphinium.co.nz
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