Re: Color emphases on Perennial border design
Dowdeswell wrote:
>
> >
> > 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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yes I'd try some if you have any. Sounds wonderful.
Mark Mos
POBox 576
Wainscott NY 11975
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