Re: Companions for daylilies

lowery@teamzeon.com wrote:
> 
> Valerie Lowery@ZEON
> 01/26/99 04:25 PM
> 
> We have a patch of Stella de Oro daylilies at our entrance to our building
> here at work.  Six months out of the year they look crappy (especially in
> the winter).  We are looking for something we can grow in the daylily bed
> that will look good in early spring and throughout the winter.  This bed is
> raised, has irrigation, and is sheltered.  It has enough sun for the
> daylilies to bloom all summer.  We have a row of evergreens in the
> background.  Our building is a metallic silver -- very modern looking.  We
> don't want a cottage garden look; something very professional looking and
> sleek to compliment our five-year-old round building.
> 
> My first suggestion was dianthus, which stays green all year around and has
> the bonus of spring bloom.  I am wondering how it would grow in among the
> daylilies, however.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to what would look good with these
> daylilies and would look good year around? We don't want something taller
> than the daylilies.
> 
> Val in KY
> zone 6a
> 
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Hypericum 'Albury Purple' would look smashing against those yellow
blooms, and the foliage is evergreen.  Don't forget that the flower is
yellow, the foliage is purple.
Send me a picture when the planting is filled out nicely, please.
-- 
The Greenhouse Nursery
81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
Port Angeles, WA  98362
(360) 417-2664
Zone 8

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