Re: yellow and blue
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: yellow and blue
- From: M* R* W*
- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 22:50:24 -0500
Val,
This is already on my covet list. I'm glad it's doing well for you for I
think our climates are similar, at least it has been when I've been in
KY.
Campanula carpatica, unlike most campanulas, has done well for me, it's
blooming now and the heat is miserable. If the drainage is adequate and
you give it some shade it may be one that you would like.
Mary MO zone 6
>
> one other tall, blue suggestion that I recommend to everyone:
> adenophora
> lilifolia, or ladybells. Grows about 2 feet tall, has
> campanula-like
> flowers on tall stems like a foxglove. Campanulas can't take my
> summer
> heat and humidity well, so these are the very best substitute.
> Blooms what
> seems like forever because each flower opens up starting from the
> bottom to
> the top of the stem. This takes a while to do. It's a gorgeous
> 'blue'
> that I have here and there throughout the beds. Looks good with
> everything, like blue tends to. Easy care, no fuss, will spread
> moderately
> well. This is definitely one plant that I encourage to spread!
> It's super
> easy to just chop off a chunk of the clump in the spring and plant
> it
> somewhere else. Different combos that I have it with: yellow
> heliopsis
> and red monarda, pink and yellow asiatic lilies, old-fashioned roses
> in
> various pastels, pale pink malva and lemon-yellow daylilies, etc
> etc. You
> can't go wrong with anything.
>
> It's available from Bluestone Perennials for 3 @ $8.75. I think
> White
> Flower Farm carries it, too, at $7 per plant. I recommend that you
> purchase the smaller plants from Bluestone this fall. You'll wonder
> what
> you ever did without it.
>
>
> Val in KY
> zone 6a
>
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