Re: Companion Plants For Hops Aureus
Hi, Diana -- something with dark purple or reddish foliage might
provide a nice contrast, with or without flowers. Do you need
perennials or
might a small shrub or two fit the bill? (Or both, maybe.) Some red
berberis or a purple-leaved elder might give you enough structure that
would enhance other contrasting flowering plants, such as phlox,
monkshood, deep colored daylilies. Or the late blue caryopteris shrubs
with more silvery foliage might work. A big stand of the purple
Pennisetum 'Rubrum' grass would be stunning in late summer. It's not
hardy here but it might be in your zone.
Anne LD
Diana L. Politika wrote:
>
> I have a lovely Golden Hops vine climbing up and over a pergola that
> conceals our nifty outhouse. It is really quite attractive, as the vine
> is not at all tangled, but rather each vine twines it's way up the
> pergola supports, each replicating the next. I wish to plant something
> in front of the hops that would make a good contrast.
> I tried putting dark blue delphineums in front, and it doesn't look good
> at all.
> Suggestions, anyone?
> --
> The Greenhouse Nursery
> 81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
> Port Angeles, WA 98362
> (360) 417-2664
> Zone 8
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