Re: Companion Plants For Hops Aureus
Hmmmm....how did you know that I just got that Sambucus 'Guizho'? I
might try a red foliaged canna, as that is cetainly bold enough to show
up on the highway. Phlox? Black spot here in the NW. Monkshood? Full
sun where the hops is. Daylilies? Too boring. Caryopteris? Flower is
too small to stand out from such a distance. But I do like the idea of
burgundy foliage....drive by in 2 months and let me know what you think
from the road.
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The Greenhouse Nursery
81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
Port Angeles, WA 98362
(360) 417-2664
Zone 8
Anne Long wrote:
>
> 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?
> > --
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