Re: Blooming ahead of time?
Thanks for the ideas, Ginny. If it's not too late to plant dahlias,
I'll
put in a few more -- I have a couple (some with buds!) but not the
dark-leaved kind, which I love. I forgot about nicotiana -- great
plant.
Yes, the good foliage, textures, and colors are important, but I have
better luck with doing this in shade rather than in sun, except for
grasses, sedum, and artemesias. I love the echinops foliage but the
liatris isn't much once the flower stalks are done. What foliages do
you count on in sun? In the area with roses, I like lavenders and dark
heuchera (OK, I like dark heuchera with everything!), and a great new
plant to me this year is Lysimachia ephemerum -- about 40 inches high
now in a neat clump with dark longish (5 inch?) leaves all the way up
the stem and thin spires of tiny white flowers -- very delicate, a
different effect than white liatris. This plant doesn't seem to spread
and would probably like more shade but I keep it damp. Supposed to be
hardy to zone 6 and it wintered over this year, like everything else,
such as snapdragons.
Thanks again.
Anne - Chicago
ginny wrote:
>
> Just yesterday, I put in a dark leafed dahlia, ditto with a fushia,
> nicotiana (pinkish), some coleus, some of the new pastel salmon impatiens.
> Also have some salvia farinacea 'Victoria' and cleome, cosmos, etc. SOOOO much is getting ready to bloom or already has bloomed so early that I agree with you that annuals will have to help anchor the garden this year.
>
> I always think about foliage color and plant texture when I am planting so that things will still look good even if there is not much in bloom.
>
> Ginny
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