Re: silver and grey foliage was: Artemesia 'Powis Castle'

I totally agree about silver foliage - a favorite of mine; goes with
just about everything and really brightens up the garden...love it
with blues and purples; not so fond of it with yellows for some
reason.  Used to have A. 'Powis Castle' at the foot of a group of
Canna 'Wyoming' (purple foliage).  Was a combination I loved, but the
spot got too shady for the cannas and the 'Powis Castle' didn't like
the soil there and kept dying out...but, while I had it, I loved that
combination of colors and the contrast of the foliage shapes and
textures.

I keep trying silver and gray foliage plants, a lot of whom hate my
muggy climate, but have quite a few who don't seem to mind it.

Have you tried Phlomis fruticosa, Kemberly?  Should grow for you; is
a Med. plant, a woody sub-shrub.  Actually blooms in yellow, but not
for me as I don't have enough sun to offer it; grow it for the
foliage.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Mclainakag@aol.com
> 
> I give mine a good haircut too....really keeps it nice and fresh. 
I put a 
> cutting in full morning sun last year, about this time.  So far it
has done 
> well.  It was slow going throughout the growing season last year
but when 
> Fall hit the plant took off.  It is sheltered from the afternoon
sun by a 
> Vitex.
> 
> The garden I'm trying it out in morning sun is new....it's an odd
little bed 
> but it is turning out nice.  I put it in last April/May.  Of
course, with me 
> there is never a plan...just too many plants without a home.  The
Vitex has 
> been there for at least 5 years and I've always wanted something
surrounding 
> it.  Somehow - most of the plants in the garden have a silver-ish
foliage.  
> One would think this would be too much but it is really beautiful. 
All the 
> silver is different.  Some plants having the greenish-silver, some
having the 
> blue-ish silver and then those that just cast the illusion of
silver.  All 
> the leaf textures are different and the shapes vary.  I even have a
Canna 
> stuck right in the middle.  Everything that blooms is some shade of

> blue/purple or pink.  It's a nice "cool" spot during the summer
because of 
> the colors.
> 
> Last Fall, I planted the Foxgloves, Larkspur and Allysum.   The
Allysum has 
> been blooming non stop....the buds on the Foxs and Larks are just
forming.  
> Another few weeks and it should be a nice show.  Really offers me
inspiration 
> to get out there and clean up the winter debris.
> 
> Kemberly McLain
> Katy, Texas  Zone 9

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