Re: Replacement for 'Palace Purple'? -Reply
More good burgundy (or dark) foliage plants include:
Sedum maximum 'Atropurpureum'
Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens'
Phormium tenax 'Jack Spratt' grows to 1.5 feet.
The Greenhouse Nursery
81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
Port Angeles, WA 98362
(360) 417-2664
Zone 8
Sheryl Williams wrote:
>
> There is also "Red Rubin" basil. It has the same color as Purple Ruffles
> without the ruffles and grew more reliably for me.
> Sheryl in Western CO
>
> SUSAN SAXTON wrote:
>
> > There is a basil (which I realize may not live
> > over) Purple Ruffles or something like that?
>
> > Oh, barbery 'Crimson Pygmy' is great, thorny of
> > course, but dark, pretty, heat loving and turns
> > great color in the fall.
> >
> > >>> "Christopher P. Lindsey"
> > <lindsey@mallorn.com> 05/14/98 08:36am
> > >>>
> > I have a small bed on the corner of my lot
> > that's in full sun during the
> > morning and early afternoon. The bed always
> > looks fantastic in the spring,
> > but as we get closer to summer some of my
> > plants begin to scorch. The
> > most notable example is the pair of Heuchera
> > 'Palace Purple' that I
> > have in there. They were never meant for such
> > dry conditions, and it
> > shows. I'd like to move them to a shadier
> > section of the garden, but
> > I really want to replace them with something
> > similar.
> >
> > Of course, the other option is the installation of
> > a sprayer there, but
> > it's so far from the rest of the garden.
> >
> > Can anyone recommend a plant for dry, sunny
> > conditions that tops
> > off at about 18" and has dark foliage? A coarser
> > texture is also
> > preferred.
>
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