RE: Blue/green perennials/botanical names of plants

Great ideas Val.

Susan Saxton, zone 6b
For mine is a little old fashioned garden where the flowers come
together to praise the Lord and teach all who look upon them to do
likewise.
Celia Thaxter

I AM in shape.  ROUND is a shape!


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> From: lowery@teamzeon.com [l*@teamzeon.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 12:33 PM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Blue/green perennials/botanical names of plants
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> Valerie Lowery@ZEON
> 05/12/99 03:32 PM
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> Craig and others:
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> I wish I could think of some of the aquamarine-colored plants (bluish
> green), but the list is small.  I can come up with a list of pale blue
> flowers if this will help.  Perhaps you may want to think of 
> the foliage of
> dianthus or baptisia for bluish green, too.
> 
> some varieties of iris
> phlox subulata (spring-flowering)
> aquilegia (columbine)
> campanula (different varieties)
> scabiosa (pincushion flower)
> asters
> perovskia (russian sage)
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> One other thought I had is to incorporate garden structure into your
> garden.  Could you perhaps paint a trellis the color of your 
> wife's eyes
> and plant a rose or clematis to grow on it (perhaps in a 
> yellow shade for
> her hair or a red for her lips?)  How about a statue of a 
> nymph or angel
> (does she have a nickname that would translate into another 
> object, like
> "baby" or "honey"?)  Some gazing balls come in an aquamarine shade.
> Personalized stepping stones are also nice.
> 
> Val in KY
> zone 6a
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