Re: Blue-eyed Grass
- Subject: Re: [SG] Blue-eyed Grass
- From: d*@INDIANA.EDU
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 13:03:40 -0500
I was not familiar with Dianthus knappii, and googled it. I'd sure like to try
it--that pale yellow is a great color. Gene, do you know it?
Bobbi Diehl
Quoting Sharon and Robert Illingworth <illingwr@AIR.ON.CA>:
> I wonder what the blue-eyed grass would look like behind the pale yellow
> dianthus, Dianthus knappii. I haven't tried this, but I do have both
> plants self seeding in one sunny, gravelly part of the garden. I suppose
> they might take light shade, as long as they had good drainage, but
> full sun would be better. The foliage of the "grass" would hide the
> somewhat gawky stems of the dianthus.