It's a clown pants colorama mixture of natives and carefully chosen exotics that makes me smile.
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| Central Basin natives and carefully chosen exotics |
This morning my across the street neighbor told me the garden was beautiful. That made me so happy.
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| Central Basin native Baptisia australis is a colorful companion for Peony 'General MacMahon' |
Although, I garden for my own pleasure, getting positive feedback from neighbors feels fantastic.
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| Rosa 'Lovely Fairy' is another strong color in the garden. |
Especially in a garden with as few design restraints/rules as Clay and Limestone.
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| G sanguineum is a tough and versatile plant that prefers the edge of the garden where the sharp drainage makes it happy. |
My design rule is simple:
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| Hibiscus 'Kopper King' with Achillea 'Moonshine', If Kopper blooms with the Susans we shall see color! |
Find a space between the limestone bedrock and wedge the plant in and hope for the best!
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Cotinus 'Grace', Geranium 'Rozanne' Gen MacMahon peony, Baptisia 'Carolina Moonlight',
Chasmanthium latifolium, and Penstemon calycosus |
Sometimes, the best is a clown pants colorama!
xoxogail
Gail Eichelberger is a gardener and therapist in Middle Tennessee. She loves wildflowers and native plants and thoroughly enjoys writing about the ones she grows at
Clay and Limestone." This post was written by Gail Eichelberger for her blog
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