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Comments (3)My "Splendide" is over 6 feet tall in its first year and for sure needs staking so surrounding plants that might aid in its support would need to be quite tall. I am hoping that in subsequent years my "Thalictrum" might be a stronger plant and may not need support (a 6 foot tall bamboo pole) but I doubt it....See MoreIs one Thalictrum enough?
Comments (4)Thank you both! I have seen the lillies with peonies many times and apparently doing well but I wasn't aware that peonies needed more alkaline soil. I think i will give it a try and hope for the best! But thanks for the warning! :) I plan on having two different bloom times for the peonies to extend it a little, eventhough it is still not a lot. I am hoping for constant bloom and the colors are the ones you mentioned. I definitely prefer the cottage garden look. As for the space... The bed is approx. 26 feet long but only like 4 feet wide. So, once i put the big shrubs there might not be a lot of room. But i can still change the amount of plants. I have never seen Thalictrum personally. I just saw a close-up of peonies with it and fell in love. I researched it and thought the Hewitt's Double was lo prettiest. I love the contrast. But since i have never seen it, i don't know how it looks better. Also, i read somewhere that it spreads a lot. Is it true? And about the columbine, i just didn't know if it would go well having the Thalictrum too. I would prefer to have them all because of the different colors and blooming seasons....See MoreThalictrum delavayi 'Hewitt's Double'
Comments (10)Greenrn, My sturdy plants have been all sorts of things, a rose, coneflower, rudbeckia, shasta daisy, sedums and stuff I can't recall at the moment. . . maybe some phlox . . . I don't know about grasses, I've never tried them. But go for it! If you don't like them, try something else next year! Libby, THANK YOU for the photo. Your garden is lovely! I was just out looking at my "joe" and I don't see any life yet. I moved him from another garden last year in rather brutal fashion, since he was reluctant to leave his cosy moist spot there, and I was only able to get a piece of him. Here the soil is sandy and dryish, though I added amendments of course. If he didn't make it, I'm going to buy another and try again, cause he is really a wonderful plant....See MoreDicentra & Thalictrum Combo?
Comments (12)Actually, IMO, a really tall plant or even a narrow evergreen (e.g. juniper) would look great there - something to frame the entrance area a bit, while tying the elevated step to the ground level plantings below it. There are many other nice tall perennials that would fit the bill too, e.g. delphiniums (assuming the house gives some shelter from the wind), tall grasses, etc.. About moisture requirements - since you are already growing a bleeding heart and a hellebore there, there's clearly enough moisture for thalictrums. I haven't found that any of the species I grow need unusual amounts of moisture or extra watering. They prefer nice humusy soil, as I said....but then most of our garden plants do. (I'd just add some mulch on top of the bare soil though...) The plants you have or had growing in that spot look fine in the pictures, so it's pretty obvious you're not dealing with any sort of a "hell spot" either....so relax! By the way, that is an excellent hellebore - wish mine bloomed so freely! To answer your question, the basal leafy mound part of T. delavayi is about, I don't know, two and a half feet tall? The flower stems start coming up in early July, I'd guess, and they pretty much grow straight up. Given that you are a lot further south and in a warmer area, it may bloom earlier there. There's not much point fretting a lot over plant combinations - there is no single plant that anyone has ordained as the ideal one to go next to any other one. Healthy, well-grown plants look great, and they look great in combination with other healthy well-grown plants! (And no one was ever struck blind even by seeing a pink flower next to an orange one either, LOL!) Just pick a plant for the attributes you decide you want there, and plug it in! Can't say I lie awake at night worrying about root competition either. If the above-ground portions of the plants are so crowded that one does not get the light it needs, or the air circulation it needs (but I think you're also in a dry area, so unlikely a problem) or if it is not shown to its best advantage, then they are too crowded. I think that's pretty simple. The reason the dicentra dies back is because it gets a lot of sun which causes it to go dormant...not because of root competition. Also, it sounds as though you do plan to move the bleeding heart to shade eventually anyway, and the space looks plenty big to me for a good sized plant, so... And, needless to say, whatever you plant, you can always move it if you don't like it there....See Morechristinmk z5b eastern WA
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