Perennials for a Californian climate - need suggestions
SeedG (Zone 9b - 10b)
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Comments (9)That is a pretty combination of plants assuming you are staying in a similar value of color pinks, white, purple, yellow. I might move my Spirea forward and have an evergreen as a back drop, as this whole area will be blank in the winter. Your phlox and daisies will block the Spirea so do them in clumps and use a smaller daylily along the edge. Hope that helps. Try John Fanick Phlox with your Spirea, In the fall you can fill your daylily area in with bulbs for the spring. Best of luck!...See MoreNeed suggestions for perennials
Comments (17)There is an enormous size differential here though - I have just cut back the kirengoshoma stems (which had been savaged by a furious hailstorm) and they are easily 3-4 feet tall. True, it has been growing in a sheltered space next to a brick wall, but compared to the neat liriope (a somewhat drab utilitarian thing, I find). I am having difficulty seeing them as a binary either/or choice. The hailstorm occurred back in June so I have spent all summer being mortified by the wretched state of the kirengoshoma's foliage - the 4inch leaves do not possess the substance of a hosta and they have looked grim (along with a red-leaved acer which has borne white scars of damage also)...so if you do live in an inclement climate, it might be a consideration....See MoreOT: perennials in hot, dry climate? Your opinions ,please!
Comments (33)I'm definitely going to try gauras; they look beautiful. But again, about lithodoras: Nik,fduk says it's not a true acid lover, and my soil isn't that alkaline; if it was, wouldn't I have more chlorosis issues? People say that Reine des Violettes is prone to chlorosis in alkaline soil; mine have never had it. I seem to have an impression that Excellenz Von Schubert sometimes shows mild cases of it, but my plants are all very young. What about the drainage issue; what do you think of that? the thing about the creeping thyme failing in the actual garden, but being happy elsewhere? I'm curious to try this plant again,messing with the soil a bit. I do see that on the Perennials forum, somone says that it's easier to alkalinize one's soil than it is to acidify it,but maybe soil ph isn't what the problem was......See MoreI want to do this project - need perennial vine suggestions
Comments (34)@Jilly I love passion flower! I tried them once, but they didn't do so well. I think I would rather have something with small flowers. I'm leaning to the ivy, if I do the project. @Bumblebeez SC Zone 7 that is what I did moonflowers and blue morning glories. I think I am going to order seeds. I was reading on the Burpee site and they are annuals in my zone (perennial in zones 9 +) and probably why mine haven't re-seeded in the past is because we pull the vines down once they start looking bad (dead). ??? Which is fine. I would rather re-plant and control them. I'm going to do these in another area, not the espalier project spot....See Moresocalgal_gw Zone USDA 10b Sunset 24
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