Plant Combinations Sampler

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I enjoy the sights and sounds of nature and the restorative powers of

GLOVELESS gardening -- getting my hands directly in contact

with soil and plants! My backyard landscape is not picture perfect. I enjoy seeing chewed leaf

edges, broken stems, disturbed soil ….

It’s an indication of nature’s give and take relationship.

Lisa K. Schlag

Trailing Snapdragon ‘Deep Purple’

Dusty Miller ‘Silverdust’

Heuchera ‘Harvest Lemon Chiffon’

Ornamental Pepper ‘Piment’

Garlic Chives

Pennisetum setaceum ‘Rubrum’

Fall-colored Mum ‘Cecilia’

Hedera helix ‘Glacier’

Ajuga repens ‘Burgundy Glow’

Hedera helix ‘Eva’

Eucalyptus

Dahlia

Calibrachoa ‘Peach’ Coleus ‘Florida Sun Rose’

Ipomoea batatas ‘Sweet Caroline Bronze’

Lantana

Hedera helix ‘Yellow Ripple’

Bronze-leaf Begonia ‘Gin’

Licorice plant ‘Lemon’

Chasmanthium latifolium

Impatiens walleriana

Curly Parsley: host plant for the black swallowtail

butterfly larvae, Papilio polyxenes.

I’ll gladly add more if eaten!

Torenia fournieri Burgundy

Impatiens walleriana

Sweet Potato Vine

Bronze Fennel ‘Rubrum’:host plant for the black swallowtail butterfly larvae, Papilio polyxenes.

I’ll gladly add more if eaten!

apricot colored Verbena

Pennisetum setaceum ‘Rubrum’

Dahlia

Calibrachoa ‘Apricot Red Eye’

Calibrachoa ‘Bright Red’

I wanted to create a texture-rich hummingbird-oriented container. I included tree limbs, hummingbird feeder, and red flowered plants (Begonia and Cape Fushia, Phygelius capensis). The Thymus ‘Silver Posie’ echos the Cornus alba ‘Ivory Halo’ foliage variegation.

Phygelius capensis

Thymus vulgaris ‘Silver Posie’

Daisy

Cornus alba ‘Ivory Halo’

Dragon Wing Begonia

Thymus vulgaris ‘Silver Posie’

Petunia ‘Hulahoop Red’I LOVE this red and white bicolor petunia!!

Dwarf Pepper plant

Recycled Containers:Various Tomato plants were underplanted with a variety of herbs and flowering annuals, providing nectar and pollen for beneficial insects, and foliage plants. If you have kitties, kitty litter containers can pile up overtime. I drilled holes for drainage, sponge painted, and used shredded newspaper to mix with soil and for moisture retention.

Painted Container:Planting pink Yarrow, Achillea millefolium, and Ajuga ‘Burgundy Glow’ in the container enhanced the feel of the landscape bedding plants in the background:Kniphofia, Poker Plant; Echinacea, Coneflower; Gaillardia, Blanket Flower; Rudbeckia subtomentosa, Sweet Black-eyed Susan,; and Chasmanthium latifolium, Northern Sea Oats.

I adore Cupid’s Dart, Catananche caerulea. I really enjoyed the texture, color, and wildlife benefits this combination of plants provided.

Rudbeckia subtomentosa

Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’

Achillea millefolium

Catananche caerulea ‘Amor Blue’

Thank you for viewing!

Lisa K. Schlagcreated on 11.11.11

all images copyright Lisa K. Schlag