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A Desirable Summer Border Idea with Grasses, Dahlias and Agastache

Perennial Combinations, Plant Combinations, Flowerbeds Ideas, Summer Borders, Fall Borders

Garden Ideas, Border ideas, Perennial Planting, Perennial combination, Summer Border, Fall Border, Pennisetum Villosum, Feathertop Grass, Dahlia Mrs Eileen, Dahlia David Howard, Ageratum, Floss Flower, Sweet alyssum, Lobularia Maritima

This desirable and long-lasting summer border is fairly easy to replicate and includes spectacular ingredients. Valued for its handsome bottlebrush flowers and graceful arching leaves, Pennisetum villosum (Feathertop) is beautifully combined here with hot and vibrant tangerine Dahlias, leaping up out of a froth of cool blue Ageratum houstonianum (Floss Flower) and gloriously teaming up with the vertical spikes of Agastache (Giant Hyssop). Edging this striking planting are the fragrant mounds of white blossoms of Lobularia maritima (Sweet Alyssum).

Garden Information

Hardiness 6 - 9
Heat Zones 5 - 11
Exposure Full Sun
Season of Interest Summer (Mid, Late)
Fall
Maintenance Low
Water Needs Average
Soil Type Loam, Sand
Soil pH Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Soil Drainage Moist but Well-Drained
Characteristics Cut Flowers, Plant of Merit, Showy
Attracts Butterflies
Landscaping Ideas Beds And Borders
Garden Styles Informal and Cottage, Traditional Garden

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Alternative Plants to Consider

Pennisetum orientale (Oriental Fountain Grass)
Dahlia ‘Hart’s Autumn Splendor’
Dahlia ‘Melody Dora’
Dahlia ‘Color Spectacle’
Dahlia ‘Bishop of Oxford’
Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’ (Giant Hyssop)
Pennisetum alopecuroides (Fountain Grass)
Dahlia ‘David Howard’

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Agastache (Hyssop)
While every effort has been made to describe these plants accurately, please keep in mind that height, bloom time, and color may differ in various climates. The description of these plants has been written based on numerous outside resources.

Garden Information

Hardiness 6 - 9
Heat Zones 5 - 11
Exposure Full Sun
Season of Interest Summer (Mid, Late)
Fall
Maintenance Low
Water Needs Average
Soil Type Loam, Sand
Soil pH Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Soil Drainage Moist but Well-Drained
Characteristics Cut Flowers, Plant of Merit, Showy
Attracts Butterflies
Landscaping Ideas Beds And Borders
Garden Styles Informal and Cottage, Traditional Garden
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