Perennial Combinations, Plant Combinations, Prairie Planting Ideas, Summer Borders
Wouldn’t you love your borders to look like this in the summer? Bringing long-lasting color to mixed borders or prairie gardens, Rudbeckia (Black-Eyed Susan) are lovely biennial or short-lived perennials with bright, large blooms in shades of orange, red or golden tones that give the garden a full of bloom appearance from early to late summer. Free-flowering, easy to grow, they contribute to lovely plant combinations and contrast beautifully here with the rich cool blues of another garden classic, Phlox paniculata (Garden Phlox).
A simple but eye-catching mix realized with 3 favorite perennials for most gardeners which brings cheerful summer notes to the landscape!
| Hardiness |
5 - 8 |
|---|---|
| Heat Zones |
1 - 7 |
| Climate Zones | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 |
| Exposure | Full Sun, Partial Sun |
| Season of Interest |
Summer (Mid, Late) Fall |
| Maintenance | Low |
| Water Needs | Low, Average |
| Soil Type | Chalk, Clay, Loam |
| Soil pH | Acid, Alkaline, Neutral |
| Soil Drainage | Moist but Well-Drained, Well-Drained |
| Characteristics | Dried Arrangements, Cut Flowers, Plant of Merit, Showy |
| Tolerance | Deer, Clay Soil |
| Attracts | Birds, Butterflies, Hummingbirds |
| Landscaping Ideas | Beds And Borders |
| Garden Styles | Informal and Cottage, Traditional Garden |
GAP Photos/Elke Borkowski
| Hardiness |
5 - 8 |
|---|---|
| Heat Zones |
1 - 7 |
| Climate Zones | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 |
| Exposure | Full Sun, Partial Sun |
| Season of Interest |
Summer (Mid, Late) Fall |
| Maintenance | Low |
| Water Needs | Low, Average |
| Soil Type | Chalk, Clay, Loam |
| Soil pH | Acid, Alkaline, Neutral |
| Soil Drainage | Moist but Well-Drained, Well-Drained |
| Characteristics | Dried Arrangements, Cut Flowers, Plant of Merit, Showy |
| Tolerance | Deer, Clay Soil |
| Attracts | Birds, Butterflies, Hummingbirds |
| Landscaping Ideas | Beds And Borders |
| Garden Styles | Informal and Cottage, Traditional Garden |
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| Plant | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|
| Phlox paniculata 'Blue Paradise' (Garden Phlox) | N/A | Buy Plants |
| Rudbeckia hirta 'Cherokee Sunset' (Black-Eyed Susan) | N/A | Buy Plants |
| Rudbeckia hirta 'Prairie Sun' (Black-Eyed Susan) | N/A | Buy Plants |
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Create a membership account to save your garden designs and to view them on any device.
Becoming a contributing member of Gardenia is easy and can be done in just a few minutes. If you provide us with your name, email address and the payment of a modest $25 annual membership fee, you will become a full member, enabling you to design and save up to 25 of your garden design ideas.
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