A Lovely Raised Bed Idea with Grasses, Blood Pinks and Sage
Perennial Combinations, Plant Combinations, Border Ideas, Raised Bed Ideas, Summer Borders
Create stunning, easy-care, and long-lasting combinations for your sunny borders or raised beds like this one. Inspired by prairie planting, this modern and natural planting combines the cool purple flower spikes of ornamental Sage (Salvia) and bright golden-yellow umbels of Yarrow (Achillea) with the billowing blooms of Mexican Feather Grass (Stipa tenuissima) and New Zealand Wind Grass (Stipa arundinacea), providing an attractive contrast and airiness to this border.
Bobbing around them are lovely rich burgundy Carnations (Dianthus caryophyllus) and the purple heads of Drumstick Alliums (Allium sphaerocephalon).
All plants are deer and drought-tolerant. Undemanding and easy to grow, they require little maintenance and enjoy a very long season of interest!
Garden Information
Hardiness |
8 – 8
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Exposure | Full Sun |
Season of Interest | Spring (Late) Summer (Early,Mid) |
Water Needs | Average |
Maintenance | Low |
Soil Type | Chalk, Loam, Sand |
Soil Ph | Acid, Alkaline, Neutral |
Soil Drainage | Moist but Well-Drained |
Characteristics | Dried Arrangements, Cut Flowers, Plant of Merit, Showy |
Tolerance | Deer, Drought |
Attracts | Butterflies, Hummingbirds |
Landscaping Ideas | Beds and Borders |
Garden Styles | City and Courtyard , Informal and Cottage |
Great Plant Combination Ideas with Achillea - Yarrows Great Plant Combination Ideas with Allium Great Plant Combination Ideas with Betula - Birches Great Plant Combination Ideas with Dianthus Great Plant Combination Ideas with Digitalis - Foxgloves Great Plant Combination Ideas with Salvia - Sage Great Plant Combination Ideas with Stipa - Feather Grasses
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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 | 8 – 8
|
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Exposure | Full Sun |
Season of Interest | Spring (Late) Summer (Early,Mid) |
Water Needs | Average |
Maintenance | Low |
Soil Type | Chalk, Loam, Sand |
Soil Ph | Acid, Alkaline, Neutral |
Soil Drainage | Moist but Well-Drained |
Characteristics | Dried Arrangements, Cut Flowers, Plant of Merit, Showy |
Tolerance | Deer, Drought |
Attracts | Butterflies, Hummingbirds |
Landscaping Ideas | Beds and Borders |
Garden Styles | City and Courtyard , Informal and Cottage |
Great Plant Combination Ideas with Achillea - Yarrows Great Plant Combination Ideas with Allium Great Plant Combination Ideas with Betula - Birches Great Plant Combination Ideas with Dianthus Great Plant Combination Ideas with Digitalis - Foxgloves Great Plant Combination Ideas with Salvia - Sage Great Plant Combination Ideas with Stipa - Feather Grasses
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Stipa tenuissima (Mexican Feather Grass)
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Salvia x sylvestris 'Mainacht' (Wood Sage)
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Dianthus caryophyllus 'King of the Blacks' (Carnation)
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Allium sphaerocephalon (Drumstick Allium)
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Betula nigra (River Birch)
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Achillea 'Moonshine' (Yarrow)
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Buxus sempervirens 'Suffruticosa' (Boxwood)
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Digitalis parviflora (Small-Flowered Foxglove)
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Stipa arundinacea (New Zealand Wind Grass)
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