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!
| Hardiness |
8 |
|---|---|
| Exposure | Full Sun |
| Season of Interest |
Spring (Late) Summer (Early, Mid) |
| Maintenance | Low |
| Water Needs | Average |
| 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 | Drought, Deer |
| Attracts | Butterflies, Hummingbirds |
| Landscaping Ideas | Beds And Borders |
| Garden Styles | City and Courtyard, Informal and Cottage |
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| Hardiness |
8 |
|---|---|
| Exposure | Full Sun |
| Season of Interest |
Spring (Late) Summer (Early, Mid) |
| Maintenance | Low |
| Water Needs | Average |
| 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 | Drought, Deer |
| Attracts | Butterflies, Hummingbirds |
| Landscaping Ideas | Beds And Borders |
| Garden Styles | City and Courtyard, Informal and Cottage |
Recreate this garden. Specify the percentages you would like to have of each plant and input the dimensions of your garden space.We'll give you a shopping list so you know how many plants you need.
| Plant | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|
| Stipa tenuissima (Mexican Feather Grass) | N/A | Buy Plants |
| Salvia x sylvestris 'Mainacht' (Wood Sage) | N/A | Buy Plants |
| Dianthus caryophyllus 'King of the Blacks' (Carnation) | N/A | Buy Plants |
| Allium sphaerocephalon (Drumstick Allium) | N/A | Buy Plants |
| Betula nigra (River Birch) | N/A | Buy Plants |
| Achillea 'Moonshine' (Yarrow) | N/A | Buy Plants |
| Buxus sempervirens 'Suffruticosa' (Boxwood) | N/A | Buy Plants |
| Digitalis parviflora (Small-Flowered Foxglove) | N/A | Buy Plants |
| Stipa arundinacea (New Zealand Wind Grass) | 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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