Perennial Combinations, Plant Combinations, Prairie Planting Ideas, Summer Borders
This pretty and low-care perennial border, in the prairie style planting, is composed of two vigorous perennials which will add drama in your garden from mid to late summer. Designed to bring structure and focus, it brilliantly associates the elegant, soft pink Echinacea pallida (Pale Purple Coneflower) with the vertical lavender flower spikes of Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Lavendelturm’ (Culver’s Root).
Attractive to butterflies or hummingbirds but ignored by deer, these plants also make excellent cut flowers. Enjoy!
| Hardiness |
5 - 8 |
|---|---|
| Heat Zones |
1 - 8 |
| Exposure | Full Sun |
| Season of Interest | Summer (Mid, Late) |
| Maintenance | Low |
| Water Needs | Low, Average |
| Soil Type | Loam |
| Soil pH | Acid, Alkaline, Neutral |
| Soil Drainage | Moist but Well-Drained, Well-Drained |
| Characteristics | Cut Flowers, Showy |
| Native Plants | United States, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, Northeast, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Missouri, Indiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma |
| Tolerance | Deer, Clay Soil |
| Attracts | Birds, Butterflies, Hummingbirds |
| Landscaping Ideas | Beds And Borders |
| Garden Styles | Informal and Cottage, Prairie and Meadow |
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| Hardiness |
5 - 8 |
|---|---|
| Heat Zones |
1 - 8 |
| Exposure | Full Sun |
| Season of Interest | Summer (Mid, Late) |
| Maintenance | Low |
| Water Needs | Low, Average |
| Soil Type | Loam |
| Soil pH | Acid, Alkaline, Neutral |
| Soil Drainage | Moist but Well-Drained, Well-Drained |
| Characteristics | Cut Flowers, Showy |
| Native Plants | United States, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, Northeast, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Missouri, Indiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma |
| Tolerance | Deer, Clay Soil |
| Attracts | Birds, Butterflies, Hummingbirds |
| Landscaping Ideas | Beds And Borders |
| Garden Styles | Informal and Cottage, Prairie and Meadow |
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| Plant | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|
| Veronicastrum virginicum 'Lavendelturm' (Culver's Root) | N/A | Buy Plants |
| Echinacea pallida (Pale Purple Coneflower) | N/A | Buy Plants |
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