Plant Combinations, Flowerbeds Ideas, Summer Borders
This colorful plant combination will cheer you up for weeks from early to mid-summer. Easy to replicate, this Mediterranean-style planting is ideal for lazy gardeners who wish to put very little effort into a beautiful and low-maintenance garden.
The plant palette includes superb ingredients: the strongly fragrant and repeat flowering English Lavender ‘Thumbelina Leigh’ (Lavandula angustifolia), the luminous and spicy scented Helichrysum italicum (Curry Plant), the architectural and free-flowering Kniphofia ‘Tawny King’ and the statuesque Stipa gigantea (Golden Oats) whose silky flowerheads move gracefully in the slightest breeze.
Their colorful blooms are nicely complemented by those of Olearia x scilloniensis (Daisy Bush), a compact evergreen that gets so smothered with abundant clusters of white, daisy-like flowers in late spring that the leaves almost disappear.
Drought tolerant or deer resistant, most plants provide plenty of nectar and pollen for visiting insects, and make excellent cut flowers too!
| Hardiness |
8 - 9 |
|---|---|
| Exposure | Full Sun |
| Season of Interest |
Summer (Early, Mid) |
| Maintenance | Low |
| Water Needs | Low |
| Soil Type | Loam, Sand |
| Soil pH | Neutral |
| Soil Drainage | Well-Drained |
| Characteristics | Dried Arrangements, Cut Flowers, Fragrant, Plant of Merit, Showy |
| Tolerance | Drought, Deer |
| Attracts | Birds, Butterflies, Hummingbirds |
| Landscaping Ideas | Beds And Borders |
| Garden Styles | Gravel and Rock Garden, Informal and Cottage |
©Clive Nichols
| Hardiness |
8 - 9 |
|---|---|
| Exposure | Full Sun |
| Season of Interest |
Summer (Early, Mid) |
| Maintenance | Low |
| Water Needs | Low |
| Soil Type | Loam, Sand |
| Soil pH | Neutral |
| Soil Drainage | Well-Drained |
| Characteristics | Dried Arrangements, Cut Flowers, Fragrant, Plant of Merit, Showy |
| Tolerance | Drought, Deer |
| Attracts | Birds, Butterflies, Hummingbirds |
| Landscaping Ideas | Beds And Borders |
| Garden Styles | Gravel and Rock Garden, Informal and Cottage |
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| Plant | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|
| Lavandula angustifolia 'Thumbelina Leigh' (Lavender) | N/A | Buy Plants |
| Helichrysum italicum (Curry Plant) | N/A | Buy Plants |
| Kniphofia 'Tawny King' (Red Hot Poker) | N/A | Buy Plants |
| Stipa gigantea (Golden Oats) | N/A | Buy Plants |
| Olearia x scilloniensis (Daisy Bush) | N/A | Buy Plants |
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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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