A Pretty Spring Border with Allium, Eryngium and Grasses
Plant Combinations, Flowerbeds Ideas, Spring Borders, Summer Borders
Gleaming with a metallic sheen, Allium ‘Firmament’ is an impressive Ornamental Onion with particularly long-lasting flowers. It is combined in this late spring garden with the exceptionally graceful Mexican Feather Grass (Nassella tenuissima or Stipa Tenuissima) and the luminous Eryngium bourgatii ‘Picos Blue’ (Mediterranean Sea Holly). Dense clumps of grassy green foliage, with upright stems of golden-yellow trumpet flowers are about to add their cheerful color to this plant combination and create a beautiful tapestry of changing colors.
Easy to replicate and relatively low maintenance. All plants are rabbit resistant and drought tolerant. Enjoy!
Garden Information
| Hardiness |
7 - 8 |
|---|---|
| Exposure | Full Sun |
| Season of Interest |
Spring (Late) Summer (Early) |
| Maintenance | Low, Average |
| Water Needs | Low, Average |
| Soil Type | Chalk, Loam |
| Soil pH | Acid, Alkaline, Neutral |
| Soil Drainage | Well-Drained |
| Characteristics | Dried Arrangements, Cut Flowers, Fragrant, Plant of Merit, Showy |
| Tolerance | Drought, Rabbit |
| Attracts | Butterflies, Hummingbirds |
| Landscaping Ideas | Beds And Borders |
| Garden Styles | Informal and Cottage, Traditional Garden |
Plants In This Garden
Alternative Plants to Consider
©Clive Nichols
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 |
7 - 8 |
|---|---|
| Exposure | Full Sun |
| Season of Interest |
Spring (Late) Summer (Early) |
| Maintenance | Low, Average |
| Water Needs | Low, Average |
| Soil Type | Chalk, Loam |
| Soil pH | Acid, Alkaline, Neutral |
| Soil Drainage | Well-Drained |
| Characteristics | Dried Arrangements, Cut Flowers, Fragrant, Plant of Merit, Showy |
| Tolerance | Drought, Rabbit |
| Attracts | Butterflies, Hummingbirds |
| Landscaping Ideas | Beds And Borders |
| Garden Styles | Informal and Cottage, Traditional Garden |
