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Wed, May 4, 11 at 20:25
| I planted Veronica "Eveline" last year and it turned out to be an absolutely gorgeous plant. Very long blooming, always looked fantastic. All three are already bulking up nicely.
I have it paired with Lychnis coronaria (rose campion), Salvia plumosa and Geranium Patricia. The geranium was also new last year, but it was a small start planted late. I'm hoping it takes off this year. |
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| I love Salvia Caradonna. With deadheading, it bloomed for an absolutely ridiculously long time. I think I looked out in November and was astonished that there were still blooms. It's beautiful too, especially with the dark stems (that became less pronounced as the summer went on, but still.) |
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| Baptisia (False indigo) although I didn't plant it last year but the year before. I planted it from a 4" pot and it was too small to flower at that time...and last summer it grew to about 24" with beautiful foliage but not one bloom. Right now it is blooming beautifully and making me wish I had planted more. |
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- Posted by gardenweed_z6a 5b/6a N CT (My Page) on Thu, May 5, 11 at 6:12
| I second leafy02's baptisia and will add gaura lindheimeri/wand flower. I also planted baptisia from a 4 inch pot about 3 years ago and it bloomed last year for the first time--absolutely, flat-out gorgeous. I have several around the garden at various stages of growth including a pure white one and Twilight Prairie Blues. All should bloom this year. The gaura was an impulse--winter sowed seeds from Hazzard's Greenhouse and they just bloomed non-stop the whole season, right up into November. By lucky chance I planted one beside Russian sage and what a combination!
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| Do you mean Salvia 'Evaline'? |
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| I also have Veronica 'Eveline' and it is an outstanding plant with a long bloom time. I had some difficulty pairing other perennials because of its red-purple-lilac color,but settled on Sedum 'autumn joy'(it's only green when the Veronica is blooming, white feverfew, Sedum 'matrona', Lambs Ears,deep magenta Dianthus and Sorbet 'Orchid' violas. |
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| Well, not perennial in my climate, but I loved Salvia 'Blue and Black' |
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| That baptisia is stunning. I am going to try to find I place to plant some. gardenweed, gaura sadly doesn't seem to overwinter for me. Too bad, because your combo is very pretty. denninmi, I'm also a huge fan of black and blue salvia. The flowers are an incredible color. laceyvail, I actually grow salvia Eveline and veronica Eveline. Here's a picture of the veronica from July of last year:
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- Posted by echinaceamaniac 7 (My Page) on Sun, May 8, 11 at 1:14
| Baptisia "Purple Smoke" Baptisia "Carolina Moonlight" Baptisia "Waynes World" Baptisia "Solar Flare" Baptisia "Twilight" Echinacea "Hot Summer" Nepeta "Walker's Low" "Easy Does It" Rose Penstemon "Dark Towers" Coreopsis "Jethro Tull" Rudbeckia "Henry Eilers" Amsonia "Blue Ice" Amsonia hubrichtii Sorry for the long list, but these are favorites! |
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- Posted by buyorsell888 Zone 8 Portland OR (My Page) on Sun, May 8, 11 at 14:11
| Corydalis elata. Unlike the other blue Corydalis I've tried which all died, it thrived. |
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| anemone september charm. so bright and cheery. It came back too. |
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