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Friday, June 04, 2010

Friday Afternoon Garden Club 6.4.2010

Salvia argentea


It’s FAC time in The Art Garden! Grab your favorite beverage and pull up a chair. You didn’t really want to work this afternoon anyway, did you? Leave a comment to join the garden party. Today’s topic:

Silvery-gray, woolly plants like the silver sage, above, are some of my garden favorites. The neutral foliage color works well with both warm and cool flower hues, and can be a great visual unifier when used repeatedly throughout the landscape. This kind of foliage also offers winter interest; not truly evergreen, but certainly ever-present. What are some of your favorite gray leaved perennials?





4 comments:

  1. Anonymous12:53 PM MDT

    Fab plant. Not grown it for years. Don't think it likes UK wet!
    Salix exigua
    Convolv. cneorum
    Lav Richard Gray
    Sant pinnata neapolitana
    Anaphallis margaretacea
    Oh stop me someone!
    Best
    R

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  2. My other favorite, Verbascum bombyciferum, wouldn't like the UK wet either! Thanks for visiting...

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  3. Iris germanica
    Phlomis fruticosa
    Corydalis heterocarpa
    Ajania pacifica
    Macleaya cordata

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  4. And the hits just keep on comin'!
    I'll add one more to the list: giant lamb's ears, Stachys byzantia 'Helene von Stein'

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