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From the owner:
[Yes camellias! Only as high as porch railing. I like lots of the cone flowers and anything that covers the weeds like the lantana. I love hydrangeas but I’m having some kind of fungus on them now. Lots of color especially for bees and butterflies.]
Below are a selection of plants to fill different needs in the design. We will not use all of them at once, that would be too wild. Big areas of just a few colors make for a look of control and design.
We are shooting for a balance between wild and tame. Wild enough to be attractive to wildlife but not completely wild. Tame enough to be pleasing to the human eye, showing order, control, and intent, but not too controlled. An unlikely marriage between a golf course and a wildflower meadow.
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| Coneflowers really stand up to the summer heat. |
Corn Poppy
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| Cornflower and Corn poppy combined. |
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| Very attractive to bees and butterflies. There are lots of types. This one is called 'Blue Fortune'. |
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| This one is red. https://www.bluestoneperennials.com/AGMO.html |
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| There are many kinds of Salvia, or "sage". |
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| My own personal favorite salvia is 'black and blue'. |
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| Lantana come in lots of colors. I like the purple and the pale yellow. |
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| Takes two years to bloom from seed. |
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| These can get to be 5' tall with extra water. But bloom better with low water and at a shorter size. |
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| Good combination with cornflower or poppies. |
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| There are lots of different colors and sizes of asters. The most important thing is that they bloom in the fall and so provide food for pollinators when other flowers have passed. |
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| This small annual only blooms a short time in the spring. But it re-seeds a bit and it's small. I like to use it anywhere I can. |
Alyssum
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| Comes in white and purple. Blooms forever. Re-seeds. Bees and butterflies love it. |
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| Larkspur. |
Flowering Shrubs
Hydrangea
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| I'm fond of the Lacy Cap varieties of Hydrangea. |
Keith's Suggestions
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Pollinator trees and shrubs
Glossy Abelia
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| Bees love this plant. It blooms for a long period in the summer and has a sweet honey fragrance. It will tolerate shade or sun. Great as a screen at the back of the border. |
Winter Honeysuckle
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| This plant is suitable for only the earliest of bees as it blooms in early spring. The fragrance is the reason to plant it. |
Chaste Tree
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| Vitex blooms in the summer and is a favorite of bees and butterflies. |
Virginia Sweetspire
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| 'Henry's Garnet' gets to 6' tall. 'little henry' only 3'. |
Pittosporum
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| Fragrant bloomer in the spring. |
Camelia
Herbaceous
Solomon's Seal
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| Should be combined with Arum. |
Arum Italicum
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| Arum has the odd behavior of showing it's leaves all winter and going dormant in the summer. The ideal combination with Solomon's seal. |
Holly Fern
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| Evergreen. |
Spanish Bluebells
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