I'm trying to find a plant to put in my garden for next year. It needs to be 4-5' tall, with mauve (or maybe blue/violet?) flowers. It will be planted in part sun to maybe barely full sun with well-drained soil that will be watered and mulched in the summer. It's immediate neighbors are Rudbeckia 'Goldstrum' in front and Echinacea 'White Swan' to the side, with the light blue house siding immediately behind it. Other flowering neighbors are Catananche (blue cupid's dart), Delphinium 'Blue Butterfly', Salvia 'Blue Victoria', Gaillardia 'Arizona Sun' and dusty miller. If you're sensing blue/purple, orange/yellow, and white as a theme here, you'd be correct! :grin:
This last year I had Malva 'Mystic Merlin' planted there, but wasn't too overwhelmed with it's performance. The flowers were nice enough, but I didn't really like the branching pattern of the plants. Admittedly, the draught we had in July/August probably didn't help either.
I welcome any suggestions you fine, Garden Gate readers may have. It will give me something to look out for as those new seed catalogs start coming in!
This last year I had Malva 'Mystic Merlin' planted there, but wasn't too overwhelmed with it's performance. The flowers were nice enough, but I didn't really like the branching pattern of the plants. Admittedly, the draught we had in July/August probably didn't help either.
I welcome any suggestions you fine, Garden Gate readers may have. It will give me something to look out for as those new seed catalogs start coming in!
The great thing about gardening is that you always get a chance to start over!