Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

The most amorphous

The most amorphous, low-growing shapes, i.e., extreme filler plants, becoming even more shapeless after flowering:
Geranium * oxonianum 'Rose Clair'
Campanula poscharskyana
Saponaria * lempergii 'Max Frei'
Viola cornuta

Less amorphous

Less amorphous, somewhat taller filler plants that tend to become more amorphous after flowering:
Centranthus ruber
Knautia macedonica
Euphorbia dulcis 'Chameleon'

Intermediate Plant 2

Intermediate plants, many of them becoming strongly structural after flowering:
Eryngium giganteum
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium
Phlomis russeliana
Salvia nemorosa
Sedum telephium

Intermediate Plant

Intermediate plant, tall and structural in flower, but becoming markedly less structural after flowering:
Hemerocallis hybrids

Macleaya cordata

Molinia caerulea

Phlox paniculata

Persicaria amplexicaulis

Structural plants

The strongest shapes, i.e. taller, very structural plants that maintain their structure even through winter.
Cimicifuga simplex

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Filipendula rubra

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Eupatorium purpureum

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Miscanthus sinensis


Monarda Hybrids


Veronicastrum virginicum

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