Phyllis, I’ve been thinking more about your question and would like to write a column about plant combinations with focus on root types and other non-visible aspects of compatibility. I would appreciate if you would expand on it with some examples and specifics of your location. Please email me if you have time at dearavantgardener@gmail.com
Well, this is embarrassing! I prefer to show only US native plants -- or at least put a warning when I do not. But I went back and checked Diblik's book and of the flowering plants I could identify above, only Geranium maculatum -- middle right -- is native. The purple spikes at the bottom right are Salvia nemorosa from Europe (I had assumed it was anise hyssop) and West Central Asia and the pompom-like ones above and to the left are Sesleria autumnalis from Southern Europe. That said, Diblik has lots of experience with the plant combinations he recommends in his book.
Would you identify the perennials that are in the picture of the third-year growth, above? I'm never happy with my plant combinations.
Phyllis, I’ve been thinking more about your question and would like to write a column about plant combinations with focus on root types and other non-visible aspects of compatibility. I would appreciate if you would expand on it with some examples and specifics of your location. Please email me if you have time at dearavantgardener@gmail.com
Well, this is embarrassing! I prefer to show only US native plants -- or at least put a warning when I do not. But I went back and checked Diblik's book and of the flowering plants I could identify above, only Geranium maculatum -- middle right -- is native. The purple spikes at the bottom right are Salvia nemorosa from Europe (I had assumed it was anise hyssop) and West Central Asia and the pompom-like ones above and to the left are Sesleria autumnalis from Southern Europe. That said, Diblik has lots of experience with the plant combinations he recommends in his book.