This perennial planting combination for sun includes a delicious mixture of candy-colored blooms: the multicolored and fragrant, Agastache 'Kudos Ambrosia' and Helenium 'Carnival'. The fun floral effect of H. 'Carnival' is the result of the bi-color petals rolling up; revealing the orangish-coral bottom together with the golden yellow top. Joe Pye Weed, with its contribution of foams of pink umbels atop tall dark stems that appear from summer onward, is a pollinator magnet; much-loved by bees and butterflies. Contributing all-season, evergreen presence are tufts of steely-blue, finely-textured foliage of blue oat grass.
Zone:
5, 6, 7, 8
Exposure:
Afternoon Sun, Full Sun
Water Needs:
Drought-tolerant, Low
Style:
Cottage, Mediterranean, Naturalistic, Northwest Eclectic, Tropical
Features:
Attracts Pollinator, Deer Resistant, Flower Fest, Romantic Cool Colors, Wildlife Friendly
Focus:
Color Theme, Hellstrip / Parking Strip, Mixed Border
Seasons of Interest:
Fall, Late Spring / Early Summer, Summer, Three Seasons of Interest
Maintenance Level:
medium
Dwarf Hummingbird Mint
Type:
Perennial
Exposure:
Full Sun, Afternoon Sun, Reflected Heat
Zone:
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Joe Pye Weed
Type:
Perennial
Exposure:
Full Sun, Afternoon Sun
Zone:
4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Carnival Helen's Flower
Type:
Perennial
Exposure:
Full Sun, Afternoon Sun
Zone:
4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Sapphire' Blue Oat Grass
Type:
Grass / Grass-Like, Perennial
Exposure:
Full Sun, Part Sun, Afternoon Sun, Filtered Sun
Zone:
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9