Plant Combination with Great Foliage to Frame Summer Flowers

If you crave color, this plant combination is for you. Colorful evergreen foliage— blue, yellow, and shades of burgundy – coupled with a variety of plant shapes and textures that look great year-round, carry the show year-round. Flowers are plentiful as well. In early spring, the redbud is covered in magenta pink blooms on bare branch. Though selected primarily for their foliage, the choisya and hebe contribute spring to summer flowers as well. Throughout summer the rose and geranium bloom profusely, and for months on end. 


Growing Conditions

Zone: 8, 9
Exposure: Full Sun, Part Sun
Water Needs: Average, Regular / Even

Design Considerations

Style: Northwest Eclectic
Features: Fabulous Foliage, Flower Fest, Varied Foliage, Texture, and Form
Focus: Mixed Border, Pleasing Seasonal Flow, Year-round Interest
Seasons of Interest: Fall, Pleasing Seasonal Changes, Spring, Summer, Three Seasons of Interest

Care and Maintenance


Maintenance Level: medium
Maintenance Tasks: Deadheading



Plants In this Combo

  • Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy'

    Forest Pansy Eastern Redbud

    Type: Tree
    Exposure: Full Sun, Part Sun, Afternoon Sun, Filtered Sun, Morning Sun, Open Shade
    Zone: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

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  • Choisya x 'Gold Fingers'

    Gold Fingers Mexican Orange
    Choisya x dewitteana 'Limo'
    CHOISYA ARIZONICA X TERNATA 'LIMO'

    Type: Shrub
    Exposure: Full Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade, Afternoon Sun, Filtered Sun, Morning Sun, Open Shade
    Zone: 8, 9, 10

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  • Geranium 'Gerwat' Rozanne

    Rozanne Hardy Geranium

    Type: Groundcover, Perennial
    Exposure: Full Sun, Part Sun, Afternoon Sun
    Zone: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

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  • Hebe 'Western Hills'

    Hebe Western Hills

    Type: Shrub
    Exposure: Full Sun, Part Sun, Afternoon Sun, Filtered Sun, Morning Sun, Open Shade
    Zone: 8, 9, 10

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  • Phormium 'Sundowner'

    Sundowner New Zealand Flax

    Type: Perennial, Shrub, Tender Perennial
    Exposure:
    Zone: 8, 9, 10, 11

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  • Rosa x 'ChewMayTime'

    Oso Easy® Paprika Rose

    Type: Rose, Shrub
    Exposure: Full Sun, Afternoon Sun
    Zone: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

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