This simple palette of plants in a soothing monochromatic color scheme is stylish and easy care, offering 'round the year interest. Japanese Stewartia is a wonderful small tree for a woodland setting with camellia-like blooms in early summer, excellent fall color, and attractive exfoliating bark year-round. The panicle blooms of Limelight hydrangea have a pleasing progression; starting out a light, chartreuse-y green, opening to ivory and taking on blush to pink tones as the summer progresses to fall. Situate the clumping bamboo (Fargesia robusta) as a backdrop to the scene to provide screening and Duke Garden's Japanese plum yew to provide the other end of an evergreen frame. A river of golden Japanese forest grass completes the scene.
Zone:
7,
8,
9
Exposure:
Open Shade,
Filtered Sun,
Morning Sun,
Part Shade,
Part Sun
Water Needs:
Average,
Regular / Even
Style:
Northwest Eclectic,
Woodland
Features:
Varied Foliage, Texture, and Form,
Romantic Cool Colors
Focus:
Color Theme,
Mixed Border,
Privacy and Screening,
Pleasing Seasonal Flow,
Small Space
Seasons of Interest:
Spring,
Summer,
Fall,
Pleasing Seasonal Changes,
Three Seasons of Interest,
Year-round Interest
Duke Gardens Japanese Plum Yew
Type:
Conifer, Shrub
Exposure:
Filtered Sun, Morning Sun, Open Shade
Zone:
6, 7, 8, 9
clumping bamboo
Type:
Bamboo, Shrub
Exposure:
Full Sun, Part Sun, Filtered Sun, Morning Sun, Open Shade
Zone:
7, 8, 9
Gold Variegated Japanese forest grass
Type:
Grass / Grass-Like
Exposure:
Full Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade, Filtered Sun, Morning Sun, Open Shade
Zone:
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Panicle Hydrangea
Type:
Shrub
Exposure:
Full Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade, Filtered Sun, Morning Sun, Open Shade
Zone:
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Japanese Stewartia
Type:
Tree
Exposure:
Full Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade, Filtered Sun, Open Shade
Zone:
5, 6, 7, 8