This sun-loving plant combination is an excellent way to add colorful foliage, fun flowers, and useful function to your drought-tolerant landscape. With thoughtful placement of the components, this combination of plants can provide excellent screening and/or division of space. The space-saving, tall and narrow form of this new(ish) variety of Rose of Sharon flowering shrub, coupled with the height of the smokebush and variegated maiden grass, can be used to create an effective 3-season screen with their deciduous foliage. The evergreen conifer and hebe provide a 4-season presence and can be positioned to maximize that aspect. Long-blooming perennial penstemon round out the show and provide flowers and feed the pollinators all summer long.
Zone:
8
Exposure:
Full Sun,
Afternoon Sun
Water Needs:
Low,
Average
Style:
Northwest Eclectic,
Wildlife Friendly,
Waterwise
Features:
Attracts Pollinator
Focus:
Hellstrip / Parking Strip,
Mixed Border,
Privacy and Screening,
Saving Water,
Color Theme
Seasons of Interest:
Pleasing Seasonal Changes,
Spring,
Summer,
Fall
Maintenance Level:
medium
Maintenance Tasks:
Deadheading
Divinely Blue Deodar Cedar
Type:
Conifer, Shrub
Exposure:
Full Sun, Part Sun, Full Shade, Part Shade, Filtered Sun, Open Shade
Zone:
6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Winecraft Black® Smokebush
Type:
Shrub
Exposure:
Full Sun, Part Sun, Afternoon Sun, Reflected Heat
Zone:
4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Sutherland hebe
Type:
Shrub
Exposure:
Full Sun, Afternoon Sun
Zone:
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Purple Pillar Rose of Sharon
Type:
Shrub
Exposure:
Full Sun, Afternoon Sun, Reflected Heat
Zone:
5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Japanese Silver Grass
Type:
Grass / Grass-Like
Exposure:
Full Sun, Afternoon Sun
Zone:
5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Enor beard tongue
Type:
Perennial
Exposure:
Afternoon Sun
Zone:
7, 8, 9, 10
Hot Lips Sage
Type:
Perennial
Exposure:
Full Sun, Afternoon Sun, Morning Sun, Reflected Heat
Zone:
8, 9, 10