A sinuous carpet of sweet purple blossoms.

The classic river of plants consists of one variety and hue for a bold statement. This planting gains structure from well-placed evergreens and a clump of Russian sage, echoing the natural look of stones and boulders in a creek.

Verbena Tapien. We usually think of Verbena Tapien as a wonderful trailing plant for hanging baskets and containers, but here we see it used in a great swath of colorful ground cover. Though a perennial, it is often grown as an annual, which will flower from early summer right through to late autumn. The rounded clusters of flowers can be found in a range of colors including violet, sky blue, salmon and white.

You can suggest water with large, undulating drifts of silver-colored or blue-flowered plants, such as this verbena (Verbena sp). Consider also lavender (Lavandula spp), fescues (Festuca spp), blue wheatgrass (Elymus magellanicus, zones 6 to 9) and dwarf Arctic willow (Salix purpurea 'Nana', zones 4 to 8).

Minimalist perennial garden: lavender, small flowering shrubs and flowering ground cover. A lavender focal point could work well in our blue creeping phlox.

mass planting

purple ground cover

By stairs?

Russian sage

Verbena

thyme

divider between grass and flowers

River of colour in garden

"rivers" of plants

You can suggest water with large, undulating drifts of silver-colored or blue-flowered plants, such as this verbena (Verbena sp). Consider also lavender (Lavandula spp), fescues (Festuca spp), blue wheatgrass (Elymus magellanicus, zones 6 to 9) and dwarf Arctic willow (Salix purpurea 'Nana', zones 4 to 8).

verbena tapien

Verbena

Verbena tapien

river of phlox

Purple for back hill

verbena?

verbena "tapien blue"

love this idea for large spaces

Front Garden

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Bloemetjes

Gorge.verbena tapien

Ciao Bella garden

Van De Voorde Elemental Design Group The flowering ground cover is Verbena 'Tapien blue' - and yes, it is a spring through fall bloom here in California.

Ground cover

You've heard of planting things en masse, but does that mean you pick out five petunias instead of one or two? Try 50 or even 550 petunias — often that's what's needed for a good mass planting to make a "river." Of course, all those plants can get expensive, so the best solution is to find a plant that is fast growing and spreads easily. Creeping sedums, thyme, herbs and ground covers are great options. Encourage your plants to spread via seed or division and watch your river grow. Before starting out, make sure to prepare your garden soil. The trick to these plantings is creating a solid mass of color, unbroken by other plants. If you don't pull all the weeds now, you will be cursing yourself as your river turns to a mess of thistle and clover. Once you have a blank slate, you are ready to begin. Add to ideabook by Van De Voorde Elemental Design Group by Van De Voorde Elemental Design Group The classic river of plants consists of one variety and hue for a bold statement. This planting gains structure from well-placed evergreens and a clump of Russian sage, echoing the natural look of stones and boulders in a creek.

side beds by garage door

colour scheme living room

Blue ...always nice in a garden...

pretty flowing flower bed

Flowers

flowers

You can suggest water with large, undulating drifts of silver-colored or blue-flowered plants, such as this verbena (Verbena sp). Consider also lavender (Lavandula spp), fescues (Festuca spp), blue wheatgrass (Elymus magellanicus, zones 6 to 9) and dwarf Arctic willow (Salix purpurea 'Nana', zones 4 to 8).

Color

could be done with different colors in an undulating path design - not necessarily needing grass...

Russian sage

Color ,,variations...verbena

Purple

backyard

The flowering ground cover is Verbena 'Tapien blue' - and yes, it is a spring through fall bloom here in California.

Color

lawenda

You can suggest water with large, undulating drifts of silver-colored or blue-flowered plants, such as this verbena (Verbena sp). Consider also lavender (Lavandula spp), fescues (Festuca spp), blue wheatgrass (Elymus magellanicus, zones 6 to 9) and dwarf Arctic willow (Salix purpurea 'Nana', zones 4 to 8).

flowers

Lovely river of purple!

verbena

You can suggest water with large, undulating drifts of silver-colored or blue-flowered plants, such as this verbena (Verbena sp). Consider also lavender (Lavandula spp), fescues (Festuca spp), blue wheatgrass (Elymus magellanicus, zones 6 to 9) and dwarf Arctic willow (Salix purpurea 'Nana', zones 4 to 8).

ground cover

purple

jardin

lavender, fescues, blue wheatgrass,dwarf arctic willow

purp;le....lavender....wave shape

dwarf arctic willow Salix purpurea Nana and verbena

Verbena

purple

blue flowers paths

details in black book

Nattering path idea

lavender, fescues, blue wheat grass, dwarf arctic willow

Suggesting water

purple colors and big curving edge for seaside dwarf arctic willow good in zone 6 = check this out

verbena, fescues, lavender, blue wheatgrass (Elymus magellanicus) and salix purpurea 'Nana' (dwarf arctic willow)

verbena

planting reinforces water theme

Verbena

Plants

idea for top of septic

russian sage and verbena

groundcover

You can suggest water with large, undulating drifts of silver-colored or blue-flowered plants, such as this verbena (Verbena sp). Consider also lavender (Lavandula spp), fescues (Festuca spp), blue wheatgrass (Elymus magellanicus, zones 6 to 9) and dwarf Arctic willow (Salix purpurea 'Nana', zones 4 to 8).

color

verbena

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Love the illusion of water, beautiful.

landscape for beach house

Grasses and color

Stream of flowers

river

Verbena Tapien.

The river of colour

beautiful groundcover used to great advantage

open areas

flowing color of purplr.like to replicate in ftont

Verbena Tapien

flowers

divider?????

Flower path

Ground Cover

Pretty purple.

'River of Color' Verbena Tapien. with clump of Russian Sage. We usually think of Verbena Tapien as a wonderful trailing plant for hanging baskets and containers, but here we see it used in a great swath of colorful ground cover. Though a perennial, it is often grown as an annual, which will flower from early summer right through to late autumn. The rounded clusters of flowers can be found in a range of colors including violet, sky blue, salmon and white.

interesting

verbena

River of flowers and a single color, purple

Plant a "river of flowers" instead of just plain grass!

beautiful

natural setting plus purple

Verbena.. Beautiful purple ground cover

creeping sedum, thyme, herbs, russian sage

flower ground cover

perovskia

Path

Verbena tabien blue

ground covers

Garden path to lavender

The flowers

The flowering ground cover is Verbena 'Tapien blue' - and yes, it is a spring through fall bloom here in California.

Jardín. Camino

The path of flowers, verbena tapien.

make a river of plants

Amazing river of flowers

Verbena 'Tapien blue'

path of flowers

Verbena

Like carpet effect

russian sage ground cover

violet path

lovely

maybe some interesting curves in front of the house? I don't know what to do with that area--including the stone wall (where perennials are currently growning) and the driveway/parking lot that's taken over so much of the land. I think introducing some curves--a curved stone walkway, a curved river of flowers like this--might help, but I don't know. I'd love to hear Janet's suggestions.

Garden

verbena

river of purple flowers and shrubs for border

Tapien blue verbena

Nice ground cover flower

Landscaping - purple river

Love the deep purple and it's green contrast. The grasses are like a waterfall for he river.

Russian sage

Plants

love flower rivers

Studio Landscape 2

Front ground cover?

river of colour garden

garden idea

beautiful landscape

The flowering ground cover is Verbena 'Tapien blue' - and yes, it is a spring through fall bloom here in California.

flowers for path

color river

Height variations in same tone

purple flowers

groundcover

verbena tapien, perennial

large blanket of same plant

River of flowers

amazing separation

P 9

mass planting of verbena as ground cover

Curve

сиреневая клумба

sendero de flores

verbena

Verbena tapien - as a ground cover

Interesting use for verbena

beautiful color for landscape

Verbena Tapien used as groundcover. Perennial.

Verbena Tapien. We usually think of Verbena Tapien as a wonderful trailing plant for hanging baskets and containers, but here we see it used in a great swath of colorful ground cover. Though a perennial, it is often grown as an annual, which will flower from early summer right through to late autumn. The rounded clusters of flowers can be found in a range of colors including violet, sky blue, salmon and white.

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plant - Verbena Tapien

great groundcover

Perennial

Good ground cover

For use in front yard

Verbena Tapien. We usually think of Verbena Tapien as a wonderful trailing plant for hanging baskets and containers, but here we see it used in a great swath of colorful ground cover. Though a perennial, it is often grown as an annual, which will flower from early summer right through to late autumn. The rounded clusters of flowers can be found in a range of colors including violet, sky blue, salmon and white.

green and purple together!

Verbena

Purple Edge

Front

verbena

sage vrs grasses

flowers, soft color

Beautiful look

Lavender for the front

possibly an option for the labyrinth

Van DE Voorde Elements Design Group

pathway of verbena (not to walk on of course)

river in flower bed

The classic river of plants consists of one variety and hue for a bold statement. This planting gains structure from well-placed evergreens and a clump of Russian sage, echoing the natural look of stones and boulders in a creek.

River of color

ground cover

Garden

Purple flowers

can it get any better? peace.

Beautiful design and color

classic river of plants consists of one variety and hue for a bold statement. This planting gains structure from well-placed evergreens and a clump of Russian sage, echoing the natural look of stones and boulders in a creek."

Love the flowing flowers

Back yard idea bordered by grass path

advice on preparing the soil

nice one color design

wave of verbena - love