Designer Irene Brady Barber used a combination of shade-loving tuberous begonias, coral-petal ‘Gartenmeister Bonstedt’ fuchsia (Fuchsia ‘Gartenmeister Bonstedt’) and variegated bloodleaf (Iresine sp.), with variegated potato vine (Solanum jasminoides ‘Variegata’) and tiny-leaved muehlenbeckia trailing over the side of the moss-laden planter. Water requirement: Moderate to high; the container seen here is lined with sphagnum moss, which dries out quickly Light requirement: Partial shade; this combination receives morning sun and afternoon shade
Icy blues. Plant this beauty now and enjoy blooms all summer. Silver-leaved lavender, such as Lavandula stoechas ‘Silver Anouk’, looks fresh for spring and grows into a pale, shimmering shrub with medium-purple flowers through spring and summer. Surround a potted lavender with warm-season annuals such as calibrachoa or perennial silver-leaved spiller Silver Cascade dusty miller (Artemisia stellerian
The plants are: Left side (orange/peach flowers) it's a trailing begonia. The grass like foliage behind is Liriope (Variegated). The burgandy foliage is a Coleus. Behind the coleus is a Hebe 'Patty's Purple' (Purple flowers, perennial shrub) . Beside the Hebe is Fuschia gartenmeister (Coral colour flowers). The green trailing foliage is a green ipomea. The few bits of silver foliage is Helichrysum. — lscottjr
Lewisia Constant CoralWhere it will grow: Hardy to minus 25 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus 31.7 degrees Celsius (USDA zones 4 to 8; find your zone) Water requirement: Low Light requirement: Part shade to full sun Mature size: 4 inches tall and 10 inches wide by Darwin Perennials
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