Trailling plants in winter baskets
 

I finally remembered to get the name of the little blue flowered
trailer. It's Veronica peduncularis Georgia Blue and it flowers in
winter but even better as spring comes along. The other trailers are
ivy and Lamium. Most of the winter baskets are the wicker cone types,
so seeing the container isn't as unattractive as just seeing bare green
plastic!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

Trailling plants in winter baskets
 

On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:34:11 +0000, Sacha wrote:

I finally remembered to get the name of the little blue flowered
trailer. It's Veronica peduncularis Georgia Blue and it flowers in
winter but even better as spring comes along. The other trailers are
ivy and Lamium. Most of the winter baskets are the wicker cone types,
so seeing the container isn't as unattractive as just seeing bare green
plastic!

I have Georgia blue (discovered by Roy Lancaster). It trails over my
gravel and makes a sort of lawn which doesn't need mowing!

Pam in Bristol

Trailling plants in winter baskets
 

I really like the golden variegated 'ginger mint' - Mentha x
gracilis. It seems to imporve with more brightly colured variegation
in cooler weather and has a lush look about it. Totally hardy and a
bit of a thug if allowed loose, but in a basket with rich purple
Violas peeping through, it is rather special.

Trailling plants in winter baskets
 

"Sacha" wrote in message
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I finally remembered to get the name of the little blue flowered trailer.
It's Veronica peduncularis Georgia Blue and it flowers in winter but even
better as spring comes along. The other trailers are ivy and Lamium. Most
of the winter baskets are the wicker cone types, so seeing the container
isn't as unattractive as just seeing bare green plastic!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon


I grow that Veronica, too. It's a lovely thing, which I have trailing over
the walls of raised beds. I like the leaves, too, especially when they
bronze over a little in the cold.

Spider