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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! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon |
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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 |
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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. |
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Trailling plants in winter baskets
"Sacha" wrote in message ... 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 |
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