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Alternative Planting ideas
I've got a patch of Veronica in a sunny border opposite our kitchen window.
My wife hates it. It's far too straggly, sothers nearby plants and looks a mess. It does bloom all summer long and has a fragrance of sorts. What should I replace it with? I need something about 15 to 18 inches tall, I'd quite like to have flowers all summer long and the blue / purple colour looks fine. The replacement should be a bit better behaved and happy in neutral / acid soil. There's plenty of shelter (we rarely get big frosts) and the soild is reasonably moist all year. Thanks Mark |
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"Mark Elliott" wrote in message . .. I've got a patch of Veronica in a sunny border opposite our kitchen window. My wife hates it. It's far too straggly, sothers nearby plants and looks a mess. It does bloom all summer long and has a fragrance of sorts. What should I replace it with? I need something about 15 to 18 inches tall, I'd quite like to have flowers all summer long and the blue / purple colour looks fine. The replacement should be a bit better behaved and happy in neutral / acid soil. There's plenty of shelter (we rarely get big frosts) and the soild is reasonably moist all year. Thanks Mark I've just bought a packet of Ageratum seeds ( Blue Mink ) and they are billed as blooming from june to october, but I think they're shorter than your requirements. Also, the perennial wallflower, Erysimum, flowers for 9 months of the year allegedly ( get the Bowles' Mauve variety ). Unfortunately that can get to 36", but is evergreen. Another option might be Linaria Purpuria, Purple Toadflax, which grows as a weed around here but I have coopted it into my garden scheme, it seems to flower for ages, but is probably on average 24" high. Andy |
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"Mark Elliott" wrote in message . .. I've got a patch of Veronica in a sunny border opposite our kitchen window. My wife hates it. It's far too straggly, sothers nearby plants and looks a mess. It does bloom all summer long and has a fragrance of sorts. What should I replace it with? I need something about 15 to 18 inches tall, I'd quite like to have flowers all summer long and the blue / purple colour looks fine. The replacement should be a bit better behaved and happy in neutral / acid soil. There's plenty of shelter (we rarely get big frosts) and the soild is reasonably moist all year. Thanks Mark I've just bought a packet of Ageratum seeds ( Blue Mink ) and they are billed as blooming from june to october, but I think they're shorter than your requirements. Also, the perennial wallflower, Erysimum, flowers for 9 months of the year allegedly ( get the Bowles' Mauve variety ). Unfortunately that can get to 36", but is evergreen. Another option might be Linaria Purpuria, Purple Toadflax, which grows as a weed around here but I have coopted it into my garden scheme, it seems to flower for ages, but is probably on average 24" high. Andy |
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"Mark Elliott" wrote in message . .. I've got a patch of Veronica in a sunny border opposite our kitchen window. My wife hates it. It's far too straggly, sothers nearby plants and looks a mess. It does bloom all summer long and has a fragrance of sorts. What should I replace it with? I need something about 15 to 18 inches tall, I'd quite like to have flowers all summer long and the blue / purple colour looks fine. The replacement should be a bit better behaved and happy in neutral / acid soil. There's plenty of shelter (we rarely get big frosts) and the soild is reasonably moist all year. Thanks Mark I've just bought a packet of Ageratum seeds ( Blue Mink ) and they are billed as blooming from june to october, but I think they're shorter than your requirements. Also, the perennial wallflower, Erysimum, flowers for 9 months of the year allegedly ( get the Bowles' Mauve variety ). Unfortunately that can get to 36", but is evergreen. Another option might be Linaria Purpuria, Purple Toadflax, which grows as a weed around here but I have coopted it into my garden scheme, it seems to flower for ages, but is probably on average 24" high. Andy |
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