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What else would go?

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
edited July 2018 in Plants
I've cleared out a south-facing bed on clay and I've chosen(I think) some snail resistant plants that don't mind dryish heat.
Penstemons, gaura and the potentilla that's not a shrub. They're reds and purples mostly. There's a fuchsia shrub, blue geranium, sage and hemerocalis there already.
Can anyone recommend anything else that would go -apart from anything yellow -probably.
In London. Keen but lazy.
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  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    edited July 2018
    What about some of the perennial blue Salvias ?

    Salvia May Night ; Merleau Blue ; or maybe the purple S.farinacea ?
    All are hardy and drought resistant . Slug resistant too I believe .

    For a totally different red perennial , how about Lobelia tupa from Chile ; had this for four years now and has withstood all winter outdoors . Why I don't know , but after the 'beasts' , it's looking and growing more strongly than ever .
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I've always wanted to grow salvia and lobelia but avoided them because I thought they were slug delicacies.  Thanks, Paul.

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    Hmmm....didn't know that , mine always seem to be OK .

    PS  L.tupa can get quite large .
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I'll give them all a go if I can find them. Large upwards would be preferable to large sideways though :)
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    B3
    Good luck and hope you find them !
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    My perennial lobelias were razed to the ground by slugs in one night. I've never had a problem with a salvia. Perhaps Nachtvlinder or 'Blue Angel'.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Thanks @Fire. They're on the list :) whoopdeedoo a whole new type of plant to try.
    It's definitely worth digging out the old, tired stuff!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Do post pics when everything's in.
  • ERICS MUMERICS MUM Posts: 627
    I like Erysimum “Bowles Mauve”.  Commonly known as a perennial wallflower, it flowers non-stop for months here and bees love it.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    agapanthus. You might need to add a bit of grit but they are growing happily on clay here. As long as it's sunny and you get deciduous ones - much hardier than the evergreen ones.
    They'd give you a different leaf shape in that mix
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
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