Am I the only person who doesn't really like agastache ? Right now, it's dahlias, agapanthus, rudbeckia, canna, hemerocallis, cautleya and penstemon which are doing well.
Guara- love the way the flowers look like butterflies dancing, Veronicastrum (fell in love with this at RHS rosemoor), verbena - I've got little baby ones which have self sown everywhere and foxgloves!
newgardeninggirl - I love gaura too, fell in love with it after holidays in Cape Town, where they actually call it the “butterfly bush” so your description is spot on. It doesn’t always survive the winter though, I had to replace mine this year.
In my old garden, achillea The Pearl, lysimachia clethroides alba, thalictrim Elin, phlomis tuberosa, veronicastrum, astilbes, some hostas, astrantia, geums in various colours, herbaceous potentillas, sanguisorbias, lychnis in several forms, peonies, hardy geraniums especially Ann Folkard and Kashmir White...........
Roses, clematis, assorted shrubs such as hydrangea paniculata, weigela, deutzia, philadelphus, sambucus, hibiscus...........
Going to be a whole new palette in this garden but there'll still be roses and clems and hydrangeas and so on and I'll be growing things from seed to save on costs while I find out what grows well.
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Right now, it's dahlias, agapanthus, rudbeckia, canna, hemerocallis, cautleya and penstemon which are doing well.
Roses, clematis, assorted shrubs such as hydrangea paniculata, weigela, deutzia, philadelphus, sambucus, hibiscus...........
Going to be a whole new palette in this garden but there'll still be roses and clems and hydrangeas and so on and I'll be growing things from seed to save on costs while I find out what grows well.