..that's looks a good white... others I've had are 'Firetail' which is pink and 'J.S. Caliente', which starts pink then gets deeper to red/orange.. I'd also like to try 'Fat Domino', just because I love the name..
..not really perennials, but I wanted to include some of my favourite little evergreen ground covers that will still be flowering in June.
Rhodanthemum hosmariense 'Marrakech'... flowers March-June... Rhodanthemum 'Tangiers'.. flowers year round... 'Casablanca' is similar.. photo from 2 days ago.. Parahebe 'Porlock'.. another super little evergreen, flowers on and off all season.. seems hardy to -8C.. no idea about lower than that.. Parahebe 'Avalanche'... same as above.. very easy from cuttings inserted into the ground at any time..
I simply adore this plant... if you like Gypsophila then do consider this. It's evergreen, reverting to a tufty grass in winter. By late June it's ready to flower and it continues until October. It has a light footprint and can be used as ground cover amongst roses.. It demands sharp drainage, sandy, rocky soil, being a native of the Balkans and northern Greece. It's been hardy here for many years but I do not know how much it can take, but I can't imagine growing it on heavy clay.. You can pinch off little tips of growth, plant in the soil and in no time you have a new plant. It also seeds itself close by..
It carries a weighty name, but worthy of this gem of a plant..
Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana 'Pink Starlets'... to be precise..
..pink, starry stripes in the centre.. ..ground cover with rose 'Octavia Hill'...
I bought parahebe Avalanche after seeing your recommendation on here a year or two ago and it's done really well.
Here's potentilla nepalensis Roxana. It has an odd optical illusion effect. When I see it through the kitchen window, about twenty feet away, it looks plain orange. The first time I noticed I went outside to look, thinking it had reverted or faded or something but close to, it's these two colours!
It's tsuga canadensis 'Jeddeloh'. It looks dreadful at the back, mossy bare legs, as it has taken to reclining downhill now ( it's at least 25 years old.) When younger it had a rather nice 'bird's nest form to it, growing evenly all round.
@Fire I get it from a local nursery in Norfolk, but I think you will find it on Secret Garden Club website, going under the name Petrorhagia saxifrage. It appears to be the same plant.
Here's what the Missouri Botanical Garden website says about it. I find this source quite informative on many plants, even though it's not always relative to our location, but they have this one spot on. Hardy to possibly zone 4 U.S. which surprises me. I have also found it enjoys a mulch, and is not put off by manure mulch that we give to our roses..
yeah, it looks the same as it's called Tunic Flower. Before the name change it used to be called Tunica 'Pink Starlets'.. I would go for the one on Plantsman's Preference.. they're very good, I've used them before..
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'J.S. Caliente', which starts pink then gets deeper to red/orange.. I'd also like to try 'Fat Domino', just because I love the name..
..not really perennials, but I wanted to include some of my favourite little evergreen ground covers that will still be flowering in June.
Rhodanthemum hosmariense 'Marrakech'... flowers March-June...
Rhodanthemum 'Tangiers'.. flowers year round... 'Casablanca' is similar.. photo from 2 days ago..
Parahebe 'Porlock'.. another super little evergreen, flowers on and off all season.. seems hardy to -8C.. no idea about lower than that..
Parahebe 'Avalanche'... same as above.. very easy from cuttings inserted into the ground at any time..
and one of my special favourites to follow..
It demands sharp drainage, sandy, rocky soil, being a native of the Balkans and northern Greece. It's been hardy here for many years but I do not know how much it can take, but I can't imagine growing it on heavy clay..
You can pinch off little tips of growth, plant in the soil and in no time you have a new plant. It also seeds itself close by..
It carries a weighty name, but worthy of this gem of a plant..
Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana 'Pink Starlets'... to be precise..
..pink, starry stripes in the centre..
..ground cover with rose 'Octavia Hill'...
I bought parahebe Avalanche after seeing your recommendation on here a year or two ago and it's done really well.
Here's potentilla nepalensis Roxana. It has an odd optical illusion effect. When I see it through the kitchen window, about twenty feet away, it looks plain orange. The first time I noticed I went outside to look, thinking it had reverted or faded or
I rather like your conifer there..
I get it from a local nursery in Norfolk, but I think you will find it on Secret Garden Club website, going under the name Petrorhagia saxifrage. It appears to be the same plant.
Here's what the Missouri Botanical Garden website says about it. I find this source quite informative on many plants, even though it's not always relative to our location, but they have this one spot on. Hardy to possibly zone 4 U.S. which surprises me.
I have also found it enjoys a mulch, and is not put off by manure mulch that we give to our roses..
https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=279045
I would go for the one on Plantsman's Preference.. they're very good, I've used them before..