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Floaty, wispy, airy plants for full sun bed?

TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
edited May 2022 in Plants
Hi all,

I’ve just finished my new bed and have put in some daisies, scabious, liatris, erigeron, vb, achillea etc in. It gets about 10 hours of sun and the soil is about 4 feet of loamy, free draining with added composted manure (below that is thick old clay you could make pots with). 

I want some tall, floaty plants to give height but not be too dense. And also ones that can support themselves. 

I’m gonna put some evergreens in too but that’s for another day. 

Any ideas?

Thanks as always. 

J. 


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  • micearguersmicearguers Posts: 646
    Thalictrum delavayi and asparagus. I have the former, can completely recommend it, have heard good things about the latter.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Gaura would work well.
    Mine flowers from june till frosts and needs no support.
    I have The bride that I grew from seed and it flowered the same year and still going strong.
    Dill would be eye-catching

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    Bronze fennel's worth considering.
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • zugeniezugenie Posts: 831
    Verbena?
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    The  4ft cosmos that refuse to flower until September have wispy floaty foliage. It would be good to know that someone appreciated it. But the bugger would probably flower just out of spite.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • HeartinthedirtHeartinthedirt Posts: 300
    I had a Florence fennel that rapidly outgrew a pot so I chucked it in a bed, similar conditions to yours (including clay!) it's having a whale of a time and looks great. About 1.5ft right now
    It's knowing what to do with things that counts - Robert Frost
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Good one but when it gets greenfly, it looks like nits. Doesn't seem to affect the plant, though - unless you want to eat a bit😐
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    cosmos would be lovely - it would indeed be late flowering in rich soil. Gyp, quaking grass.
  • HeartinthedirtHeartinthedirt Posts: 300
    B3 said:
    Good one but when it gets greenfly, it looks like nits. Doesn't seem to affect the plant, though - unless you want to eat a bit😐
    Well at least it might keep the bloody greenfly off the roses! Don't think I will eat it, I just like it where it is. Not sure I've ever eaten fennel actually 🤔
    It's knowing what to do with things that counts - Robert Frost
  • edhelkaedhelka Posts: 2,351
    What about stipa gigantea in the middle?
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