Mine have a purple rib and the whole leaf goes purpley in autumn then fades to straw. Still looks good till late winter when I cut it back to let the fresh new growth through.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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All the above, plus Achillea ptarmica. The type plant has single daisy flowers (a bit like those of feverfew) with narrow dark green leaves, the variety 'the Pearl' has lovely little white pompoms in bunches on top of the stems. Mine grows inconstantly wet soil: there is a spring in the bank above. It spreads a bit, but not so as to be a nuisance. Also wild Prunella grows in the same place, useful ground cover in winter and pretty flowers in summer. There are cultivated versions, slightly bigger and with a choice of colours. Both tolerate full shade.
Gardening G - in Obelix's garden photo above, it is the lovely almost yellow/green grass, slightly left of centre, front row bordering the paving. Obelixx's look like several plants grow next to each other - am I right Obelixx? They look lovely when they get larger and join together, bit like a cascade of leaves. As Verdun says, very classy and also very easy to grow and maintain. They really do their own thing. Mine are intermixed with ophiopogon black grass. I think my variety is called All Gold. never seen a purply or an orangey one - off too google
I'm afraid I don't know the name. I bought it years ago at a plant fair and it has quietly spread. Looks lovely with the Gold Edger hosta and the glaucous ones too. I pick up the gold with yellow hemerocallis and yellow flowered liguria and there's purple in the astilbe and hosta flowers as well as the Japanese anemones.
As you can see that whole bed is heaving now so one job this spring is to take most plants out and replant the divisions with more space. I may remove that golden conifer to another place too in the next couple of weeks as it is starting to block my view from the sofa onto the garden.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I also have varieties of vipers bugloss - bugle - ajuga reptans and that spreads everywhere (varoeties include green leaves, maroon leaves, variegated white/green/pink leaves - a ground hugging plant with little spires of deep blue flowers, and creeping jenny - rounded leaves on trailing stems - quickly covers the ground somebody out there will give it it's proper name, I'm sure.
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Thank you Jess.
Mine have a purple rib and the whole leaf goes purpley in autumn then fades to straw. Still looks good till late winter when I cut it back to let the fresh new growth through.
Obelixx, which type is yours then? It sounds lovely with the purple rib. Can never have too much Hakkonechloa!
I have hostas, primroses, cranesbill geraniums and astilbes.... ever heard of the hacky thing - must look it up and see what it is.
All the above, plus Achillea ptarmica. The type plant has single daisy flowers (a bit like those of feverfew) with narrow dark green leaves, the variety 'the Pearl' has lovely little white pompoms in bunches on top of the stems. Mine grows inconstantly wet soil: there is a spring in the bank above. It spreads a bit, but not so as to be a nuisance. Also wild Prunella grows in the same place, useful ground cover in winter and pretty flowers in summer. There are cultivated versions, slightly bigger and with a choice of colours. Both tolerate full shade.
Gardening G - in Obelix's garden photo above, it is the lovely almost yellow/green grass, slightly left of centre, front row bordering the paving. Obelixx's look like several plants grow next to each other - am I right Obelixx? They look lovely when they get larger and join together, bit like a cascade of leaves. As Verdun says, very classy and also very easy to grow and maintain. They really do their own thing. Mine are intermixed with ophiopogon black grass. I think my variety is called All Gold. never seen a purply or an orangey one - off too google
I'm afraid I don't know the name. I bought it years ago at a plant fair and it has quietly spread. Looks lovely with the Gold Edger hosta and the glaucous ones too. I pick up the gold with yellow hemerocallis and yellow flowered liguria and there's purple in the astilbe and hosta flowers as well as the Japanese anemones.
As you can see that whole bed is heaving now so one job this spring is to take most plants out and replant the divisions with more space. I may remove that golden conifer to another place too in the next couple of weeks as it is starting to block my view from the sofa onto the garden.
thanks Jess, very helpful.
I also have varieties of vipers bugloss - bugle - ajuga reptans and that spreads everywhere (varoeties include green leaves, maroon leaves, variegated white/green/pink leaves - a ground hugging plant with little spires of deep blue flowers, and creeping jenny - rounded leaves on trailing stems - quickly covers the ground somebody out there will give it it's proper name, I'm sure.
Useful suggestions - thanks. I haven't heard of that Hake something so will look it up (is it a thug?)