This skinny, upright container is perfect for tight spaces in full sun
Spring Container Design
Colorful bulbs spill the beans out the time of year
Japanese umbrella pine ’s glossy , whorled farewell complement the variegated grey - green and white of ‘ Silver Swan ’ euphorbia and Feather Falls ™ sedge . The curling foliage of the sedge embrace the top of the container and echoes the bluff horizontal lines running across the stool , which is softened by a mounding rock cress plant . Sapphire blue flowers of ‘ Grace Ward ’ lithodora add a pop of springiness colour , and they contrast with ‘ bolide ’ geum and the airy blooms of Forever ® Red heuchera . To signal that outflow is here , a Narcissus pseudonarcissus and tulip suffer tall in the centre of the display .
Centerpiece woody:
1.Japanese umbrella pine(Sciadopitysverticillata, Zones 5–9)
3 . Feather Falls ™ sedge(Carexoshimensis‘ET CRX01 ’ , Zones 5–9 )
4 . Forever ® Red heuchera(Heuchera‘TNHEUFR ’ , Zones 4–9 )
5 . ‘ Sunny Side Up ’ daffodil(Narcissus‘Sunny Side Up ’ , Zones 3–8 )
6 . ‘ stripy Crown ’ tulip(Tulipa‘Striped Crown ’ , Zones 3–8 )
7 . ‘ powerhouse ’ geum(Geum‘Fireball ’ , Zones 5–9 )
8.‘Grace Ward ’ lithodora(Lithodora diffusa‘Grace Ward ’ , Zones 6–8 )
9 . Variegated rock cress(Arabis alpinasubsp.caucasica‘Variegata ’ , Zones 3–8 )
Summer Container Update
With fond conditions comes sheer principal colour
A little redaction is all this container require to swing into summertime with reinvigorated blooms . By now , Feather Falls ™ sedge is cascade down over the side of the container , complement by a long ash gray dichondra . Vibrantly colored flowers from yearly such as Angelface ® Super Blue summertime snapdragon and Sunbini ® creeping old maid flower contrast with the bold foliage of Magilla ® purple perilla .
- Added :
5 . Angelface ® Super Blue summertime snapdragon(Angeloniaangustifolia‘ANSUBLU021 ’ , Zones 10–11 )
6 . Magilla ® royal perilla**(Perilla frutescens*‘Balmagpurp ’ , yearly )
7 . Sunbini ® crawl zinnia(Sanvitaliaprocumbens‘DSANTLAG ’ , annual )
8 . ‘ Silver Falls ’ dichondra(Dichondraargentea‘Silver Falls ’ , Zones 10–11 )
Fall
nerveless purples make an unpretentious but graceful showing
By gently removing most of the annuals and adding several perennials that are top out with efflorescence or sporting reliable fall color , this container extends into nerveless conditions . The improbable , burgundy fall foliage of ‘ Storm Cloud ’ bluestar obliterate gaps in the stem of the Nipponese umbrella pine tree . Its colors blend with the pink single - cupped flush of ‘ September Charm ’ Japanese sea anemone . The elegant , orchid - like lavender bloom and dainty leaf of ‘ Tojen ’ frog lily cascade over a deeply colored Forever ® Purple genus Heuchera .
4 . ‘ Storm Cloud ’ bluestar(Amsoniatabernaemontana‘Storm Cloud ’ , Zones 4–9 )
5 . ‘ September Charm ’ Japanese anemone(Anemone×hybrida‘September Charm ’ , Zones 4–8 )
6 . ‘ Tojen ’ salientian lily(Tricyrtis‘Tojen ’ , Zones 5–9 )
7 . Forever ® Purple heuchera(Heuchera‘TNHEUFP ’ , Zones 4–9 )
Winter
White and green are all the sparkle you need
This excogitation captures the tone of a coke - covered forest take the air . The white and green of ‘ Silver Swan ’ euphorbia and Feather Falls ® sedge are repeat by new introduction . lustrous paper birch logs and white snowberries were added along with pine cones for warm vertical factor , and the risque - light-green cascading branches of easterly lily-white pine and blue spruce soften the container ’s edge .
4 . Paper birch logs(Betula papyrifera , Zones 2–7 )
Updates make the container’s design summer savvy.
5 . Snowberry branches(Symphoricarposalbus , Zones 3–7 )
6 . Blue spruce branches(Piceapungens , Zones 2–8 )
7 . Boxwood branches(Buxussempervirens , Zones 5–8 )
Updates make the container’s design summer savvy.
8 . Eastern white pine branches(Pinusstrobus , Zones 3–8 )
9 . Pine cones
*Invasive Alert:
Purple perilla (Perilla frutescens)
This works is considered invasive in TN , VA , and WV .
Please visitinvasiveplantatlas.orgfor more selective information .
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