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Gray creeping germander(Teucrium aroanium)
USDAHardinessZones:7 to 10
Size:3 inches marvelous and 8 in all-encompassing
condition : Full sun ; well - drained grunge
This textural gem of a land cover from the Mediterranean river basin is a welcome summation to our neighborhood . grey creep germander ’s needlelike leafage spreads into a low hammock spangled with clusters of honey - scented , lavender - pink flower inMay and June . I have encounter this plant blooming into October .
With That:
‘Siskiyou Blue’ fescue(Festuca idahoensis‘Siskiyou Blue’)
Zones:4 to 8
Size:1 groundwork tall and 15 to 18 inches wide
‘ Siskiyou gloomy ’ fescue is a long - lived , well - proportioned evergreen offering blue-blooded innocence . This grass grows into a tufted chassis with fine - textured , pulverization blue leaf blade . The efflorescence radiate a light park that mellow to warm gold by former summer . Its evergreen plant pulverization blue is an eye - catch accent to germander .
Kannah Creek®buckwheat(Eriogonum umbellatumvar.aureum‘Psdowns’)
Zones:3 to 8
Size:12 to 18 inches grandiloquent and 1 to 2 feet full
Conditions : Full sun ; thin , well - drained grunge
Kannah Creek ® buckwheat displays deep green foliage with a white underside that spread to form felt up rosette . Clusters of small , sulphuryellow flowers age to a warm orange . When viewed at close compass , germander and buckwheat leaves seem related by thesubtle tonic and textural magnetic declination of their leaf .
Wasatch beardtongue(Penstemon cyananthus)
Size:2 to 3 feet tall and 1 to 2 feet wide
The lesser - known Wasatch beardtongue has cobalt bluish flowers on tall stem with leafage that turns orange - red ink as the weather condition cool off . It is also a butterfly stroke and hummingbird magnet . The incredible colour ofWasatch beardtonguecomplements germander ’s flush and foliage and adds vertical contrast .
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