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Posted: Apr/30/2008 12:37 PM PST
I need white, burgungy or yellow flowers for late spring (like about now-zone 5a) because my late spring front yard is catmint (purple), cranesbill (purple), creeping phlox (purple) and grape hyacinth (you guessed it, purple). I purpled myself out! I do have some snow-in-summer that is white in the rock garden that is just starting to bloom, and some sedums that provide other colors later in the year, but I need some low-growing (less than 8-10") plants that will contrast with all the purple. I'll try to post a picture later to see the set up - the rock wall surrounds a magnolia tree (it has purple in it!) and there is a circle of bricks below the tree. My other front yard beds are mostly green up and coming plants with some daffs and tulips for spring color - (note to self, need to collect more bulbs for next year...!). Any and all suggestions welcome! |
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Posted: May/01/2008 3:46 AM PST
You didn't mention pink, but chives make a lovely flower. Mine will bloom off and on all summer if I deadhead. The foliage of course is the pretty spikes even without flowers. A nice contrast. |
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Posted: May/01/2008 7:29 AM PST
Maybe English Primrose?? I don't know when those bloom though. |
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Posted: May/01/2008 9:46 AM PST
I've seen lady's mantle with catmint. The lime-green and purple go great together. How about a white azalea? How 'bout that pic?? 
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Posted: May/01/2008 12:05 PM PST
Quote: Originally posted by witt You didn't mention pink, but chives make a lovely flower. Mine will bloom off and on all summer if I deadhead. The foliage of course is the pretty spikes even without flowers. A nice contrast.I didn't mention chives, but I have them too and they're.....PURPLE!! |
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Posted: May/01/2008 12:06 PM PST
Quote: Originally posted by sweetlebee I've seen lady's mantle with catmint. The lime-green and purple go great together. How about a white azalea? How 'bout that pic?? I like the idea of lime-green foliage but isn't lady's mantle tall?? But that gave me the idea of lime heuchera, which I have seen recently at Spring Hill - woudl be a lovely theme planting im between the cranesbill....PICS THIS WEEKEND! |
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Posted: May/01/2008 1:18 PM PST
Lady's mantle is an edger. The leaves get maybe 12 inches tall and the flowers usually drape forward due to their heaviness. I'd say it's about 14 inches in bloom. There's also a dwarf variety of lady's mantle. But maybe it blooms too late. How about pansies? Mini daffs, which bloom right after the crocus? Oh! Yellow corydalis! I have the blue and it's been blooming since late winter. It's covered in flowers. |
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Posted: May/02/2008 4:40 PM PST
I got some burgundy-ish creeping phlox, a yellow-green campanula that gets small white flowers but is grown more for the foliage - had never seen it before; some Dragon's blood sedum (there are 2 or 3 different sedums already near the front). Once all that fills in it will break up the color a bit. I also ripped out a ton of volunteer catmint - it was rather overpowering! I'll have to post pics once I get everything in the ground. It'll be raining or overcast all this weekend (of course, my weekend off!) so good time for transplanting! |
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Posted: May/03/2008 3:13 AM PST
I don't know how well you can see it in this picture, but here are my chives next to oxalis. They both look pink to me. My chives are really blooming now. Maybe I can get a better picture. Perhaps it's my soil or something that makes them more pink than purple. Attachments:  |
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Posted: May/03/2008 4:27 AM PST
What a lovely little spot you have! Now why was I thinking clover when you wrote oxalis? I had to look it up - woodsorrel - I like the name! Clover is trifolium - don't knowhow I could havemixed them up! |
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