Berberis ‘Sunjoy Tangelo’.
Eryngium planum ‘Blue Glitter’.
Digitalis purpurea ‘Pam’s Choice’. Sedum telephium ‘Marina”.
to fall” according to Proven Winners. Zone 4. Three to four feet wide and tall. Sedum telephium ‘Marina’. Sometimes you just need a
bit of blue-grey in the garden to cool things down. This mounding sedum will do just that in springtime with the leaves tinting to purple in summer. Late summer reward with rose-pink flowers. Digitalis purpurea ‘Pam’s Choice’. A lovely zone 4
foxglove, creamy white with a burgundy throat. Grows 48 in. tall, blooming in June and July.
Gentiana aucaulis. Eryngium planum ‘Blue Glitter’. Zone 5, but worth it
even if you live in a lower zone. Sea holly, the common name for this intriguing plant, will steal the show in your garden. And it just gets better as the weather gets cooler. Height 32 in. Full sun. Gentiana aucaulis, trumpet gentian. If you love blue in a
sunny garden or part shade, you will adore gentian. Eight- inch mounds of brilliant blue, trumpet-shaped flowers. Gentian ‘True Blue’ is a little lighter in colour, but growing 24 to 30 in. q
Succulents are still very hot. Photos courtesy Shea Doherty, Our Farm Greenhouses
Aenonium canariense has hairs all
over its very thick leaves. It sends up a tall flower stock of pale yellow flow- ers in early spring. A short-lived peren- nial. The rosette can grow to 16 inches across. Perennial that needs full sun.
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Crassula perforata ‘Variegata’ is
one of a 130 crassulas. This variety has a pagoda-like growth habit with green and yellow triangular leaves. Sun to part sun. Will grow to 20 cm tall.
Kalanchoe
fedtschenko ‘Variegata’
has very cool scalloped cream and gray- green leaves, edged in magenta. Has a trailing habit that will spill over the side of a container. Perennial.
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