- Gooseneck Loosestrife Lysimachia clethroides
- White conical flower
- Vigorous runner requiring little care
- Cut it back occasionally to reinvigorate it
- 2-3’ tall evergreen perennial
- Perfect for en masse plantings and ground cover
- Rose Rosa
- Red flower
- Pick a red rose with great scent and not too many petals—allow it to rise out of the Loosestrife
- Light Blue Beladonna Delphinium Delphinium x belladonna ‘Light Blue’ sp.
- Purple flower
- 3-4’ tall x 3’ wide perennial
- Spoil with great soil, amendments and water
- St. John’s Wart Hypericum androsaemum
- Green foliage with red berries
- 3’ x 3’ semi-evergreen shrub
- No overhead watering!
- Baby’s Breath Gypsophila elegans*
- 1.5’ x 1.5’ short lived annual
- All white version of Feverfew Chrysanthemum parthenium (Tanacetum parthenium) would be an excellent perennial substitution
*Please note that when necessary, I substitute plants pictured with plants of similar character for the sake of gardening success in Zone 17.
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