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boho garden design good!

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black garden boxes

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boxwoods

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Against the house are white roses with Catmint in front. Across the driveway the border is alternating Catmint, Ajuga, and Heuchera. Behind those are mixed Roses, Salvia 'May Night', and Echinacea.

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After the lupines and daisies expire, black-eyed Susans continue offering a feast for local pollinators.

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A mix of diverse flowers is also shown in this geometric fire pit area. The designers combined Woodland Edge, Purple Haze and Blue Wave wildflower seed mixes from Pictorial Meadows.

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Tall spikes of pink and pale lavender foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea) and light pink peonies (Peony ‘Elsa Sass’) provide punctuations of pastel color amidst the verdant borders.

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Gardens using jewel-toned color palettes benefit from tones chosen from opposite sides of the color wheel (like orange and blue or yellow and violet). Pairing plants with foliage or flower colors in closely complementary hues makes each color stand out in contrast to its neighbors. For example, in this seaside garden on Bainbridge Island, Washington, dark purple ‘Caradonna’ sage (Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’) and cool blue ‘Little Titch’ catmint (Nepeta racemosa ‘Little Titch’) set off bright orange California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) planted close by.

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Catmint (Nepeta, USDA zones 3 to 9) is another fast-growing, easy-to-propagate plant that mimics lavender's growth habit and style.

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The classic Russian Sage (Perovskia, USDA zones 6 to 9) gives lavender a run for its money as the most common purple plant in today's gardens. Easily massed and faster growing than lavender, this plant seems to mass and mix with ease in almost any environment.

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Mexican bush sage (Salvia leucantha) flowers in spring through fall,

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PRO Dear Garden Associates, Inc. The purple plant is catmint that we use quite frequently to accent other plantings as we did here.

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Dear Garden Associates, Inc. It is Catmint. The variety is 'Walker's Low'

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Colour and contrast from Fernleaf yarrow (Achillea x ‘Moonshine’) and Meadow Sage (Salvia x sylvestris ‘May Night’).

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