6 Knitter Plants That Can Tie a Garden Together

Among the diversecombinations , several adaptable participant help to knit the different part of the garden together , thriving in a variety ofmicroclimatesand design aesthetics .

See how Dan Johnson mixes these plant into his telling aggregation and turns it all into a cohesive garden oasis :

Create a Botanical Tapestry by Knitting Vignettes Together in Your Garden

1. ‘Bottle Rocket’ bearded iris

Name : Iris‘Bottle Rocket ’

Zones:5–10

Size:30 to 35 inches tall and 12 to 24 inches wide

weather : Full sunlight ; average , well - enfeeble soil

Native ambit : Hybrid

whiskered irises are difficult to contend with in leap , and there are thousands of named cultivar to fall in love with . I grow about 60 unlike ace , but ‘ Bottle Rocket ’ always gets my attending with its warm color that glow among more standard lavender or purple shades . It looks great against the terra - cotta color of my house .

2. Hens and chicks

Name : Sempervivum tectorumand cvs .

Zones:3–9

Size:2 to 4 inches tall and 6 to 12 inches wide

Conditions : Full sun to partial shade ; average to granulose , well - drained soil

Native range : Southern Europe

Hens and chicks are a mainstay in cold-blooded - climate stone gardens . A mixture of specie and cultivar creates a coloured mosaic redolent of the great succulent gardens find in milder coastal garden . Tough as nails , they prosper on disuse , and the “ chicks ” can thrive to form a tight priming coat cover over prison term .

3. ‘Pink Chintz’ thyme

Name : Thymusserpyllum‘Pink Chintz ’

Zones:5–9

Size:1 to 3 inches grandiloquent and 24 inch wide

weather condition : Full sun ; medium to dry , well - drained dirt

Native range of a function : Europe , westerly Asia , North Africa

This cockeyed - develop flat coat cover will fill the smallest of interruption or make an expansive rug with its trailing prow and midget leaves . Pink - purple flowers are welcomed by honeybee in mid - natural spring and periodically thereafter . The o.k. texture and spreading nature of thyme unify path and bottom border as it creeps between boulders and cascades down cheery slopes . It ’s the perfect background for bolder plants and hardscape feature article .

4. Granita®Raspberry ice plant

Name : Delosperma‘PJS01S ’

Size:4 inches marvellous and 30 inches wide

weather condition : Full Sunday ; average to gritty , well - drained soil

adaptable plants

Photo: courtesy of Dan Johnson

The consistent bod of unlike ice plants ’ foliage and flush admit many cultivars to blend easily in a garden , and I coalesce them freely ; this cultivar , however , is a favorite . Its creeping habit paint crack and slope in a unique warm cardinal and crimson - purple . A glorious spring display of these flowers is follow by scattered repeat flush all summertime long .

5. Large penstemon

Name : Penstemongrandiflorus

Size:2 to 4 feet tall and 1 to 1½ feet broad

aboriginal image : Central United States

Photo: courtesy of Dan Johnson

This species has flowers that can be whitened , pink , or purpleness , though I ’ve select only for lavender heyday in my garden . Flowering spikes originate quickly in spring and blossom up to former summer . The sturdy staunch produce rich seedpods that persist for winter interest , earmark this perennial to self - seed abundantly throughout the garden .

6. Beaked yucca

Name : Yuccarostrata

Size:10 to 15 base grandiloquent and 3 to 10 foot wide

condition : Full sun to fond shade ; mass medium to dry , well - drain soil

Bottle Rocket bearded iris

Photo: courtesy of Dan Johnson

Native range : Southwest Texas , northeasterly Mexico

Many brave yucca coinage are scattered throughout my belongings , and this sheer but elegant yucca is the queen of them all . The blue - green leave-taking are narrow-minded and conciliatory with the finest of gilded edges , and they virtually shimmer on windy day . bloom stalks extend 3 feet above the folio and are thickly loaded with creamy , bell - influence blooms that emit a clean , abstemious fragrance in spring .

Dan Johnsongardens in Arizona and Colorado . He is associate director and curator of native plant collection at Denver Botanic Gardens and is theSouthwest regional reporterandforum moderatorfor FineGardening.com .

Hens and chicks

Photo: Diana Koehm

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Granita Raspberry ice plant

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