Plant associations

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Pallas

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Re: Plant associations
« Reply #60 on: April 03, 2016, 10:57:47 AM »
Agave attenuata and Aloe vera (2 April 2016).
Small (300m2) south-facing garden on the outskirts of Málaga. RHS H2 / USDA 10b.

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John J

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Re: Plant associations
« Reply #61 on: April 10, 2016, 12:46:05 PM »
Self-sown Centranthus ruber with Lavandula dentata.
Cyprus Branch Head. Gardens in a field 40 m above sea level with reasonably fertile clay soil.
"Aphrodite emerged from the sea and came ashore and at her feet all manner of plants sprang forth" John Deacon (13thC AD)

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Fermi

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Re: Plant associations
« Reply #62 on: November 11, 2016, 02:55:50 PM »
I love the way these flowers blend in: the pink of the indigofera pseudotinctoria, the blue penstemon and the mauve nepeta,

The blue penstemon is in flower this season a lot earlier than the indigofera it was paired with last summer.
However the silvery foliage of the Zauschneria (Epilobium) canum 'Catalina' is an excellent foil for it and a yellow Onosma,
cheers
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« Last Edit: November 11, 2016, 03:00:44 PM by Fermi »
Mr F de Sousa, Central Victoria, Australia
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working as a physio to support my gardening habit!

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Fleur Pavlidis

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Re: Plant associations
« Reply #63 on: November 13, 2016, 11:05:13 AM »
They do look lovely together, Fermi, but I wonder why someone would want to breed a Epilobium which wasn't bright orange!
MGS member, Greece. I garden in Attica, Greece and Mt Goulinas (450m) Central Greece