Masses and Grasses: Plant List and Resources
As a follow up to our October program, Lili Herrera of Oehme van Sweden has sent along the promised plant list and, for those who were interested, the link to the Report on The White House Rose Garden. Let me again thank Jane Deering for facilitating this inspiring exchange, and for keeping the channel open with Lili so this can be shared with all of us.
Plant List
- Liatris spicata ‘Kobold’ (Blazing Star)
- Coreopsis lanceolata (Lanceleaf Coreopsis)
- Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian Sage)
- Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’- ‘Autumn Fire’ improved cultivar (Stonecrop)
- Agastache ‘Black Adder’ (Giant Hyssop)
- Hibiscus x moscheutos ‘Plum Crazy’(Hardy Hibiscus)
- Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ (Feather Reed Grass)
- Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ (Feather Reed Grass)
- Nepeta ‘Walkers Low’ (Catmint)
- Calamagrostis stricta (Slim Reed Grass)
- Molinia arundinacea ‘Skyracer’ (Tall Moor Grass)
- Carex pendula (Weeping Sedge)
- Panicum ‘Heavy Metal’ (Switch Grass)
- Rudbeckia fulgida (Black Eyed Susan)
- Achillea millefolium ‘Moonshine’ (Yarrow)
- Allium giganteum (Giant Allium)
- Allium ‘Summer Drummer’ (Ornamental Onion)
- Allium ‘Hair’ (Ornamental Onion)
- Allium schubertii (Tumbleweed Onion)
- Allium ‘Millenium’ (Ornamental Onion)
- Pycnanthemum muticum (Mountain Mint)
- Allium ‘Millenium’ (Ornamental Onion)
- Astilbe chinensis ‘Pumila’
Cimicifuga and Hydrangea quercifolia
Plant Combinations
- Achillea Red Velvet (Yarrow) with Briza media (Quaking Grass)
- Echinacea ‘Flame Thrower’ (Coneflower), Schizachyrium ‘Blue Heaven’(Little Bluestem) and Prunus maritima (Beach Plum)
- Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master with Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian Sage)
- Hakonechloa macra (Japanese Forest Grass) and Anemone tomentosa ‘Robustisima’ (Windflower)
- Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’ (Japanese Forest Grass) and Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’ (Fragrant Solomon’s Seal)
- Cimicifuga racemosa (Black Cohosh) with Hydrangea quercifolia (Oak Leaf Hydrangea)
Resources
Know your Soil
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- concordma.gov
- UMass Southeastern Cooperative Extension – ag.umass.edu
Plant Selection – Know your Zone
Native Meadow Mix