If you want to decorate the garden with bedding compositions that will amaze you with their elegance, it is worth combining plants with purple flowers with species with silver-gray leaves.
Plants with purple colored leaves
The selection of purple flowering perennials and annuals is quite rich. Among the most beautiful perennial species we can findgeraniums ,iris bearded ,astersibellsEven now, in the second half of summer, we can quickly arrange a rebate where some varieties of Salvia nemorosa will bloom until autumn,lavenderLavandula angustifolia and Lavandula stoechas, as well ascatnipNepeta.
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Violet arrangements complement annual plants, incl.żeniszekAgeratum,heliotropeHeliotropium andverbenaVerbena. An attractive decoration of the bed is the late-bloomingclematisClematis, whose shoots can be entwined with an openwork obelisk made of metal or wooden strips, painted with light gray varnish. On the edge of the rebate, the lushly flowered butterfly bush looks very nice, i.e.omżynBuddleia.
Gray foliage plants
We have limited choice in the case ofgray-leaved plantsHowever, fortunately, in bedding arrangements, the variety of their forms does not have any special significance, while the effects obtained thanks to ashen and silvery leaves are extremely interesting .It is enough to place a few or a dozen gray-colored specimens between the purple flowers for the bed to shine with a completely new glow, radiating idyllic gentleness and peace at the same time. Among the most important perennials with decorative ashen leaves, Artemisia,purgatorywoolly Stachys byzantina andSantolinaare worth mentioning. Among annual plants, the old manashenSenecio cineraria with deeply cut, lace, silver leaves stands out with great decorative qualities. We will create picturesque potted arrangements by combining silver-grayHelichrysumHelichrysum with violet floweringverbena
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When choosing a place for a purple-gray flowerbed, we should remember about the requirements of the plants.Plants with ashen leaves like the sun. Permeable soil is also important, as many of the beautiful specimens, incl.santolina ,lavenderandmugwort , is very sensitive to excessive, long-lasting moisture in the soil.
Examples of compositions
PARTNERS FOR ONE SEASON Lacy silver leaves of an ash old man Senecio cineraria woven between purple bunchesżeniszkaAgeratum, purple red leaves alternatersAlternathera and white flowerstobacco fancyNicotiana.
SUMMER DUET The compact purple clusters of Ageratum flowers and silver-gray inflorescenceswet sageSalvia farinacea are perfect for a one-season rebate. They also look beautiful in containers.
FABULOUS COLORS In front of the garden pavilion there is a flowerbed with purple clematis, pinkrosesandgeraniums , as well as dark foliagewukowcemandsedum Narrow-leaved silver-graybylica adds style to the whole arrangement.
