Silvery gray perennials are bright, but less bright than white flowers. That is why they are a perfect element combining the fragments of the rebate arrangement. Scattered in different places, they provide optical consistency to larger plantings and even unite separate parts of the garden.In addition, plants with decorative leaves wonderfully emphasize the beauty of their border neighbors.Thanks to them, blue, pink and orange shades of flowers, as well as green leaves are brighter and more visible.
Many gray-green perennials appear in gardens.Many species and varieties of mugwort Artemisia are valued, which differ significantly in the height of the shoots and the shape of the leaves.Some silvery-gray beauties, incl. Macleaya cordata cordata are so impressive and impressive that they can decorate a rebate on their own. Low perennials, such as the woolly purgatory and some speedwells, impress with their elegant appearance of dense, silvery leaves. Bright shades of gray, associated with the pastel colors of flowers, such as in the rose color of 'Susanna Mitchell', create an impression of extraordinary softness.
An additional benefit from the presence of silver-gray plants in the garden is the Mediterranean aura, especially for those who love holidays in the southern part of Europe.If lavender takes up enough space in the garden, it is worth taking a closer look at the various species of the unusual Santa Claus Eryngium. The giant St. Nicholas is an original biennial plant with stiff stems, leathery, serrated, silvery-gray leaves and spiky heads of inflorescences.
Silver-gray shrubs and trees, such as olives, from the South, grow here only in containers and overwinter in non-freezing quarters.Most gray-leaved species like full sun and well-drained, slightly fertile soil.
Gray-green trees and shrubs
- Omżyn, Buddleja.
- Cypress 'Columnaris' Chamaecyparis lawsoniana: shade-tolerant shrub or tree, 6-8 m high, 1-1.5 m wide.
- Silver olive Elaeagnus commutata: sun-loving shrub up to 3 m tall, grows best in sandy, dry and calcareous soil.
- Sea buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides: shrub or tree 3-6 m tall, orange fruits contain a lot of vitamin C.
- Reddish rose Rosa glauca: single pink flowers from June to July, 2-3 m high.
- Swiss willow Salix helvetica: 1 m tall shrub, silvery leaves, shoots and cats covered with gray fluff.
Gray-leaved perennials and shrubs
- Pink Dianthus gratianopolitanus: pillow perennial with gray-green grassy leaves and fragrant flowers from May to June.
- Barbula klandońska Caryopteris x clandonensis: blue flowers in the second half of summer, height 60-100 cm, light winter cover recommended.
- Helichrysum italicum: fragrant semi-shrub with small leaves, yellow flowers from July to September, height 40-50 cm.
- Helianthemum seedling: slow-growing perennial 15-20 cm high, likes well-drained soil and strong sunlight, white, orange, pink or red flowers from May to July.
- Perovskia low-leaved Perovskia atriplicifolia: semi-shrub 1-1.5 m high, lavender-blue flowers in late summer, winter protection recommended.
