Texas Gardening: Astilbes in Houston?, 0 by crowellli

crowellli wrote:
Tir, there are some new Knockouts available. There is a new double red with high petal count and the new Rainbow which is a coral pink color. I would have preferred the pink ones, but they came out the year after I put the last of mine in. I'll add a picture of the yard from another direction viewing one of the rose beds. I took out some crepe myrtles that were in a corner planting by the street and put in red Knockouts at the back, pink Nearly wild in front of them and then blue daze edging the bed. The blue daze has just gone in, but once all this is blooming, it should be spectacular. I've added in a lot of Lycoris Radiata lilies in between all these just because I can't stand a square inch that doesn't have something in it! I've also just found a wonderful new nursery. Great Western Growers is a wholesale place for landscapers, but they're open to the public on Saturday and Sunday. The prices there are about 1/3 to 1/2 of what I've been paying at Cornelius and the plant quality is really good. It's a huge place with a ton of stock. They are located on Stancliff just off beltway 8 and 59 south. If they're close to you, check them out for great prices. I just wish I'd found them before I was mostly done!

These are less than one year old Knockouts with Forsyth Lemon Drop daylilies in front. The blue in the foreground is East Friesland Salvia and Dianthus edging that bed.