Specialty Gardening: Garden Shots 3-Let's see your late summer combos!, 1 by Highmtn

Highmtn wrote:
Oh dang... that's a disappointment! That is usually NOT the case with Shasta's. They are hardy souls. I saw a planted mound many moons ago and I didn't have a camera with me. So.. I stopped and sketched it...LOL Shasta's are dang hardy, but they don't like to be too wet. Over the years I have phased out the standard Shasta's and gone to the Becky Shasta's. The wind and rain does NOT blow them over or lay them down. They are amazing, and our coastal winds sure give them a run for their money too! They were the 2003 perennial plant of the year - http://www.perennialplant.org/ppy/03ppy.htm

The driveway mound I mentioned above was purple iris, Shasta daisies, lavender mounds, and CA poppies alllllllll over. It was just stunning!

This was my mound of the Becky's when the clump was 2 years old. They are prolific bloomers and also hold their blooms for weeks...and I mean WEEKS. It's one of three (in the ground plants I have) that have managed to thrive in spite of the VERY AGGRESSIVE roots from the Cedar trees it's planted near. Daisies have roots from *ell just like the Cedars...


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