Specialty Gardening: Looking for a new look, 1 by warriorswisdomkathy

warriorswisdomkathy wrote:
I have Salvia nemerosa, can't remember if there's another name attatched, it grows to 24-28" and blooms all season, especially nice if deadheaded.

As far as your Dahlia, you could fashion a cage out of chicken wire, say over a 1 or 2 gallon pot and place over the plant. The bunnies couldn't reach the emerging stems, the stems can grow through the holes in the c. wire. This can be bought at your local hardware store.

Drop back from the corner to window to the house area, you could also place a lattice, post or something similar and place some vines. If looking for annual check out Hyacinth Bean. Flowers are purple, the back sides of the leaves and stems are also purple with dark green heart shaped leaves. The pods if allowed to grow are a redish purple. Or could even grow a clematice that is a summer bloomer.

Ok, thinking of purple flowers with a long bloom......Malva zebrina or a related one ie. Mystic Merlin; Pardancanda july-sept ish, 15-18"; campanula glomerata Joan Elliot, 18", all summer; C. lactiflora is milky blue, 30"ish or C. latifolia, 3ft, Lilac blue; Liatris...could add some inbetween other plants as blooms from July-sept. at 21/2-3ft, they only get about 12" wide; Lobelia fulgens Queen Victoria, not sure about this as lobelias don't make it for me, lol; Platycodon grandiflora "Hakone Double Blue: Salvia (patens) "Purple Majesty, 3ft; Veronicastrum there is one that is blue in color, they bloom in summer at 48" and look like a veronica on stilts, nicw as background.

Does that help any? Hope so.

Pix is Salvia nemerosa