Hi, I'm doing some 3 ft. long low containers on a terrace in NYC- it's a north facing garden- only gets a few hours of sun a day and it's very windy (25th floor). I just bought some dwarf mondo grass (see image) for the containers and I want to plant some flowers in between for color. Does anyone have any ideas of what would be good? It's going to have to be a shade loving, low-growing type of flower. Thanks for any suggestions!
It's not really a flower but have you thought of coleus. You can get some really different colors. I planted them in a flower box on my patio last summer.
amym,
Try looking at this site for ideas on what to plant on your terrace to attract butterflies. I think it will be helpful---to you AND the butterflies! Good luck!!! ~Sierrawoman
www.naba.org/ftp/nyca.pdf
Maybe monkey flower?
http://plantsdatabase.com/go/898/index.html
or any of these?
http://plantsdatabase.com/advanced.php?nn%5B16%5D=2&nn%5B1%5D=2&nn%5B2%5D=0&nn%5B3%5D=0&nn%5B4%5D=4&nn%5B5%5D=0&nn%5B6%5D=0&nn%5B7%5D=0&nn%5B8%5D=0&nn%5B9%5D=0&nn%5B23%5D=0&nn%5B10%5D=0&nn%5B12%5D=0&sname=Plants&Search.x=37&Search.y=4
I dont know how readily available any of those are in New York, but I hope that helps some!
Susanne
Moss Rose is a good container plant. It keeps on blooming and self seeds to come back next year :)
http://plantsdatabase.com/showpicture/1700/
