Plantiful by Kristin Green

Author:Kristin Green
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 2013-09-03T16:00:00+00:00

Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’ and anise hyssop seedheads.

Shrub | Zones 5 to 9

DESCRIPTION I always forget to notice this northeast native shrub’s drooping sausage-like racemes of white flowers that bloom through the busy days of early summer, but I never miss the fall show when its translucent leaves blaze red, hanging like pennants on suckering stems. Plant the 2- to 3-ft. dwarf Little Henry (I. virginica ‘Sprich’), or its 3- to 4-ft. tall cousin, ‘Henry’s Garnet’, in front of feathery autumn flowering grasses and cerulean-blue bog sage—and wherever else its foliage will be backlit by autumn’s low-slung sun.

FINE PRINT Prefers full sun to partial shade, and moist to wet soil. Propagate by cuttings anytime or by division of suckers in spring or fall. Rejuvenate by cutting older stems to the ground in early spring.

Lamium maculatum

SPOTTED DEADNETTLE

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