Episode 64: Plants for Massing

encroachment is created in many dissimilar slipway in the garden . Sometimes you get shock from a single works that has an interesting kind or stunning people of colour . Other times you get visual impact from grouping several of the same plants together . These masses are heart - catching and lend a much - needed movement to the landscape painting . Not every plant is cut out for massing , however . It ca n’t be too great , or too overbearing . And , mostly , a practiced massing plant puts on a show during several seasons ; one - hit wonders need not apply . Find out some of our favorite plants for group in this episode , let in some bulletproof perennial and a few dwarf shrubs . In expert testimony , we ’ve got a Midwest designer to press in with some of his favorite plants for massing . Did someone say “ pollinator magnets ” ?

Expert testimony : Austin Eischeid , owner and principal designer at Austin Eischeid Garden Design in Chicago .

DANIELLE ’S flora

Jelly Bean ® blueberry bush ( Vaccinium corymbosum‘ZF06 - 179 ’ , zone 4–8 )

‘ Yellow Wonder ’ alpine hemangioma simplex ( Fragaria vesca‘Yellow Wonder ’ , Zones 2–9 )

‘ Serendipity ’ allium ( Allium‘Serendipity ’ , Zones 4–8 )

European wild peppiness ( Asarum europaeum , Zones 4–7 )

STEVE ’S PLANTS

Lady ’s mantle ( Alchemilla mollis , Zones 4–7 )

‘ Wee One ’ lavender ( Lavandula angustifolia‘Wee One ’ , Zones 5–9 )

northerly maidenhair fern ( Adiantum pedatum , Zones 3–8 )

‘ Bertram Anderson ’ lungwort ( Pulmonaria longifolia‘Bertram Anderson ’ , Zones 3–8 )

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Plants from this week’s expert testimony

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