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Wow-worthy plant combinations
This time of year is all about soaking in the garden and making mental (or more likely, photographic) notes about what worked and what didnt. Some things are as simple as a plant that just didnt perform or as complicated as being happy with how a design sketched on paper came to fruition.
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But somewhere in the middle is simple acknowledgment of particularly good plant pairings to be filed away for future reference.
Here are a few that Im really loving this year.
SALVIA + JEWELS OF OPAR
Theres nothing like a bit of desperation to come up with something great.
When the Nicotiana I had planted in this section of the circle garden ended up being a big, floppy mess, I ripped them out and frantically shopped online find anything that would fill in quickly, in time for a photoshoot in the garden.
I got a combination of Salvia Unplugged So Blue and and Rockin Playing the Blues. But I was worried that they wouldnt fill in quickly so transpla