Garden Palette: Color Coordination of Landscape Plants

Author: Jenny Hendy (English)
Translator: Chen Shaofeng
Editor-in-Chief: Liu Feng
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2000-01-01
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Scientific Name: Bellisperennis ‘Robella’
Common Name: Daisy Substitute Species: ‘Monstrosa,’ ‘Goliath,’ and ‘Radar’ Strains.
Description: A short-lived (short growth period) perennial herb, often grown as an annual for spring flower beds. Leaves form a rosette at the base. Flower stalks are slender, with large, fully double head flowers.
Height and Spread: 3–6 in. × 6 in. (7.5–15 cm × 15 cm)
Bloom Time: Late Spring to Late Summer.
Soil: Any well-drained soil.
Scientific Name: Pieris ‘Flamingo’
Common Name: Lily of the Valley Substitute Species: ‘Pink Delight,’ ‘Christmas Cheer,’ ‘Valley Rose’
Description: An evergreen shrub with upright, clumping branches. Leaves are small, acute at the tip, and dark green. Winters as buds, with drooping, cone-shaped inflorescences and bell-shaped, deep pink corollas.
Height and Spread: 6 ft × 10–12 ft (1.8 m × 3–3.5 m)
Bloom Time: Late Spring to Late Summer.
Soil: Moist, humus-rich acidic soil.