Episode 134: Hole Fillers

Every garden has gaps that demand to be filled from meter to sentence . Whether you are look for a myopic - term stand - in while a bed is being make over or a speedy fixture after another plant dies , it is prissy to have a leaning of pinch - batsman that can step in and fill up space quickly . Listen in as Danielle , Carol , and expert Edgar Albert Guest Lisa Bauer share some of their favorite choices for gracefully filling the vacancy that are a lifelike part of a garden ’s evolution .

Expert node : Lisa Bauer is the owner of Chartreuse Garden Design in Seattle .

Danielle’s Plants

Spider flower / Cleome ( Cleome hasslerianaand cvs . , annual )

Appalachian sedge ( Carexappalachica , Zones 3–7 )

crawl petunia ( Petuniaspp . and cvs . , annual )

Caladium ( Caladiumspp . and cvs . , Zones 9–11 )

Carol’s Plants

Prairie dropseed ( Sporobolusheterolepis , Zones 3–9 )

C. P. Snow on the mount ( Euphorbiamarginata , annual )

‘ Strawberry Fields ’ genus Gomphrena ( Gomphrena‘Strawberry Fields ’ , annual )

‘ pinkish Cotton Candy ’ betony ( Stachysofficinalis‘Pink Cotton Candy ’ , Zones 4–8 )

industrial plant IDs for the plant combination from the cover charge ofissue 211 , designed by Salsbury - Schweyer Inc. forthe garden of Dell and Lou Salza in Shaker Heights , Ohio :

Expert’s Plants

Black Lace ® elderberry ( Sambucusnigra‘Eva ’ , Zones 5–7 )

‘ Cavatine ’ genus Pieris ( Pierisjaponica‘Cavatine ’ , Zones 5–8 )

‘ Blue Star ’ juniper ( Juniperussquamata‘Blue Star ’ , Zones 4–8 )

‘ Bressingham White ’ bergenia ( Bergenia‘Bressingham White ’ , Zones 3–8 )

Liverleaf ( Hepaticanobilis , Zones 5–8 )

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