Cool Color Border
Overview
Are you needing to feel cool and relaxed? This border creates a cool-feeling border by including plants with texture and shades of blue, green, purple, lavender, silver and white.
A shady corner in the Cool Color Border
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There are lots of pretty colors in the garden!
HIbiscus syriacus
Plants in this section of the Cool Color Border include: Salvia farinaceae ‘Victoria Blue’, front left; Paeonia, front right; Nicotiana sylvestris, center left; Echinops bannaticus ‘Blue Glow’, mid center; Veronica longifolia ‘First Lady’, right center; and Clematis ‘MultiBlue’ far right.
Cool Color Border Plant List
| # | Botanical Name | Cultivar | Common name | Tree | Native | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CC1 | Aconitum carmichaelii | 'Arendsil' | monkshood | |||
| CC2 | Ajuga reptans | bugleweed | ||||
| CC3 | Anchlys atriphylla | vanilla leaf | ||||
| CC4 | Aruncus aethusifolius | dwarf goat's beard | ||||
| CC5 | Anemone hupehensis | pink Japanese anemone | ||||
| CC6 | Astrantia major | 'Star of Billion' | masterwort | |||
| CC7 | Astilbe chinensis | astilbe, false spirea | ||||
| CC8 | Clematis | 'Multi Blue' | deciduous clematis | |||
| CC9 | Beesia deltophylla | white buttercup | ||||
| CC10 | Echinops bannaticus | 'Blue Glow' | blue glow thistle | |||
| CC11 | Galium adoratum | sweet woodruff | ||||
| CC12 | Athyrium | 'Pewter Lace' | painted fern | |||
| CC13 | Disporum cantoniense | 'Moonlight' | Chinese fairy bells | |||
| CC14 | Hibiscus syriacus | 'Minerva' | rose of Sharon | |||
| CC15 | Helleborus hybridus | 'Crystal Leaf' | hellebore | |||
| CC16 | Brunnera macrophylla | 'Jack Frost' | brunnera | |||
| CC17 | Polemonium caeruleum | Jacob's ladder | ||||
| CC18 | Leucanthemum | Shasta daisy | ||||
| CC19 | Liatris spicata | 'Blazing Star' | violet, white | |||
| CC20 | Nicotiana sylvestris | tobacco plant | * | |||
| CC21 | Nepeta | catmint | ||||
| CC22 | Paeonia | peony (pale pink) | * | |||
| CC23 | Origanum laevigatum | Hopley's purple oregano | * | |||
| CC24 | Polystichum munitum | western sword fern | * | |||
| CC25 | Primula | purple primrose | ||||
| CC26 | Pulmonaria officinalis | lungwort | ||||
| CC27 | Rhododendron | 'Unique' | ||||
| CC28 | Salvia farinaceae | 'Victoria Blue' | ||||
| CC29 | Penstemon hybrida | 'Midnight' | beardtongue | |||
| CC30 | Penstemon hybrida | 'Quartz Amethyst' | beardtongue | |||
| CC31 | Hosta | plantain lily | ||||
| CC32 | Stachys byzantina | lamb's ears | ||||
| CC33 | Styrax japonicus | 'Carillon' | Japanese snowbell tree | |||
| CC34 | Thalictrum | meadow rue | * | |||
| CC35 | Rosa | 'Nastarana' | shrub rose | |||
| CC36 | Salvia nemorosa | 'Snowhill' | meadow sage | |||
| CC37 | Tiarella cordifolia | 'Sugar and Spice' | foamflower | |||
| CC38 | Tiarella cordifolia | 'Jeepers Creepers' | foamflower | |||
| CC39 | Tiarella cordifolia | native foamflower | ||||
| CC40 | Trycyrtis | 'Samurai' | toad lily | |||
| CC41 | Veronica longifolia | 'First Lady' | tall speedwell | |||
| CC50 | Allium | 'Gladiator' | ||||
| CC51 | Polemonium caeruleum | Jacob's ladder | ||||
| CC52 | Polemonium reptans | 'Stairway to Heaven' | Jacob's ladder | |||
| CC53 | Veronica spicata | 'Giles Van Hees” | spike speedwell | |||
| CC54 | Zantedeschia | calla lily |