September 13, 2010It must be true
If Cornell University Department of Horticulture says so, it must be true. Combining succulents with bulbs is the next new thing. And proves, possibly, that succulents have arrived from the plant grown by hermit-like desert dwellers to the mainstream darling of the garden set.
Here Sedum ‘Matrona’ is paired with tulip ‘Queen of the Night’ with the purples playing off each other. The thinking is: the sedum foliage will cover the browning tulip leaves in summer. Not a bad concept if you live in place where tulips actually come back.
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Susi says:
I plan to use lots of Naked Ladies and Lily of the Nile, plus babiana, ixia, watsonia, species gladiolus, brodiaea, freesia, Tulipa bakeri ‘Lilac Wonder’ and
Tulipa clusiana ‘Cynthia’. Some of the perennial herbs have done well and can stay, but the annual herbs require too much time and too much water.
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 9:37 am.
Cindy McNatt says:
Love the tulip clusianas, bloom very reliably in my neighbor’s garden. And ‘Cynthia’ is sure tempting….
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 11:25 am.
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Susi says:
Just last month I decided to change the plants used in my labyrinth from the relatively labor-intensive herbs & edible flowers I have now. This November, which is our best planting time in San Diego, I’ll be switching to - ta dah! - drought-tolerant succulents and drought-tolerant bulbs (mostly South African and Calif. native bulbs).
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 9:33 am.