Want your garden to keep going for the next couple of months? Despite the early onset of autumn weather, (It feels more October than September), I admired these two combinations in Langley gardens recently. Both these gardens are still going strong, as proven by inspired plant pairings.
A sourwood tree (Oxydendrum arboreum) is surrounded by fluffy, bleached blond Mexican feather grass (Nassella tenuissima, used to be Stipa). This scene will be even more gorgeous when the sourwood turns pure red in October...
Here's a stand of rosy purple barberry centered with a near-matching Oriental lily, the scene sparked by a golden cotinus growing up around the lily.
