Plants
chenille plant (Acalypha hispida). Its long, bright crimson flower clusters are equally dramatic. It’s hardy to 30 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus 1.1 degrees Celsius (USDA zones 10 to 12; find your zone), but in these climates, it can reach 10 feet tall and 6 feet wide when planted in the ground; it will be smaller in a container. A chenille plant wants full sun or partial shade and regular water.
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Silver Peso’ Texas Mountain Laurel and Pink Trumpet Tree
At the back of the container, a strappy ‘Apricot Queen’ New Zealand flax (Phormium ‘Apricot Queen’, zones 8 to 11) adds height and structural interest. Orange-flowering trailing begonias and chartreuse sweet potato vines (Ipomea batatas, zones 9 to 11) alternate in bright spills over the sides of the container. Water requirement: Moderate Light requirement: Full sun to partial sun
a simple trio of a large-scale agave, a low-growing filler of blue chalk sticks (Senecio mandraliscae, zones 9 to 12) and orange-flowering parrot’s beak (Lotus maculatus, zones 9 to 11) for a hit of color. This drought-tolerant “recipe” could easily be reproduced with plants with similar attributes. For example, one could choose a focal-point succulent like an aeonium, a low-growing filler such as stonecrop (Sedum sp.) and a bright accent such as hot-orange blanketflower (Gaillardia sp.) or lime-green ‘Angelina’ stonecrop (S. rupestre ‘Angelina’, zones 3 to 11). Water requirement: Low once established Light requirement: Full sun to partial sun
5. Cascalote
shade plants
Mexican honeysuckle zone 8-9 (I'm zone 9b.) suggested combos and links to more plants
Coleus (Solenostemon scutellarioides) for shade garden zone 10-11
agaves
Leucadendrons or conevush, good background plant
red hot poker plant, a grass type plant with various color flowers, including yellow
burgundy cabbage tree
front yard ideas. use shop vacuum to get trash from cactus.
roses
use a large sheet pan for potting to contain the mess
potted succulents
mixed containers
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architectural plants in front of wall.
agaves in pots
The succulents from the planters can be seen in the foreground here. They include ‘Kiwi’ aeonium (Aeonium ‘Kiwi’, USDA zones 9 to 11; find your zone), ‘Jolly Green’ aeonium (Aeonium ‘Jolly Green’, zones 9 to 11), Afterglow echeveria (Echeveria ‘Afterglow’, zones 9 to 11) and chalk dudleya (Dudleya pulverulenta, zones 9 to 11).
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