Plant combinations create islands of beauty.
One of the joys of gardening is arranging combinations of plants to produce a beautiful effect that surpasses what each specimen could do alone, even in a large clump. I have to admit that I probably got started on this game a little late simply because I am such a daylily lover. But I soon learned that companion plantings and combinations of complementary daylilies add so much pizzazz to my gardens.
Since I tend to like the semi-wild look as opposed to the carefully manicured one anyway, many of my combinations happen at least partly by “accident.” Perhaps it was a wild thing that I noticed but benignly neglected to pull. Perhaps it was a volunteer foxglove or rudbeckia that was in a tolerably good spot and turned out better than I thought. Or maybe it was two colors planted deliberately for contrast. However it happens, garden combo’s are a delight.
A few examples
Pandora's Box daylily with native Black-eyed Susans
