Dark Side of the Moon Astilbe Planted - May 2023
Dark foliage is something I've been chasing for a number of years. I'm a foliage gardener. And that mostly means greens. Light greens. Dark greens. Glossy greens. Dull greens. But, starting last year, I was turned-on to the idea of being deliberate about dark foliage. Guessing it was Erin the Impatient Gardener who talked about dark foliage. I included it on my 2022 to-do list. And have done a few things in recent years: purple heucheras , a Chocoholic Black Snakeroot , and t his silvery Coral Bell that I planted late last Fall and hasn't quite emerged just yet. So, when I saw that sign (above) at the Morton Arboretum Plant sale, these were the FIRST things in my box. I grabbed three of them. Should have bought even more. I stuck them into the southside bed - behind the Twinkle Toes Pulmonaria (I moved these closer to the front of the border last Fall ), and sort of weaved in next to...