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 some Summer Beauty Allium. Below is a photo showing their initial si