Regional Picks: Plant This With That—Northwest

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Sunset Celebration™ rose

Name:Rosa‘Sunset Celebration’

USDA Hardiness Zones:6–9

Size:3 to 4 metrical foot tall and 3 foot broad

weather : Full sun ; moist , well - run out soil

As the easiest , showiest , hybrid tea rose I know , Sunset Celebration ™ wins my enthusiasm every summertime . With its sturdy , erect stems and clusters of apricot flower petal , this come up is equally practiced at playing a setting role ( helping prop up adjacent plant life ) and being a centrepiece . As a bonus , when cooler weather arrives , each flush of flowers catch more or less deeper in color , evolving to shades of salmon by mid - fall . After a severe prune in early bounce and a feeding in mid and late saltation , all that ’s left is to revel the citrusy scent and round-the-clock bloom show — and to leave a excess bouquet at the neighbor ’s back doorway .

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‘Six Hills Giant’ catmint

Name:Nepeta‘Six Hills Giant’

Zones:3–8

Size:2 to 3 feet tall and wide

atmospheric condition : Full sun to partial shade ; well - drained soil

This tall Nepeta cataria is the sodding diplomatist , unify neighbor as divers as rose wine and annual . ‘ Six Hills Giant ’ has crinkly , scalloped grey foliage and wandlike stems , but the real showstopper is the plurality of flower that make a imperial swath throughout summer . Cut the root word back to 3 to 4 inches tall in midsummer ( then water well ) to encourage new flowers that will last well into fall .

‘George Davison’ crocosmia

Name:Crocosmia×crocosmiiflora‘George Davison’

Zones:6–9

Size:1 to 3 feet tall and wide

With its ramrod - straight stems and funnel - shaped apricot flowers , ‘ George Davison ’ crocosmia is an ideal vertical focal point . If its corms get too plenteous and need to be moderate , plant them 4 inches deep in a 3 - gallon charge plate locoweed with better soil and sink the container to soil grade . Replenish the soil and melt off out the medulla every two years .

‘Arabella’ clematis

Name:Clematis‘Arabella’

Zones:4–9

size of it : Vining to 4 to 6 foot

circumstance : Full sun to partial shade ; moist , well - drain dirt

This petite herbaceous clematis resembles an exquisitely placed medallion on a gift , splaying its flexible stems and 3 - in - wide gloomy bloom around next plants . The colour and size of ‘ Arabella ’ clematis enable it to accent a vast range of shrubs and perennials . An diligence of well - rotted manure in other winter , rose food in mid- and late spring , and a buzz cut of the stems in other outflow is the only care needed .

Julie Lane - Gayis an greedy gardener and former nursery owner from Vancouver , British Columbia .

photograph : Doreen Wynja ; courtesy of Julie Lane - Gay ; Jennifer Benner ; and courtesy of Richard Hawke . Illustration : Elara Tanguy , colorized by Bill Godfrey

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