Plants for Creating the Foundation Garden Plan
Blue pine (Pinus strobus ‘Rocky Mountain’): Zones 3-9 Euonymus (Euonymus fortunei ‘Moonshadow’): Zones 4-8 Boxwood (Buxus ‘Green Velvet’ or ‘Winter Green’): Zones 5-9 Golden mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius ‘Aureus’): Zones 5-9 Rhododendron (Rhododendron yakusimanum): Zones 5-8 Hosta (Hosta ‘August Moon’): Zones 3-9 Spotted deadnettle (Lamium maculatum ‘Friday’): Zones 3-9 Dwarf fountaingrass (Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Little Bunny’): Zones 4-9 Dwarf daylily (Hemerocallis ‘Eenie Weenie’): Zones 3-9 Silver and gold chrysanthemum (Ajania pacifica): Zones 5-9 Serbian bellflower (Campanula poscharskyana): Zones 3-9 Creeping phlox (Phlox douglasii ‘Crater Lake’): Zones 2-9 Creeping thyme (Thymus serphyllum ‘Coccineus’): Zones 4-9
If you aren’t able to find the exact cultivars listed above, substitute others in similar colors, shapes, and sizes. Because in certain climates, some plants can become overly aggressive and spread out of control, always check which species are considered invasive in your area before planting.
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