Gardening Australia – May 2019

10 MAY 2019 GARDENING AUSTRALIA

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This month’s pick of the bunch

for garden lovers nationwide

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MARIANNE CANNON

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CHRIS BROWN PHOTOGRAPHY

Lovers of blue flowers will enjoy

the new penstemon Blue of Zurich

(Penstemon heterophyllus ‘Züriblau’).

Foxglove-like bells of gentian

blue, with pink at the base, adorn

steep spikes above the narrow

leaves. A favourite with butterflies

and bees, this summer-flowering

perennial grows 30–50cm high,

and prefers full sun or semi-shade,

along with good drainage.

tesselaar.net.au

Orange flowers with a red tinge cover

the ferny foliage of the low-growing,

compact sub-shrub, Bidens ferulifolia

‘Campfire’. Bred to have large blooms,

this perennial is both tough and pretty,

with abundant flowers from autumn

right through winter and into spring.

It prefers full sun but will also tolerate

semi-shade. Plants grow 20–25cm

high and wide, making them ideal for

hanging baskets, pots and low borders.

aussiewinners.com.au

Did you know mauve roses are

said to convey love at first sight?

This long-flowering Floribunda rose,

‘Tangles’, is named after a Southern

Right Whale that was rescued last year

after being entangled in cray-pot ropes

not far from the Treloar Roses farm in

Victoria. Clusters of blooms cover the

disease-free, low-growing bush to

70–90cm high and 50–70cm wide,

which is perfect for a small garden or

a container. Sales of ‘Tangles’ roses

support whale research and rescue.

treloarroses.com.au