Selwyn Times: March 06, 2019
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40 Wednesday <strong>March</strong> 6 <strong>2019</strong><br />
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Gardening<br />
Plants that will provide autumn colour<br />
Whether you’re<br />
looking for flashy<br />
foliage or a flurry<br />
of flowers, Rachel<br />
Vogan highlights the<br />
plants that will put<br />
on a good show in<br />
autumn<br />
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RICH: Little Goldstar<br />
(top) Glowing Violet<br />
(above right) and My<br />
Girl (above) will all<br />
brighten your garden<br />
during the cooler<br />
months.<br />
1. NEW: ISOTOMA<br />
AXILLARIS ‘PRETTY IN PINK’<br />
AND ‘GLOWING VIOLET’<br />
Two new varieties will hit the<br />
shelves this autumn from the Fizz<br />
’n’ Pop series. ‘Pretty in Pink’ and<br />
‘Glowing Violet’ each produce<br />
masses of star-shaped flowers<br />
that cover the plants for months.<br />
An Australian native, Isotoma<br />
axillaris have finely cut, feathery,<br />
bright-green foliage. They form<br />
a tidy and compact dome about<br />
30cm high and round. In colder<br />
regions, they’re best grown in<br />
patio tubs or planters that can be<br />
moved to a sheltered spot over<br />
winter. Alternatively, take a few<br />
cuttings and plant them out in<br />
the spring after all the hard frosts.<br />
Full sun is best.<br />
2. HEUCHERELLA ‘HAPPY<br />
HOUR LIME’<br />
A cross of Heuchera and<br />
Tiarella, Heucherella are versatile<br />
perennials that withstand heat<br />
and cold, while being wonderful<br />
gap-filling and ground-covering<br />
plants. ‘Happy Hour Lime’ makes<br />
a statement all year round with<br />
its glowing lime-green leaves.<br />
Planted in groups, ‘Happy Hour<br />
Lime’ provides contrast to other<br />
garden plants and has a real<br />
look-at-me presence. Ideal in<br />
sun or partial shade, they also<br />
makes a tremendous patio plant<br />
specimen. Over summer and<br />
autumn, spikes of creamy white<br />
flowers appear.<br />
3. GAURA LINDHEIMERI ‘SO<br />
WHITE’<br />
This butterfly bush is a ripper, as it<br />
flowers continuously throughout<br />
summer until the end of autumn.<br />
The whimsical white flowers<br />
appear on the end of tall, arching<br />
stems, looking almost cloudlike<br />
as they move in the breeze.<br />
Hardy and reliable, ‘So White’<br />
adds a clean fresh punch of white<br />
to brighten up sunny garden<br />
borders. While it will thrive in<br />
a pot, it tends to preform better<br />
in the garden. Plant en masse to<br />
maximise the impact.<br />
4. RUDBECKIA FULGIDA<br />
‘LITTLE GOLDSTAR’<br />
This wee gem of a plant is as<br />
bright as a button. Numerous<br />
stems of vibrant golden-yellow<br />
flowers boast centres punctuated<br />
with ebony-black seed cones.<br />
Released a couple of seasons<br />
ago, ‘Little Goldstar’ has become<br />
popular due to its long flowering<br />
period – until the end of autumn<br />
to early winter. It reaches kneeheight,<br />
40cm or so, and forms a<br />
round mound, from which the<br />
stems of flowers appear. Team<br />
it up with other autumn flowers<br />
such as zinnia, coreopsis, gaura,<br />
echinacea, salvia or penstemon.<br />
5. ROSE ‘MY GIRL’<br />
Valentine’s Day was two weeks<br />
ago, but this glorious hybrid<br />
tea rose ‘My Girl’ could still be<br />
a contender for a special lady<br />
in your life. ‘My Girl’ will keep<br />
blooming for months to come.<br />
Sam McGredy bred this one by<br />
crossing ‘Northland’ with ‘Big<br />
Purple’. With its beautiful sweet<br />
fragrance and perfectly formed<br />
blooms of lilac pink, it’s a real<br />
charmer and, better still, the<br />
flowers do not bleach or fade<br />
in the sun. ‘My Girl’ has a<br />
compact habit in relation to<br />
other bush roses, making it<br />
ideal to use at the front of a<br />
rose border, backed by tall<br />
types like ‘Iceberg’. It is<br />
described as disease resistant,<br />
therefore requiring little<br />
maintenance.<br />
6. ECHEVERIA ‘VIOLET<br />
QUEEN’<br />
Succulents come in numerous<br />
types, colours, shapes and sizes.<br />
This one is pretty and catches<br />
the eye with its dusky silvery<br />
leaves, which curl up at the tips<br />
to form neat rosettes of foliage.<br />
Over the cooler months, the<br />
plant changes colour to shades<br />
of violet and mauve. Echeverias<br />
have a shallow root system,<br />
therefore they can grow in the<br />
even the smallest pockets of<br />
earth. Full fun or partial shade<br />
are options, though the ground<br />
does need to drain well as, like<br />
many succulents, echeverias<br />
loathe wet feet. Ideal for patio<br />
planters, hanging baskets and<br />
window boxes. Plants quickly<br />
multiply and are easy to divide<br />
into new plants.<br />
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