Perfect shade combo for spring
By:
Garden Gate staff
Add bright flowers and colorful foliage with this combo.
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Elegant and eye-catching
The combination of cascading foliage and flowers creates a look perfect for a prominent spot. Bon Bon Sherbet begonia’s yellow blooms have a hint of pink that ties nicely with the coral impatiens and brick-red rex begonia. Plus ‘Gold Child’ English ivy has butter-yellow margins that intensify when the weather’s cool.
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Container recipe
These plants are self-cleaning, so you won’t need to deadhead. If the English ivy starts to trail too far and no longer looks proportionate to the rest of the combo, cut it back up to a third.
A – Impatiens Impatiens Fusion™ Heat Coral
B – Rex begonia Begonia ‘Harmony’s Red Robin’
C – Dracaena Dracaena marginata
D – Begonia Begonia Bon Bon Sherbet
E – English ivy Hedera helix ‘Gold Child’

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Published: March 29, 2016
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