Garden Walk
By: Garden Gate staff
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A colorful garden walk
Don’t let your walkway garden be one visitors simply pass without a closer look! Kick up the excitement a notch with this stunning summer planting, filled with cool-hued blooms and foliage that complement the eye-catching ‘Salsa’ coreopsis.
Click ahead to learn more about the hot-colored star of this combo and the plants that’ll give your guests a reason to stop and stare.
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Catmint Nepeta racemosa ‘Walker’s Low’ Type Perennial Blooms Deer-resistant blue-purple flowers from late spring to fall Light Full sun Size 18 to 36 in. tall and wide Cold-hardy USDA zones 3 to 9 Heat-tolerant AHS zones 9 to 1
Catmint
Nepeta racemosa ‘Walker’s Low’
Type Perennial
Blooms Deer-resistant blue-purple flowers from late spring to fall
Light Full sun
Size 18 to 36 in. tall and wide
Cold-hardy USDA zones 3 to 9
Heat-tolerant AHS zones 9 to 1
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Coreopsis Coreopsis ‘Salsa’ Type Tender perennial Blooms Small 1-in. daisy-shaped yellow flowers with a burgundy-red eye from summer to frost Light Full sun Size 12 to 18 in. tall, 18 to 24 in. wide Cold-hardy USDA zones 9 to 12 Heat-tolerant AHS zones 1
Coreopsis
Coreopsis ‘Salsa’
Type Tender perennial
Blooms Small 1-in. daisy-shaped yellow flowers with a burgundy-red eye from summer to frost
Light Full sun
Size 12 to 18 in. tall, 18 to 24 in. wide
Cold-hardy USDA zones 9 to 12
Heat-tolerant AHS zones 12 to 1
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Petunia Petunia Double Madness™ Blue Type Annual Blooms Blue-purple double flowers on compact plants all summer Light Full sun to part shade Size 8 to 12 in. tall, 10 to 15 in. wide Heat-tolerant AHS zones 12 to 1
Petunia
Petunia Double Madness™ Blue
Type Annual
Blooms Blue-purple double flowers on compact plants all summer
Light Full sun to part shade
Size 8 to 12 in. tall, 10 to 15 in. wide
Heat-tolerant AHS zones 12 to 1
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Bugleweed Ajuga reptans Chocolate Chip (‘Valfredda’) Type Perennial Blooms Spikes of blue flowers in late spring Light Full sun to full shade Size 4 to 6 in. tall, 10 to 24 in. wide Cold-hardy USDA zones 3 to 9 Heat-tolerant AHS zones 9 to 1
Bugleweed
Ajuga reptans Chocolate Chip (‘Valfredda’)
Type Perennial
Blooms Spikes of blue flowers in late spring
Light Full sun to full shade
Size 4 to 6 in. tall, 10 to 24 in. wide
Cold-hardy USDA zones 3 to 9
Heat-tolerant AHS zones 9 to 1
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