A planting for hot, baking sun

A spot like this , in the baking sun by a pool in Denver , Colorado , demand to have plants that can take a beating and still look good all summer . Garden designer Tom Peace used a variety of tough perennials and shrubs that add interest all season while requiring a minimum of flurry . This planting admit :

Upright raetam ( Juniperuscv . , USDA Hardiness zone 2 - 9)Columnar blue spruce ( Picea pungenscv . , zone 2 - 8)Joe Pye Mary Jane ( Eupatorium purpureum , Zones 3 - 9)Blue salvia ( Salvia azureassp.pitcheri , Zones 5 - 9)‘Firetail ’ persicaria ( Persicaria amplexicaulis‘Firetail ’ , zone 3 - 8)‘Butterfly aristocratical ’ scabious ( Scabiosa columbaria‘Butterfly Blue ’ , Zones 3 - 8)Plumbago ( Ceratostigma plumbaginoides , Zones 5 - 9)‘Globosa ’ midget blue spruce ( Picea pungens‘Globosa ’ , Zones 2 - 8)‘Zing Rose ’ maiden pink ( Dianthus deltoides‘Zing Rose ’ , geographical zone 3 - 10)‘Happy Thought ’ geranium ( Pelargonium‘Happy Thought ’ , Zone 11)Tall vervain ( Verbena bonariensis , Zones 7 - 11)Blue oat grass ( Helictotrichon sempervirens , geographical zone 4 - 9)‘Morning Christ Within ’ miscanthus ( Miscanthus sinensis‘Morning Light ’ , Zones 4 - 9 )

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