Regional Picks: Plants to Grow Together – Mountain West

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First Snow®spirea(Spiraeacinerea‘Grefsheim’)

USDA Hardiness Zones:3 to 7

Size:5 to 6 metrical foot improbable and wide-cut

Conditions : Partial shade ; moist , well - drained grunge

A hardy , tight - develop bush , First Snow ® spirea comes to life history in natural spring with an abundance of whitened flowers that cascade from its branches . Its gray - dark-green foliage blend utterly with the be soft fleeceable colors of our native landscape . Andbecausewildlife does not trouble this elegant bush , it grows unimpeded in a variety of grease throughout the Mountain West .

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Tufted hairgrass(Deschampsia cespitosa)

Zones:5 to 9

Size:2 to 3 pes marvellous and 18 to 24 inches wide

condition : Full sun to fond shade ; prefers moist , fertile , well - drained soil

A semievergreen Montana native , tufted hairgrass provides structure to bottom year - round . This coolheaded - season locoweed looks big planted en masse and performs well in high - elevation garden . Its svelte , vertical anatomy and promiscuous , aeriform seed heads nicely mime the tears branches ofFirst Snow ® spirea .

Snowdrop anemone(Anemone sylvestris)

Zones:3 to 9

Size:12 to 18 column inch tall and broad

status : Full Dominicus to partial shade ; prefers moist , well - drained ground

This cervid - resistant , drought - kind perennial thrives in Montana . It spread smartly inrich , unaffixed soil and less chop-chop in heavy clay . Snowdrop sea anemone ’s white blossoms make a fine pairing for the bounce - floweringFirst Snow ® spirea , and its erect shape repeatsthe erect line of products of tufted hairgrass .

Sweet woodruff(Galium odoratum)

Zones:5 to 8

Size:6 inches tall and 1 foot wide

This is one undercoat cover that has no worry mingling with its neighbour . In this composition , sweet-smelling woodruff ’s tiny white efflorescence harmonise with the blossoms of snowdrop anemone andFirst Snow ® Astilbe japonica , and its flatness of delicate leaves contrastswiththe sheer mound of tufted hairgrass . Hot , wry summer day may cause sweet Galium odoratum to die back , but it often reemerges for one last hurrah in twilight .

Photos : Paula Mozen ; Doreen Wynja ; Jerry Pavia ; www.millettephotomedia.com ; Joshua McCullough / www.phytophoto.com . Illustration : Elara Tanguy

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