COOL PLANTS
Here are June’s featured plants that we have available for purchase at Falling Water Gardens nursery. We think this selection would look great in your garden right now. Visit our plant database to learn more about aquatic & terrestrial plants.
TERRESTRIAL PLANTS
Hakonechloa Macra ‘All Gold’
Having all the admirable qualities of its deservedly popular cousin, H. macra ‘Aureola’ — long sword-shaped leaves that form graceful clumps — but the foliage of this newcomer is completely golden, without a tincture of tree green, making it even more striking when planted along a woodland path or beside a shady terrace, or anywhere in soft, dappled light.
Penstemon ‘Beardtongues’
Penstemon is a western United States native that has colorful tubular flowers on tall spikes. A common name is beardtongue. This prairie plant thrives in hot, sunny conditions and is a stunning addition to wildflower plantings.
Mimulus ‘Monkey Flower’
The Magic series is by far the first Monkey Flower to bloom each year, with masses of showy 1¾- to 2-inch blooms in 16 luscious color combinations. The soft, satiny feel of the petals and their wide-open trumpet shape may remind you of Petunias, but the color intensity and markings are more like Pansies!
The key to monkey flowers is soil, which should be kept evenly moist yet very well drained.
Lewisia Cotyledon
Vivid golden foliage on large open plants can be used for contrast and to brighten darker shade gardens. Traditional heart shaped pink flowers dangle from long wands above the leaves. Perfect for woodland gardens and under larger shade trees.
AQUATIC PLANTS
What is all the fuss about AQUATIC PLANTS?!
Pond plants play a large role in keeping a balance of:
>> shade
>> natural filtration
>> providing oxygen
>> beneficial nutrients
>> prohibiting the growth of algae
🍃 Aquatic plants limit algae growth by providing shade that blocks excess sunlight, which limits the photosynthesis of algae.
⛅ The shade also cools down water temperature, offers hiding places to protect aquatic life from predators, and creates a breeding ground for good bacteria to grow.
☘️ Water plants with deep root systems act as a natural filter by trapping dangerous toxic compounds and carbon dioxide before breaking down these pathogens and excess nutrients that feed algal blooms. Then the plants release oxygen back into the pond keeping the water properly aerated.
☀️ Aquatic plants that have high nutrient uptake will be extremely helpful to clear up your pond and help with water clarity.
Image from Gardenia.net
Hemerocallis Night Beacon Daylily
‘Night Beacon’ Daylily has dark, reddish-purple petals with stunning, yellow-green centers. A very dramatic re-blooming variety, it shares its blooms in both spring and fall. Gorgeous with hostas, ferns, or sedges in the small-space garden and simply lovely when left to populate an entire ditch, roomy bank, or forgotten corner. Full sun to half shade.
Image from rhs.org.uk >>> https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/119244/Iris-ensata-Hue-and-Cry/Details
Iris Ensata ‘Hue and Cry’
Hue and Cry’ is a vigorous herbaceous perennial with narrow light green leaves and stems to 85cm tall, bearing reddish-violet flowers 20cm across, falls and standards with white base and veining. Grow in moist to wet, deep, humus-rich, acid soil; it thrives at the margins of ponds or streams.
Hippuris vulgaris ‘Mare’s Tail’
Common mare’s-tail looks like a robust green bottlebrush growing in patches primarily in the shallow areas of streams, ponds, and lakes or on wet muddy shores when water levels drop. This plant is characterized by unbranched stems, abundant whorled leaves, and inconspicuous flowers. The leaves and stems vary in form depending on whether they are growing underwater or are emergent. The underwater plant portions are limp, flexible, and have very long leaves. Emergent portions are stiff and erect, with short narrow leaves.
Houttuynia Cordata ‘Chameleon’
Heart shaped leaves are boldly splashed with colors of red, bronze, cream, and yellow variegation. Great ground cover that spreads underground by rhizomes. Dies back in winter. Height 12in.
Water Lily ‘Sun Fire’
Sunfire waterlily is a newer peach waterlily. It has flowers that are pink to yellow at the center with green pads. It has the same coloration as Nymphaea ‘Pink Grapefruit’ but with much stronger saturation in the colors.
Scirpus Tabernaemontani ‘Zebra Rush’
For those who love the variegation of Zebra Grass, Scirpus tabernaemontani ‘Zebrinus’ offers that same color combination in a rush to complement the other bog and marsh plants in the water garden. Zebra Rush has tapered tubular stems that are horizontally banded with green and white and grows to 30″. It performs best in wet soils and full sun.
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