@gardendesignmag: Create the illusion of water in the garden by using plants! @pamdigging shared t…

Create the illusion of water in the garden by using plants! @pamdigging shared this tip with us:

Mat-forming or creeping groundcovers with silver or blue-green foliage create the illusion of a limpid pool and make good lawn alternatives too.

Try woolly stemodia (Stemodia lanata), with silvery green leaves; lamb’s ear (Stachys byzantina), with pettable, fuzzy foliage; and silver carpet (Dymondia margaretae), whose silvery white leaves lie flat on the ground.

For a meandering stream, choose a long-blooming, small-to-medium-sized perennial with blue or purple flowers, and mass it by the dozens in a winding ribbon. Good candidates include blue false indigo (Baptisia australis), ‘May Night’ salvia, and lavender.
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