Gardening With Grace: Plant of the Week: Sanguisorba ‘Lilac Squirrel’
After a rare–for August–rainy morning yesterday, a lot of the taller perennials are bowed over from weight of the raindrops. Particularly annoying is the Phlox paniculata and if its flowers weren’t so delectable to the swallowtail butterflies, I may be tempted to chop all of it again. Sanguisorba hakusanensis ‘Lilac Squirrel’ is not leaning as badly. And it’s my plant of the week! Take a look at the flowers and you may see why it’s referred to as ‘Lilac Squirrel’. This winter-hardy perennial (Zone 4a to 9b) begins out as a 12 inch large basal clump with darkish inexperienced, serrated, pinnate leaves. The inexperienced leaves belong to ‘Lilac Squirrel’. The leaves edged in white, to S. ‘Dali Marble’Beginning in July, flowering stems rise to 4 or 5 toes (in my backyard) and produce “bodacious pink boas” as Digging Canine Nursery in California calls them. Aren’t they enjoyable? The standard peak of the flowering stems is presupposed to be 24 inches so perhaps it is my cramscaping that fuels their want to achieve greater. As you possibly can see beneath, the “boas” finally fade to a tawny coloration, at which level will be clipped off. Planted in a full solar or a largely sunny spot, this plant will carry out higher with moist, freely draining soil. With its easy met wants, it can enhance in dimension and “flower” manufacturing annually. I consider they make cute minimize flowers too though I have never tried it.
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After a rare–for August–rainy morning yesterday, a lot of the taller perennials are bowed over from weight of the raindrops. Particularly annoying is the Phlox paniculata and if its flowers weren’t so delectable to the swallowtail butterflies, I may be tempted to chop all of it again. Sanguisorba hakusanensis ‘Lilac…