The Cool Garden
Calm, soothing, restful - the Cool Garden, full of blue tones and hues, will produce an instant sigh of contentment.
This garden automatically provides a relaxing space to ground yourself in and practise your deep breathing. Feel the tension melt away as the flowers refresh you.
Seasons
The symbols < and > indicates that the flower occurs through both seasons. An example being: Anise Hyssop - occurring late spring through to early fall.
Spring
April to June
Ozark Bluestar (Amsonia illustris) >
Eastern Bluestar (Amsonia tabernaemontana) >
Blue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis) >
Southern Wild Hyacinth (Camassia angusta) >
Wild Hyacinth (Camassia scilloides) >
Sharp-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba) >
Round-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica americana) >
Northern Blueflag (Iris versicolor) >
Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica) >
Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata) >
Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium reptans) >
Ohio Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis) >
Summer
June to September
< Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) >
Purple Giant Hyssop (Agastache scrophulariifolia) >
Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum)
Prairie Onion (Allium stellatum)
< Downy Mint (Blephilia ciliata)
< Tall Bellflower (Campanula americana) >
Bottle Gentian (Gentiana andrewsii)>
< Indian Tobacco (Lobelia inflata) >
< Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) >
Blue Sage (Salvia azurea)>
< Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) >
Shining Aster (Symphyotrichum firmum) >
Smooth Blue Aster (Symphyotrichum laeve) >
Sky Blue Aster (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense) >
Short’s Aster (Symphyotrichum shortii) >
Arrow-leaved Aster (Symphyotrichum urophyllum) >
< Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata) >
Fall
September to November
Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum)
Heart-leaved Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium)
Willow Aster (Symphyotrichum praealtum)
Textures:
An essential aspect of any garden to provide excitement and interest.
Some plants can provide multiple seasons of interest based on foliage and flowers.
Others are so unique that you will wait patiently for that one brief glimpse each year when they reveal themselves.
In a garden based on one color family, textures keep the movement and surprise one desires from any good garden design.
Spires
Push up through the flowers and foliage around them
Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)
Purple Giant Hyssop (Agastache scrophulariifolia)
Blue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis)
Downy Mint (Blephilia ciliata)
Southern Wild Hyacinth (Camassia angusta)
Wild Hyacinth (Camassia scilloides)
Tall Bellflower (Campanula americana)
Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum)
Bottle Gentian (Gentiana andrewsii)
Northern Blueflag (Iris versicolor)
Indian Tobacco (Lobelia inflata)
Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium reptans)
Blue Sage (Salvia azurea)
Shining Aster (Symphyotrichum firmum)
Smooth Blue Aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)
Willow Aster (Symphyotrichum praealtum)
Sky Blue Aster (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense)
Arrow-leaved Aster (Symphyotrichum urophyllum)
Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)
Globes/Rounded
Form flowers, or plants, with a more rounded appearance
Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum)
Prairie Onion (Allium stellatum)
Ozark Bluestar (Amsonia illustris)
Eastern Bluestar (Amsonia tabernaemontana)
Bottle Gentian (Gentiana andrewsii)
Sharp-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba)
Round-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica americana)
Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica)
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
Heart-leaved Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium)
Smooth Blue Aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)
Sky Blue Aster (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense)
Short’s Aster (Symphyotrichum shortii)
Ohio Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)
Foliage
Not just a pretty flower, but foliage to match
Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)
Blue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis)
Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium reptans)
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)