- Combine cleverly: Zone division
- Suggestions for plant selection and combinations
- The noble white perennial border
- The blue blooming perennial bed
A perennial bed needs to be well planned, after all it comes up anew every year. In the following you will find nice suggestions for white or blue flowering perennial beds as well as tips and tricks for creating them.
If one color dominates the perennial bed, it looks particularly elegant
Combine cleverly: Zone division
Perennials are arranged in perennial beds according to their size. It is therefore advisable to divide the bed into zones when planning. How many zones you create depends on the bed size. Approximately half a meter to one meter of space should be allowed for per zone. Let's say your bed is eight feet wide. For this we plan the following zones:
- Zone1: Half a meter in the middle or at the rear edge (if demarcated at the back) for tall perennials: 1m or higher
- Zone 2: half a meter for medium-sized perennials (0.50 to 1m)
- Zone 3: half a meter for small perennials with a growth height of up to 0.5m
- Zone 4: one meter for ground cover
Of course, you can also distribute the zones differently if, for example, you have a preference for taller plants.
Suggestions for plant selection and combinations
In the following we would like to introduce you to three different planting plans with a variety of perennial options. The focus here is on the color of the flowers, even if we made sure when selecting the perennials that the flowering times are staggered, so that you have flowering perennials on your bed almost all year round. The three perennial bed suggestions are:
- the noble white perennial bed
- the bright orange-yellow-red perennial bed
Suggestions and ideas for brightly colored perennial beds or white-violet flowering perennial beds can be found here.
The noble white perennial border
A selection of the most beautiful white perennials with different heights and flowering times:
| Surname | heyday | growth height |
|---|---|---|
| Aster 'Snow Flurry' | September to November | Up to 20cm |
| Christmas rose white | January to March | Up to 30cm |
| fat man | April to May | Up to 20cm |
| Monkshood 'Album' | June to August | Up to 1m |
| Autumn anemone 'Honorine Jobert' | August to October | Up to 80cm |
| Hornwort 'Silver Carpet' | May to June | Up to 20cm |
| Periwinkle 'Alba' | May to August | Up to 15cm |
| Lavender 'Hidcote White' | June to September | Up to 50cm |
| Glory candle white | June to September | Up to 80cm |
| Sage 'Adrian' | June to September | Up to 40cm |
| Silver Candle 'White Pearl' | September to October | Up to 1.20 m |
| star moss | May to July | Up to 5cm |
| forest anemone | May to June | Up to 30cm |
| Zone | perennial suggestions |
|---|---|
| 1 | The protagonists are the silver candle 'White Pearl' and the white monkshood for partially shaded perennial beds, magnificent candles for perennial beds in full sun. |
| 2 | The white primrose and autumn anemone 'Honorine Jobert' frame the two. |
| 3 | Spotty white lavender and white sage bloom. Plant a few Christmas roses to have flowers as early as January. |
| 4 | Finally, plant a carpet of white periwinkle and/or star moss. |
The blue blooming perennial bed
Do you like soft blue tones? Then you will like this blue sea of flowers. Here are a few suggestions for planting with gorgeous blue flowering perennials.
| Surname | heyday | growth height |
|---|---|---|
| Bergeisenhut | July to August | Up to 1.20 m |
| Blue periwinkle | May to September | Up to 15cm |
| squill bush | June to July | Up to 50cm |
| leadwort | August to October | Up to 20cm |
| Sweet nettle 'Blue Fortune' | July to September | Up to 70cm |
| Noble Blue Thistle 'Blue Dwarf' | June to September | Up to 40cm |
| knapweed blue | May to July | Up to 50cm |
| hanging bellflower | May to August | Up to 15cm |
| Caucasus forget-me-not | April to May | Up to 40cm |
| globe thistle | July to September | Up to 1m |
| Lavender 'Munstead' | July to August | Up to 40cm |
| liverwort | March to April | Up to 15cm |
| Lily Cluster 'Big Blue' | August to October | Up to 40cm |
| Lupine 'Castellan' | June to August | Up to 1m |
| Sage 'Bluehill' | June to August | Up to 40cm |
| Cranesbill 'Rozanne' | June to October | Up to 45cm |
| Hyssop vinegar herb | July to August | Up to 50cm |
The planting plan for the blue perennial bed
| Zone | perennial suggestions |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lupine 'Kastellan' mixed with monkshood (partially shaded perennial beds) or globe thistle (sunny beds |
| 2 | A ring of: Blue Fortune nettle and blue knapweed |
| 3 | Plant in patches: 'Blue Hill' sage, 'Big Blue' lily cluster and Caucasus forget-me-nots |
| 4 | A sea of liverworts and blue periwinkles |
tips
The blue sea of flowers with a few white accents looks particularly beautiful. Many of the blue flowering perennials mentioned are also available in white.