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1. Choose a spot on your property that receives at least 6 hours of sun per day.
2. Prepare your soil by clearing the area of all existing growth.
3. Mix the Wildflower seeds with sand for better visibility.
4. After spreading the seed, we recommend compressing the seed into the soil.
5. After planting, give the area a good water.
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This low-growing Inferno Strip Garden is ideal for hot, sunny, problem areas like those found against garage walls and along driveways and roads. With this garden, you can easily create a colorful, long blooming, low maintenance flower bed. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric). Designed by Lauren Springer Ogden. Mixed pot sizes.
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Some years ago while living in eastern CO, Lauren Springer Ogden was faced with the prospect of revitalizing or removing a narrow strip of half-dead Kentucky Bluegrass along the street side of her property. She decided to take a more creative approach and planted that narrow strip of ground between the sidewalk and street with an assortment of tough, xeric, lower growing perennials. The concept of the Inferno Strip Garden was born. While not everyone has a street-side "Inferno strip," this garden collection is also ideal for other hot, sunny, narrow problem areas like those found against garage walls, along drive ways or in raised brick planter beds.
The Inferno Strip Garden uses an assortment of xeric (water-thrifty) perennials to create a colorful, long blooming, low maintenance flower bed. We recommend that it be mulched to a depth of 2" with crushed gravel.
Included are a mix of the following plants (5" pots unless noted): Agastache neomexicana, Penstemon strictus, Salvia sylvestris Caradonna, Penstemon Elfin Pink, Centranthus ruber Coccineus, Nepeta faassenii Select Blue, Dianthus gratianopolitanus Firewitch, Veronica pectinata (2.5"), Callirhoe involucrata (2.5"), Aethionema schistosum (2.5" pot), and Artemisia versicolor Seafoam (2.5") for a total of 27 plants that will cover approximately 60 sq. ft for the standard size or a total of 18 plants for the small size, covering approximately 30 sq. ft. *We reserve the right to substitute a plant with similar attributes.
Standard size (27 plants) comes with two maps for a choice of planting arrangement: 12 ft. long x 5 ft. wide or 20 ft. long x 3 ft. wide. Small size (18 plants) covers an area of 3 x 10 ft. wide. Order additional gardens to plant longer areas. A free planting map and care guide instruction sheet is included, showing how to arrange the plants and care for them in future seasons. Suitable for use in zones 5-8. Not recommended for coastal areas of CA, WA and OR as the Centranthus ruber can behave aggressively there. (Note: Not all the plants shown in the photo are sold in this garden collection. However, the overall color scheme and look of the garden will be the same.)
Plant Shipping: Buy now and we will ship your order at the ideal planting time for your region. Expected ship week will display on the cart at checkout after you enter your zip code. Spring-Planted Perennial and Bulb orders will ship from Feb 25 through mid-June, warmest zones first.
Most plant and bulb orders arrive within 2-6 days, or less, of leaving our greenhouses in Colorado. This prompt delivery is provided without additional express charges.
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Standard shipping costs are $4.99 and up, depending on the size of the order.
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Nice plant mixture
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from Castle Rock CO
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Comments about High Country Gardens Soft Colors Inferno Strip Pre-Planned Garden:
I like the plant variety. I bought 2 of these and planted them in the Spring. Most of my plants had grown, bloomed and were healthy by Fall. I really like the ground cover plants in this garden because they help fill in the gaps- so I'm not looking at mulch. The callirhoe didn't grow very well. I think the deer may have been eating these. I lost all the Artemisia plants in both gardens. They never grew and just sort of fizzled out. I would try this one again. The hummingbirds loved these plants.
To determine if a plant is sufficiently cold hardy, the USDA created numbered zones indicating winter low temperatures; the lower the zone number the colder the winter.
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