Cool Color Garden
Are you needing to feel cool and relaxed? This border creates a cool-feeling border by including plants with texture and shades of blue, green, purple, lavender, silver and white.
A shady corner in the Cool Color Border
There are lots of pretty colors in the garden!
HIbiscus syriacus
Front: Astilbe, chinensis.. Back: Hibiscus, syriacus.
Plants in this section of the Cool Color Border include: Salvia farinaceae ‘Victoria Blue’, front left; Paeonia, front right; Nicotiana sylvestris, center left; Echinops bannaticus ‘Blue Glow’, mid center; Veronica longifolia ‘First Lady’, right center; and Clematis ‘MultiBlue’ far right.
Multi-blue clematis
Cool Color Garden Plant List
| # | Botanical Name | Cultivar | Common Name | Tree | Native |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CC2 | Ajuga reptans | bugleweed | |||
| CC3 | Allium | 'Cobalt Millenium' | ornamental onion | ||
| CC4 | Allium | 'Gladiator' | ornamental onion | ||
| CC5 | Allium | 'Windy City' | ornamental onion | ||
| CC6 | Anchlys atriphylla | vanilla leaf | |||
| Anemone japonica | anemone | ||||
| CC7 | Arabis | rock cress | |||
| CC8 | Aruncus aethusifolius | dwarf goat's beard | |||
| CC9 | Aster frikartii | 'Monch' | aster | ||
| CC10 | Aster novi belgi | 'Alert' | aster | ||
| CC11 | Astilbe arendsii | 'Bridal Veil' | astilbe, false spirea | ||
| CC12 | Astilbe arendsii | 'Snowdrift' | astilbe, false spirea | ||
| CC13 | Astilbe chinensis | 'Vision in White' | astilbe, false spirea | ||
| CC13 | Astilbe chinensis | astilbe, false spirea | |||
| CC14 | Astilbe x | 'Younique' | astilbe, false spirea | ||
| CC15 | Astrantia major | 'Star of Billion' | masterwort | ||
| CC16 | Athyrium | 'Ghost' | painted fern | ||
| CC17 | Athyrium | 'Godzilla' | painted fern | ||
| CC18 | Athyrium | 'Pewter Lace' | painted fern | ||
| CC19 | Athyrium niponicum | 'Metallicum' | painted fern | ||
| CC20 | Beesia deltophylla | white buttercup | |||
| CC21 | Brunnera macrophylla | 'Jack Frost' | brunnera | ||
| CC22 | Clematis | 'Multi Blue' | deciduous clematis | ||
| CC23 | Dryopteris lepidopoda | sunset fern | |||
| CC24 | Galium adoratum | sweet woodruff | |||
| CC25 | Hebe | 'Red Edge' | hebe | ||
| CC26 | Helleborus hybridus | 'Cinnamon Snow' | hellebore | ||
| CC27 | Heuchera | 'Blackberry Crisp' | coral bells | ||
| CC28 | Heuchera americana | 'Dale Strain' | coral bells | ||
| CC29 | Hibiscus syriacus | 'Minerva' | rose of Sharon | ||
| CC30 | Hosta | plantain lily | |||
| CC31 | Leucanthemum | 'Princess' | Shasta daisy | ||
| CC32 | Liatris spicata | 'Blazing Star' | violet, white | ||
| CC33 | Lilium orienpet | 'Purple Lady Tree' | lily | ||
| CC34 | Lobelia speciosa | 'Starship Blue' | cardinal flower | ||
| CC35 | Nepeta | catmint | |||
| CC36 | Osmunda | cinnamon fern | |||
| CC37 | Paeonia | peony (pale pink) | N | ||
| CC38 | Polemonium caeruleum | Jacob's ladder | |||
| CC39 | Polemonium reptans | 'Stairway to Heaven' | Jacob's ladder | ||
| CC40 | Polystichum munitum | western sword fern | N | ||
| CC41 | Primula | primrose (mixed colors) | |||
| CC42 | Prunella | 'Summer Daze' | self-heal | ||
| CC43 | Pulmonaria officinalis | lungwort | |||
| CC44 | Rhododendron | 'Unique' | |||
| CC45 | Rosa | 'Nastarana' | shrub rose | ||
| CC46 | Saxifraga | 'London Pride' | saxifrage | ||
| CC47 | Saxifraga | 'Maroon Beauty' | saxifrage | ||
| CC48 | Saxifraga arendsii | 'Alpino' | saxifrage | ||
| CC49 | Sedum | 'Autumn Delight' | Sedum | ||
| CC50 | Stachys byzantina | lamb's ears | |||
| CC51 | Styrax japonicus | 'Carillon' | Japanese snowbell tree | ||
| CC52 | Thalictrum | meadow rue | N | ||
| CC53 | Veronica | 'Purpleious' | spike speedwell | ||
| CC54 | Veronica | 'Wizard of Ahhs' | spike speedwell | ||
| CC55 | Veronica longifolia | 'First Lady' | tall speedwell | ||
| CC56 | Veronica spicata | 'Giles Van Hees” | spike speedwell | ||
| CC57 | Zantedeschia | calla lily |