I went ahead and created two layouts just to give a couple visuals of potential style. Both images are of the plants at full growth. Underneath each image is the plants I had in mind with some having a substitution(s). Click on each plant to be sent to a page that has a good image of the plant in both bloom and with no bloom. If there is a plant that you don’t like, and it doesn’t have a substitution listed, we are still able to swap it for a good alternative.
Option 1
From left (your car) to right:
- In Front of Garage:
- Miss Patricia Holly
- Sub: Castle Spire Holly
- August Beauty Gardenia — Google this and select images. Couldn’t find a good representation in one link
- Variegated Liriope
- Sub: Piglet or Little Bunny Fountain Grass
- Miss Patricia Holly
- Double Window, starting back to front:
- Right side of House: August Beauty Gardenia
Option 2
- In Front of Garage:
- JC Raulston Hardy Viburnum
- Miss Patricia Holly
- Sub: Castle Spire Holly
- August Beauty Gardenia
- Variegated Liriope
- Sub: Piglet or Little Bunny Fountain Grass
- Double Window, starting back to front:
- Shamrock or Inkberry Holly
- Sub: Coppertone Distylium
- Sub: Encore Azalea: Moonlight or Lily
- JC Raulston Hardy Viburnum
- Sub: Hardy Gardenia Azalea
- Variegated Liriope
- Shamrock or Inkberry Holly
- Right side of House: August Beauty Gardenia
Unmentioned
A few other options that weren’t listed:
Purple Splashes– added 1/21/2023
- First, I do want to mention that the variegated liriope suggested above, does put out light purple flowers during the summer.
- Delilah Purple Dianthus — low to the ground, but a semi-evergreen variety
- Millenium Ornamental Onion — most clients find that these turn out to be a favorite and ask for more
- May Night Salvia — there are lots of varieties, but this is one of the most popular and hardy for our area
- Walker’s Low Catmint — there is a also larger/mid-size variety if you like these
- Variegated Purple Effect Weigela — I have this in my yard and love it. It is deciduous.
- Drift Popcorn Rose — not purple, but small easy white rose
- Ivory Dogwood — also not purple, white variegated. While decidous, it’s red winter stems are beautiful.