Copperbeach, thanks for the pic of kniphofia--which one is this? Is that a salvia in front, and if so, which one is it?




Here is a photo of our hardy (or creeping) blue plumbago as the ground cover on the south side of the sidewalk. It doesn't look anything like this now for the moles really tore it up during the winter. We have put in replacement plants and hope we can get it back the way it used to be. The color is just fantastic, what I consider "true blue". Butterflies, moths, bees and even the hummingbirds are attracted to to this plant.

I wonder if it will do well here. The moles TORE up everything here this winter too ..but went around the plumbago. Maybe the ground was too hard around those. What a mes they made around each flagstone and in the bee balm.

Rosie, according to the ATP plant data base, this plumbago is hardy to Zone 5b, so should work for you.

Will check with the garden center. I am searching for a ground cover the adjuga is evergreen tho... May make more sense ...super $$$$$$ here. But the plumbago in flower much lomger

Avedon said: Copperbeach, thanks for the pic of kniphofia--which one is this? Is that a salvia in front, and if so, which one is it?

Sorry "Avedon" I don't know the specifics of that kniphofia but the blue you see is Veronica spicata "ROYAL CANDLES".

It is indeed a beautiful kniphofia, copperbeech, really lovely colour.
Have you thought about Percy's Pride? It's a lime green/yellow, I love it and have found it to be very hardy. We've had it for at least 15 years and it's completely reliable, both in its initial flowering and in reblooming until the frosts. The photo is of a late summer rebloom.

Percy's Pride is beautiful and the stats are impressive.

Thanks so much for your suggestion 'Clifton' as I love hearing recommendations. I had not heard of this variety. I will keep my eyes open this season for this one.

Check out the new ones called Poco. They are awesome and bloom more than once in summer.

Yesterday I thought I had posted a picture of our new arrivals--Mango Popsicle and Red Hot Popsicle, evidently something went wrong. But, here it is, our two new plants and they look great. Papaya Popsicle will arrive next week coming from a different source, just hope it is as good as these two.

Very nice plants. So where did you end up ordering from online?

These kniphofias came from Flowers By The Sea. I have placed other orders with them and they always send really nice plants.

Glad to hear! I need to order some more of these.

Good to know! I always mean to order from them. But somehow by the time I remember I'm out of money

Flowers By The Sea lists five of the Popsicles---Orange Vanilla Popsicle is out of stock now---and they sell the Poco series-orange, red and yellow.

We just received Papaya Popsicle with our latest plant order. It is a nice plant, but not as large as the ones from Flowers By The Sea. In fact, much to our amazement, the Mango Popsicle we planted a couple of weeks ago already has a flower stalk coming up and there is color showing.

Here is Mango Popsicle blooming after only a couple of weeks in the ground. I guess I will cut the stalk when the bloom reaches the top. I think that is supposed to promote more growth, hope so.

Mango Popsicle has just about bloomed out and guess what? Today I found the second bloom stalk coming up--is this great or what?

GREAT ! Love that popsicle. The Kniphofia I got in a trade last year has multiplied.

Okay, Mango's second bloom stalk is at peak and now stalk #3 is showing. I keep checking on the other two, Papaya and Red Hot but nothing yet.