Image of container planting on the front step of the UC Davis Arboretum Headquaters.

Part sun, part shade perennial container planting recipe

  • by Katie Ferguson Hetrick

Image of container plants with corresponding numbers.Copy this great low-water/shade container planting! It's currently sitting on the front step of the UC Davis Arboretum Headquarters! All these plants will be available at CLEARANCE plant sale THIS SATURDAY, November 2, 2019, from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Everything will be 20-30% off!

Learn more and DOWNLOAD the inventory: https://arboretum.ucdavis.edu/plant-sales 

  1. Pamina Japanese anemone (Anenome x hybrida 'Pamina')
  2. Mexican lily (Beschorneria sp.)
  3. variegated Solomon's seal (Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum 'Variegatum')
  4. topiarist's hebe, (Hebe topiaria)
  5. silver gumdrop allumroot (Heuchera 'Silver Gumdrop')
  6. variegated coral bells (Heuchera 'Galaxy')
  7. yerba buena (Clinipodium douglasii)

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Environmental Education

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Container Plantings Sustainable Gardening