| Silver Dollar PlantDudleya brittonii(DUD-lee-yuh) (brit-TON-ee-eye)Crassulaceae (krass-yoo-LAY-see-ay)This is probably a little extreme as this plant is almost completely white I do like a lot of gray foliaged plants. Blue Mist Shrub and Dusty Miller come to mind right away but there is also Lamb’s Ear (Stachys lanata), Snow-in-the-Summer (Cerastium tomentosum) and several Salvia that look good too. They are always a nice accent in the garden to my eye. This page has a lot of information on Dudleya.I was again feeding, mulching and pruning yesterday. My Inkberry (Ilex glabra) really took a hit over the winter. I don’t I am going to plant this plant anymore unless it is one of the very small cultivars. ‘Compacta’ seems a little variable so I won’t be using that either. One problem I have with it is, if it is not happy then it is a long, slow, and painful march to death. This makes it seem like the plant is worth hanging on to but in reality if it falters now I just remove it. ... |
