When it comes to creating a landscape garden, the most difficult thing is often the starting point: selecting the first type of plant. Then, from there, companion plants are selected. The small landscape garden design below was designed using a specific feature plant. Use the design "as is," modify it to fit your unique garden space, or use it just for companion planting ideas.
Feature Plant Description
Double Feature® Crape Myrtle is a sterile hybrid that produces no seed capsules. As a result, from June to September, the plant has a constant flower show. So, Double Feature® is a classic in that if you liked the first flower show in late spring, just watch and Double Feature® will play it again and again all season long! It is a semi-dwarf crape myrtle, which means its smaller size will fit perfectly in smaller spaces. The parent plant, at age eight years was 5 ½ feet tall and 5 ½ feet in diameter as a dense perfect ball, yet the plant had never been pruned. Mature height is anticipated to be about eight feet, which will allow for a limbing up to form a small tree.
Plants Used in Design
Click on a plant below to find pictures and details on its Gardenality Plant File
1 - Double Feature® Crape Myrtle - Lagerstroemia indica 'Double Feature'
2 - 'Rose Creek' Dwarf Abelia - Abelia grandiflora 'Rose Creek'
3 - 'Sunshine' Ligustrum - Ligustrum sinensis 'Sunshine'
4 - Lambs Ear - Stachys
5 - Purple Hardy Ice Plant - Delosperma cooperi'
IMPORTANT: Always be sure to check USDA Plant Hardiness Zones for each plant to make sure it will grow in your zone. If a plant will not grow in your zone ask your local nursery and garden center professional to recommend a comparable plant.
