The Mixed Border: An Enduring Garden Style
Here is the plant list in the Bee Better Naturally Teaching Garden—Zone 7b, but reportedly our area moved into a warmer hardiness zone of 8a, plus morning sun, afternoon shade.
Or you can download a copy of this list – Plant List-Mixed Borders
Abelia, Abelia × grandiflora ‘Frosty’
Adam’s Needle, Yucca filamentosa
Anemone x hybrida ‘September Charm’
Anise, Illicium parviflorum ‘Florida Sunshine’
Anise, Illicium floridanum ‘Woodland Ruby’
Arborvitae Fern, Selaginella braunii
Aster, Crinitaria tatarica
Beardtongue, Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’
Bee Balm, Monarda didyma ‘Jacob Cline’
Black-eyed Susans, Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’- protected from rabbits.
Bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis
Boxwood, Buxus microphylla ‘Kingsville Dwarf’
Boxwood, Buxus sempervirens ‘Highlander’
Boxwood, Buxus sempervirens ‘Pyramidalis’
Boxwood, Buxus sinica var. insularis ‘Wintergreen’
Boxwood, ‘Gordo’ Buxus × ‘Conrowe’
Camellia, Camellia sasanqua ‘Cleopatra’
Camellia, Camellia sasanqua ‘Shishi Gashira’
Canna, Canna glauca‘Panache’
Canna, Canna ‘Tropicanna Black’
Carex, Carex pensylvanica
Celandine Poppy, Stylophorum diphyllum
Cherry, Prunus avium ‘Stella’
Columbine, Aquilegia canadensis
Coneflower, Echinacea purpurea, various cultivars, protected from rabbits.
Coral Bells, Heuchera × villosa ‘Carnival Peach Parfait’
Coral Bells, Heuchera ‘Caramel’
Crape Myrtle, Lagerstroemia indica ‘Zuni’
Creeping raspberry, Rubus calycinoides
Crinkleroot, Cardamine diphylla
Crocus, Crocus tommasinianus
Crocus, deep purple, Crocus spp.
Cyclamen, ivy-leaf, Cyclamen hederifolium
Daffodil, Narcissus ‘Tete-a-Tete’
Daphne, Daphne odora ‘Variegata’
Distylium, Distylium ‘Swing Low’
Dwarf Mondo, Ophiopogon japonicus ‘Nana’
Edgeworthia, Edgeworthia Chrysantha
Fern, Autumn fern, Dryopteris erythrosora
Fern, Christmas, Polystichum acrostichoides
Fern, Japanese Panted Fern, Athyrium niponicum
Fern, Holly, Cyrtomium falcatum
Fern, Tassle, Polystichum polyblepharum
Fothergilla, Fothergilla gardenii ‘Mount Airy’
Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea
Galanthus, Galanthus spp.
Germander, Teucrium chamaedrys
Ginger, Hexastylis arifolia
Ginkgo, Ginkgo biloba ‘Mariken’
Green and Gold, Chrysogonum australe ‘Eco Lacquered Spider’
Hellebore, Helleborus × ericsmithii
Hydrangea, Proven Winners—cultivar unknown
Ipheion, Ipheion uniflorum
Japanese Maple, Acer palmatum ‘Shishi Gashira’
Japanese Maple, Acer shirasawanum ‘Autumn Moon’
Japanese Roof Iris, Iris tectorum
Joe-Pye Weed, Eupatorium dubium ‘Baby Joe’
Lamb’s Ear, Stachys byzantina
Leopard’s banes, Doronicum gansuense
Lilac, Syringa × ‘Boomerang’
Lily, Lilium formosanum
Mahonia, Mahonia eurybracteata ‘Soft Caress’
Meadow Sage, Salvia pratensis
Milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa ‘Hello Yellow’
Pigsqueak, Bergenia crassifolia
Pomegranate, Punica granatum
Rain Lily, Zephyranthes spp.
Thuja ‘Whipcord’ standard, Thuja Plicata
Rohdea, Rohdea japonica, ‘Variegata’
Rose climbing red, Rosa’Blaze’
Sage, Littleaf, Salvia microphylla ‘Hot Lips’
Shasta Daisy, Leucanthemum × superbum
Solomon’s seal, evergreen, Disporopsis pernyi
Snowflake, Leucojum auctumnle
St. John’s Wort, Hypericum patvlum
Strawberry, Fragaria × ananassa
Sweet Box, Sarcococca confusa
Tree peony, Paeonia × suffruticos
Trillium, Sweet Betsy, Trillium cuneatum
Trillium, yellow, Trillium luteum
Viburnum, Viburnum davidii × tinus ‘Moonlit Lace’
Viburnum, Viburnum obovatum ‘Raulston Hardy’
Viburnum, Viburnum tinus ‘Spring Bouquet’
Virginia Sweetspire, Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’
Witch Hazel, Hamamelis virginiana
Whirling butterflies, Gaura lindheimeri, various cultivars.
White Wood Aster, Eurybia divaricata
Wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens
Yew, Taxus spp.
From the March-April 2025 issue of Triangle Gardener.
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Photo – Mixed Border / Helen Yoest
