This perfect plant pairing is all about spring. It uses Narcissus 'Mount Hood', Muscari armeniacum 'Valerie Finnis' and others, and Stachys byzantina spp. (lamb's ear).
What is a perfect plant pairing?
Similar Growing Conditions: For me the pairing has to work logistically, meaning the plants need about the same conditions to thrive and a similar maintenance.
Bloom Succession: the parings have to have a good succession of seasons so that the area of the garden looks good all year. That being said, there should also be some overlap, otherwise we never get to truly appreciate the pairing.
Looks: Lastly, they have to look great together! in a perfect plant paring, the plants both have to elevate one another so that the entire scene is made better than the individual plants on their own.
It would be truly spectacular to use a variety of white daffodils to really bring the look together and prolong the show. I've used a mixture from Van Engelen in other areas of my yard and I love it.
The mix includes Trumpet Daffodil Mount Hood and Watch Up, Large Cupped Narcissus Stainless, Double Narcissi Cheerfulness and White Lion, Triandrus Narcissus Thalia, Jonquilla Narcissus Pueblo. Thalia is an absolute stunner, though I think it's best appreciated on its own, as it gets lost among taller varieties.
What I love about this pairing is that all these plants are great on their own, but when grown together, they are just absolutely perfect. The start white of 'Mount Hood' and the coolness of 'Valarie Finnis' is lovely. But when the fuzzy leaves of Stachys is thrown in the mix the whole thing looks so refined.
As the season progresses, the Stachys lamb's ear will cover the dying foliage of the daffodils and grape hyacinths. If you let the lamb's ear bloom, you won't notice the foliage at all.
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