A Subtle Weave

This planting bank on the interplay of both contrasts and similarity . Feathery mauve seed head of fountain grass ( Pennisetum alopecuroides‘Moudry ’ ) counterpoint texturally with the unshakable , bristly leaf of blueish Colorado Spruce ( Picea pungens‘Glauca Globosa ’ ) while offering a harmonizing link with the pinkish flower mind of PeeGee hydrangea ( Hydrangea paniculata‘Grandiflora ’ ) . The veined hydrangea leaves and arching blades of fountain grass serve to knit all the element together . Ellen Coster and Maurice Isaac created this combination in their Mattituck , New York , garden .

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