15 Favorite See-Through Plants

From the pages of Fine Gardening Magazine

15 Favorite See-Through Plants

Tall, airy perennials at the front or middle of a bed add intrigue to a garden


	Giant kale


	Fennel


	Meadow rue

1. Bugbane/Black cohosh (Actaea racemosa), Zones 3-7

2. Chinese anemone (Anemone hupehensis 'September Charm'), Z4-8

3. Japanese anemoe (Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert'), Z4-8

4. Giant kale (Crambe cordifolia), Z6-9

5. Common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), Z4-8

6. Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare), Z4-9

7. Scabious (Knautia macedonica), Z5-9

8. Red hot poker (Kniphofia uvaria), Z6-9

9. Moor grass (Molinia caerulea), Z5-9

10. Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia), Z6-9

11. Meadow rues (Thalictrum spp.), Z5-9

12. Mosquito plant (Agastache cana), Z5-10

13. Black-leaved cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenswing'), Z7-10

14. Karl Foerster reed grass (Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'), Z5-9

15. Fall-blooming reed grass (Calamagrostis brachytricha), Z6-9

Photos: Ian Adams

From Fine Gardening #85, pp. 52-53
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