Moonlit Border

Olea europaea

The olive tree brings the Mediterranean to colder shores—silver-grey foliage, gnarled trunk, and the promise of sun-drenched hills. Its presence transforms any courtyard.

Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue'

Globe thistle's perfectly spherical blue heads are geometry made botanical—each flower a composition of tiny florets. Bees work them obsessively in summer heat.

Eryngium giganteum 'Silver Ghost'

'Silver Ghost' earns its name with ghostly silver bracts surrounding steely blue cones. This biennial makes the most of its brief life with spectacular structural impact.

Agastache 'Blue Fortune'

Giant hyssop 'Blue Fortune' sends up spire after spire of blue-purple flowers that bees find irresistible. Its aromatic foliage adds to its appeal, releasing mint-anise scent when bruised.

Nepeta × faassenii

Catmint is the great softener—billowing clouds of lavender-blue flowers that blur edges and fill gaps with easy grace. Bees and butterflies can't resist its aromatic presence.

Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote'

'Hidcote' is the benchmark lavender—deep purple flowers above compact silver foliage, intensely fragrant and loved by bees. It embodies everything we dream a lavender should be.