Create a cooling retreat with breezy blooms & grasses

These beautiful plants do double duty, delivering a respite from late-summer heat and adding privacy

Seclude a seating area with a pretty privacy screen “Soft, wispy grasses and loose-headed flowering plants move with the slightest breeze, offering a visual sense of calm to create a peaceful summer retreat,” says horticulturist Jessica Walliser, author of Container Gardening Complete. “And using the breezy blooms and grasses as privacy plantings on a deck reduces noise while blocking an unwanted view.” For a lush look, she suggests filling two large pots with a tall grass or flowering plant (like lyme grass or ornamental sage) and low cascading vines and blooms (like sweet potato vine and petunias) and placing along a railing for a privacy screen. Give full sun to light shade and water daily. Disguise a dull view with a colorful duo “Large pots of pink penstemon and cascading grasses are perfect…

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