One of my favorite combination of plants to hide the utility boxes is a mix of flowers that bloom at different times of the year, and a feather reed grass that provides a nice backdrop. Now, this combination also dies to the ground in winter so if you really wanted to hide a utility box you could use an evergreen shrub, but nevertheless over the years I found this combination works really well together:
- Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' feather reed grass
- Iris sibirica - Siberian Iris
- Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus' - Huge purple coneflower
- Aster novae-angliae 'Purple Dome'
I learned that you don't want to have too many different types of plants, you want to have just a handful and have repetition so it looks really pleasing to the eye and not like just a hodgepodge of plants.
![Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmH4Ja3KQeNMuheYoxZKvHJj53OuOjB9Sxt6wLJDOclFj4_boue1bRidKiQFzgTzHI9y3WGdZPuPiYrMJVaRIfDsi4LyIicchOgKtat5q1A1cS44wwV0w_y9EA7yqKan0eS87kJnE6gZc/w400-h300/purple+coneflowers+utility+box.JPG) |
Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus' |
![Iris sibirica](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTkJhayies7SalGkRtAuZ2bbMXquSVi2fzR3pJpaiJ6kQ0RcxXZhXvGAViQ_vVaH7osUM5VlytNLUh6C_c5hem94qpx5Q8beHzfNwXwbIdvsM42O5Q9pjiSwHi9XpGeSRrNHfc9eZNN8/w300-h400/iris+by+utility+box.JPG) |
Iris sibirica |
![Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNhDVlPg3MZmcL1O0jwCe81r1nAY9SQW6y_04BSx6kmwiw2X2lt-mkBd4wVQxpjE4f7dDwYweoMf8OdgjByn_BrS6LKVxJofC6CNrHd0cgyZ3tFUPlu9V8N3S78nV2WsX1IttteX_kmHc/w400-h300/huge+coneflower+size+of+fist.JPG) |
Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'
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![Aster novae-angliae 'Purple Dome'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3iVg8CcXUJORi7QibnQjVhvtW2tA2f2zWxj_2CXQqbKuYYUKMvlpMLq02iotHGfW1CMRDvjlsThisuBST0jOZTO70nqa5FDr04jIDq1d4FJg8BDluxP0Gbw8fApoXteZBKQ1F5K1Vgec/w400-h300/purple+aster+flowers.JPG) |
Aster novae-angliae 'Purple Dome' |
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