Next time you're at Disneyland, study the plants. Their connection with the adjacent rides is simply astounding; the thistle-like Miss Wilmot's Ghost [Eryngium giganteum, Zones 3-9) surrounding the Haunted House is a personal favorite of mine. But perhap's even more impressive is that all of these plants are not only attractive but also industrial-strength tough. The park is too big to attend to the finicky. Few of us live at Disneyland, though, and we don't necessarily want swaths of only thistles dominating our gardens. We want groupings of "pretty" plants that still have durability. So after a recent visit to Disneyland, I asked myself, "What are some of the softer, pretty perennials that are tougher than they look?"
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