Can you suggest plants for either side of a waterfall - Pic inside!

I have minor periwinkle growing on the mound, it was only planted last year so as you can see from the picture, it's not covered yet.
I like it but including the backdrop, it's all very 'green'. Albeit different shades of green. The vine on the back wall is Virginia Creeper.

I'm looking to put some 'colour' into those planters I have placed either side of the waterfall. The first two slabs either side often get quite wet from the splashing, so any plants that close will obviously get a constant splashing too.

The periwinkle although a bit light on flowers still, is very green, it should have blue/purple flowers in the mix.

I want something to compliment that and can tolerate a little splashing. Preferably evergreen. Ideally it will creep out of the pots too.

Can I have some suggestions? Thanks!

 

Hi Not evergreen but what about hosta ??? or and astilbe ???

Spruce

 

Golden Creeping Jenny ticks all the boxes.

Likes splashing water, colourful and evergreen.

 

There is a very good herbacious plant, Houttuynia Chameleon, which would do part of the job you want.

 

Caltha palustris, or ferns?

 

Houttuynia ???!!! U swine, I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.......well I might ! : ) How about Lobelia - not the little fluffy jobbies but the 2'-3' Lobelia cardinalis . 'Queen Victoria' is a spire of scarlet flowers later in the summer and has deep maroon foliage. there is another with purple flowers and green foliage and a blue flowered one but I can't remember the names , sorry. It won't trail but with some of kindred spirits golden creeping jenny planted around the base of the lobelia it'd provide colour alright !!! : )

 

Read the brief again Wozwoz, it needs to creep from the pots.:D:D:D

 

thats what the creeping jenny planted at the base is for ! : ) .........but to be fair, the lobelia isn't evergreen : )))

 

The Lobelia is beautiful though, if you can keep the slugs away. PS, the Creeping Jenny is just as much of a thug as Chameleon.

 

I have periwinkle near my pond too! hostas are good - but obviously not creeping - the creeping jenny looks good for a foliage contrast

lovely pond! and your lily is already flowering!

Loopy

 

Wow thanks for the replies so far! There seems to be quite a yellow theme here too. Never thought I'd add yellow but it'd certainly give colour!!
I'm liking the creeping jenny, maybe with something else too.

The lily was only put in last year, although I re-potted it into a larger (*ahem* B&Q builders bucket with some holes drilled into it, the handle still on it allows it to come out easier). There's actually four buds ready to open! Last year I was getting one flower at once, (one flower and one bud). The larger pads are huge!! Compared to last year too, almost like a different plant. I have no idea other than possibly the larger container causing this change, I've not done anything else to it, didn't even raise it up to catch the sun, it's been left sitting just over two feet down. The pond does get sun pretty much all day.

 

I have mimulus guttatus (monkey flower) which will love the splashing water, mine has even seeded in the pond edges under the filter, not evergreen though.

 

Ooops mimulus is yellow too,lol.

 

I suggest trying some cress, and you can harvest it and eat it.
Just buy a packet at your super market and it will grow smashing.
FA