Very similar to my style of gardening @Plantminded, although I don't like blue [especially pale blue] so there's only purple based blues, and I don't like pastels at all. Green and white give a peaceful background, especially for shady areas. I like strong colours, and purple with orange is always a good choice, at any time of year, and deep dark reds are also a favourite. I also like strong pink, so I have some of that in summer, and some yellows in a few sites, but the main thing is to have repeat planting as much as possible as that gives coherence, and a succession. I plant for my conditions too. Evergreens and foliage for all year round interest too. Very important for our longer winters. None of the categories really suit what I do.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I have only one of each plant, and as many colours as possible
Thank you so much for taking part and describing your garden.
I had worked in my garden until Trooping the Colour started and the fly-over now finished, what a great ceremony, I can check who has replied.
I was looking since Autumn 2019 for several months what I want to do with our newly rearranged garden with the new greenhouse and a few plants left from the first "design". My niece sent me a link from a German garden designer and I liked it so much that looking at the images had answered my question: I will try to arrange the garden looking like a flower bouquet. I'm still working on it )
I have no idea how many plant types or colours I have in the garden. The content has simply increased over the years. I really couldn't care less about arbitrary 'rules' spouted by presenter or experts.
Do you also have a hat that doesn't go? @Jenny_Aster
Funny you should say that B3, I don't wear hats but I did have one huge bright red one once when I belonged to the 'The Red Hat Society' for women that grow old disgracefully (Google has info). The Red Hat Society was inspired by a poem called 'Warning' by Jenny Joseph (1932-2018) (apologies if this is off topic)
I have my Jenny Joseph corners, because I love red with purple. 'Woodstock' hyacinths with Pieter de Leur' tulips come first. Just now the double red cottage peony with allium 'Purple Sensation'. Later, purple orchids with penstemon 'Garnet'. I'm not keen on brassy yellow, but like primrose or lemon yellow.
It’s all about different greens for me. I love the mixture of different leaf shapes and the wide variety of ‘green’.
I inherited many shrubs and perennials in bright pinks (Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Hibiscus, Astilbes) which wouldn’t be my first choice but they are cheery.
My favourite combo is purple and white with lashings of greenery.
To be honest, I’d have more colour in the borders if slugs weren’t so prolific that they spoil my plans. I tend to do groups of pots with harmonious colours.
If I had a large garden, I would probably do different areas that would be in the design category because I like good design. But with a small garden, it is a mix mostly governed by the plants I want to grow. Cottagey probably sounds like the closest option but I wouldn't say I am trying to have a cottage garden.
My garden doesn't fit any of your categories either. It is large and rambling which means I can have different colours in different places and if one area is having a bit of a rest, there will be lots of other places to look. I try to combine colours in attractive combinations, but it is never hard and fast. There are always self seeders that pop up or plants that should have been moved, but weren't, because of weather or lack of time. The colours change with the seasons.
I've just today planted up a 'hot' border by the terrace which has red potentillas, red and yellow crocosmias, heleniums and dahlias in shades of red, orange and yellow, but it isn't into its stride yet.
A different corner has dark purple alliums and aqiilegias with dark geranium phaeum, but there will soon be pink and white roses there.
The long border near the pond is currently awash with yellow and orange welsh poppies and blue forget-me-nots, with a bright orange oriental poppy waiting in the wings, but that will soon change as the fmns come out and the other perennials gradually take over, aided by more dahlias in a wide range of colours.
The rhodies and azaleas are clashing happily round the dell. There is a lot of green everywhere and a walk round the garden is an adventure every morning
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I like strong colours, and purple with orange is always a good choice, at any time of year, and deep dark reds are also a favourite. I also like strong pink, so I have some of that in summer, and some yellows in a few sites, but the main thing is to have repeat planting as much as possible as that gives coherence, and a succession. I plant for my conditions too.
Evergreens and foliage for all year round interest too. Very important for our longer winters.
None of the categories really suit what I do.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I had worked in my garden until Trooping the Colour started and the fly-over now finished, what a great ceremony, I can check who has replied.
I was looking since Autumn 2019 for several months what I want to do with our newly rearranged garden with the new greenhouse and a few plants left from the first "design".
My niece sent me a link from a German garden designer and I liked it so much that looking at the images had answered my question: I will try to arrange the garden looking like a flower bouquet. I'm still working on it
I ♥ my garden.
I ♥ my garden.
https://youtu.be/8cACbzanitg
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
'Woodstock' hyacinths with Pieter de Leur' tulips come first.
Just now the double red cottage peony with allium 'Purple Sensation'.
Later, purple orchids with penstemon 'Garnet'.
I'm not keen on brassy yellow, but like primrose or lemon yellow.
I inherited many shrubs and perennials in bright pinks (Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Hibiscus, Astilbes) which wouldn’t be my first choice but they are cheery.
But with a small garden, it is a mix mostly governed by the plants I want to grow. Cottagey probably sounds like the closest option but I wouldn't say I am trying to have a cottage garden.