I like rhododendrons and azaleas. I like pink. How do you mix blue/purplish-pink rhodies with yellow/orange shot pink azaleas? The answer came to me at Leonardsea: Loderi rhodies - no blue. with seedling Mollis azaleas - no yellow.
I pass a house with a similar solution based on yellow. No red influence. No orange, just palest yellow.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
1. Dove. Forget the colour wheel, it's just plain wrong. It started going wrong with Newton, he was too influenced by religion and music. It went further wrong when people started to make into a wheel. I don't think you will find fuchsia on the colour wheel. Or most things red+violet.
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You really don’t get it at all, do you? 🤪
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gosh guys I never wanted to start a colour war. Our
perception of colour is thought to be very personal. Remember the blue and
black dress? Or was it cream and gold? One of my sons has synesthesia, less so now as
an adult, but as a child every person or musical note or number had its own
colour! At the end of the day is what we like. My garden used to be much more
formal, but in old age I draw immense pleasure from disorder and colour and, so
it seems, wildlife. I haven’t used pesticides or herbicides for 8 years.
Nibbled leaves bother me no more.
Now back to the offending containers. I actually have 6
scattered about! And a bargain they were too! 7 or 8 years ago they were indeed
fashionable. I checked a fading label on one and they are absolutely French!
With the exception of these two, the others have Mirabilis
(pink and white!) but of course with a lot of green foliage. In winter they are
empty and likely to stay that way, I don’t see them from the house. These two are
on the side of the path that leads to the front door, that is why I feel more
shy about them. I cannot, will not, move them. I solemnly promise that I will
post a pic in the spring. I must get on with placing an order with P Nyssen now. 😉
I'm glad you are still with us. And thank you for answering my question. Mirabilis comes in "extreme" colours, some of which I can see as a good match for your containers.
Chacun a son goût. Colour can be a bit of a Marmite issue.
I don't think I could relax in your garden, and I certainly don't look forward to Nollie's moonlight viisit to mine.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
It's been well documented that some people see a colour when they hear music. I can't remember the famous composer who had that, and was surprised when he learnt that everyone else didn't have the same function. I wasn't aware that it could also be attributed to a person. It's a fascinating subject Ignore the stupid, and frankly- inflammatory, comments @coccinella, and just try what suits your preference and site. If you have that number of troughs, it might be worth getting a bulk bag of some kind, if you want them all the same. Either bright and breezy or cool and sophisticated. It'll be a bit cheaper if you buy 50 or 100, rather than the smaller amounts.
The problem with looking at Nyssens is that you can easily run up a very large bill
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Ignore the stupid, and frankly- inflammatory, comments
That smacks a bit of cancel culture. Nothing wrong with a lively discussion that takes in all viewpoints. I never saw anything "stupid"or "inflammatory about anyones input. Except, perhaps, this one.
I get the feeling that coccinella is going to do her own thing, happily weighing the advice she receives and choosing the best for her, or none.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I had a type of synasthesia where musical sounds and numbers had colours. I thought everyone was the same … then my thyroid packed in and the synasthesia disappeared. Medication didn’t restore it I miss it. 😢
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It was Sibelius, @Fairygirl. He had an A-major fireplace, painted green... we visited his house in Finland on one of our visits.
Our daughter wrote her dissertation for her MA on synaesthesia (defined as the joining of two or more sensations). Mirror touch synaesthesia is very rare and is the oddest, as far as I'm concerned - and potentially rather scary: you see your friend cut his finger, and scream because you genuinely feel the pain he suffers, in your own finger. Around 4% of the population is estimated to have some degree of synaesthesia, most often as @Dovefromabove describes - the linking of colours or scents with musical notes or with numbers.
It's interesting.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Some lysimachia (creeping jenny) might look nice tumbling over the sides of the pots. Not sure if it's available when the tulips start to bloom, though.
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I like rhododendrons and azaleas. I like pink. How do you mix blue/purplish-pink rhodies with yellow/orange shot pink azaleas? The answer came to me at Leonardsea: Loderi rhodies - no blue. with seedling Mollis azaleas - no yellow.
I pass a house with a similar solution based on yellow. No red influence. No orange, just palest yellow.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gosh guys I never wanted to start a colour war. Our perception of colour is thought to be very personal. Remember the blue and black dress? Or was it cream and gold? One of my sons has synesthesia, less so now as an adult, but as a child every person or musical note or number had its own colour! At the end of the day is what we like. My garden used to be much more formal, but in old age I draw immense pleasure from disorder and colour and, so it seems, wildlife. I haven’t used pesticides or herbicides for 8 years. Nibbled leaves bother me no more.
Now back to the offending containers. I actually have 6 scattered about! And a bargain they were too! 7 or 8 years ago they were indeed fashionable. I checked a fading label on one and they are absolutely French!
With the exception of these two, the others have Mirabilis (pink and white!) but of course with a lot of green foliage. In winter they are empty and likely to stay that way, I don’t see them from the house. These two are on the side of the path that leads to the front door, that is why I feel more shy about them. I cannot, will not, move them. I solemnly promise that I will post a pic in the spring. I must get on with placing an order with P Nyssen now. 😉
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I'm glad you are still with us. And thank you for answering my question. Mirabilis comes in "extreme" colours, some of which I can see as a good match for your containers.
Chacun a son goût. Colour can be a bit of a Marmite issue.
I don't think I could relax in your garden, and I certainly don't look forward to Nollie's moonlight viisit to mine.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Ignore the stupid, and frankly- inflammatory, comments @coccinella, and just try what suits your preference and site.
If you have that number of troughs, it might be worth getting a bulk bag of some kind, if you want them all the same. Either bright and breezy or cool and sophisticated. It'll be a bit cheaper if you buy 50 or 100, rather than the smaller amounts.
The problem with looking at Nyssens is that you can easily run up a very large bill
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I get the feeling that coccinella is going to do her own thing, happily weighing the advice she receives and choosing the best for her, or none.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Our daughter wrote her dissertation for her MA on synaesthesia (defined as the joining of two or more sensations). Mirror touch synaesthesia is very rare and is the oddest, as far as I'm concerned - and potentially rather scary: you see your friend cut his finger, and scream because you genuinely feel the pain he suffers, in your own finger. Around 4% of the population is estimated to have some degree of synaesthesia, most often as @Dovefromabove describes - the linking of colours or scents with musical notes or with numbers.
It's interesting.