I love coreopsis the way they just keep flowering right through summer and that you can divide them so easy and they just take and keep flowering aslong as you dead head them.
Mike, if you are saying what I think you are, it is something that has occurred to me too. In our garden, we kick off with the vibrant yellows and reds of tulips and daffs and the crocus, contrasted with purple crocus and aubretia. The aubretia then leads us into a blue and red phase with the delphiniums and oriental poppies, but then we move towards purple pink and white - clematis, pinks, allium, honeysuckle, roses, etc. And finally, a burst of yellow and orange in the autumn with rudbekia, crocosmia, coreopsis, orange dahlias. I think some of these flowered late last year for us. At the end of the year, the cosmos is usually big, and pink, and doesn't work so well with the yellows and oranges, so I am trying the T & M Brightness mix, which will avoid that yellow/pink combo that is not so great.
I've noticed that particulaly in my back garden, seems to be yellow around now, moving to purple then onto red. My other half was a little concerned early last summer when he thought we had moved into a purple garden so proceeded to go and buy some red day lillies to try and counter the whole purple thing, then within weeks it was red. He's given up trying to control it now, and me just popping things in willy-nilly probably doesn't help matters.
Personally, Not keen on yellow in the garden in the summer as my garden is full of blues, purples, pinks and creams/whites. However I do have some yellow in spring to brighten the place up in the form of a forsythia, couple of hellebores and soon to emerge aqueligias. These are usually over by the time the pastel palette kicks in.
My mum has alot of yellow in her garden and it looks fab at this time of year along witht the emerging greens and varigated foliage.
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...or have I got that arsy-versy? Afte a few glasses of wine I'm not sure
Cowslips and primroses.
I love coreopsis the way they just keep flowering right through summer and that you can divide them so easy and they just take and keep flowering aslong as you dead head them.
Mike, if you are saying what I think you are, it is something that has occurred to me too. In our garden, we kick off with the vibrant yellows and reds of tulips and daffs and the crocus, contrasted with purple crocus and aubretia. The aubretia then leads us into a blue and red phase with the delphiniums and oriental poppies, but then we move towards purple pink and white - clematis, pinks, allium, honeysuckle, roses, etc. And finally, a burst of yellow and orange in the autumn with rudbekia, crocosmia, coreopsis, orange dahlias. I think some of these flowered late last year for us. At the end of the year, the cosmos is usually big, and pink, and doesn't work so well with the yellows and oranges, so I am trying the T & M Brightness mix, which will avoid that yellow/pink combo that is not so great.
I've noticed that particulaly in my back garden, seems to be yellow around now, moving to purple then onto red. My other half was a little concerned early last summer when he thought we had moved into a purple garden so proceeded to go and buy some red day lillies to try and counter the whole purple thing, then within weeks it was red. He's given up trying to control it now, and me just popping things in willy-nilly probably doesn't help matters.
Tonight I have planted yellow Gladioli and red gladioli, alternating groups of 3 next to each other so I will see what the combination looks like
Personally, Not keen on yellow in the garden in the summer as my garden is full of blues, purples, pinks and creams/whites. However I do have some yellow in spring to brighten the place up in the form of a forsythia, couple of hellebores and soon to emerge aqueligias. These are usually over by the time the pastel palette kicks in.
My mum has alot of yellow in her garden and it looks fab at this time of year along witht the emerging greens and varigated foliage.