My perennial bed is well on it's way with a purple/yellow scheme. Russian sage, lavender, blackeye susan, yellow mums, salvia, echinacea, purple iris, etc. I have a bunch of seed packets of perennials I want to start indoors and add this spring. I also saved seeds to try from the salvia, echinacea, and rudbeckia. I plan on building a new bed surrounding the back patio this spring, which will be a mix of perennials and annuals (at least this year, to fill in around the perennials until they get established).. I'm thinking hot colors. I have some yellow/orange poppy mix, as well as some orange cosmos, among others.
I've moved from Surrey to a semi-arid desert in the Rocky Mountains, it's been a big change in gardening style. I hate paying for water to keep things alive and growing, but I also don't really like the xeriscape style either.. so I'm between the two. Plants that survive on a weekly watering once established, and a lawn that goes brown and crispy during the hottest parts of the summer. I'm still looking for that happy medium. When I moved in, our yard landscape was about 50% rock chip gravel over landscape fabric. Yuck.
Seems strange that a discussion about colour schemes should not feature any photos so far.
So here's my contribution. My smallish garden (300 m²) consists of about half lawn and half mixed borders. I use mostly white and pastel colours, orange and bright red are excluded. A few yellow flowering plants only (light yellow or gold yellow). As for foliage I have various shades of green and grey, and variegated foliage is excluded.
Some examples of "analogous colours":
Penstemon 'Garnet' & Gaura :: light pink & deep pink
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My perennial bed is well on it's way with a purple/yellow scheme. Russian sage, lavender, blackeye susan, yellow mums, salvia, echinacea, purple iris, etc. I have a bunch of seed packets of perennials I want to start indoors and add this spring. I also saved seeds to try from the salvia, echinacea, and rudbeckia. I plan on building a new bed surrounding the back patio this spring, which will be a mix of perennials and annuals (at least this year, to fill in around the perennials until they get established).. I'm thinking hot colors. I have some yellow/orange poppy mix, as well as some orange cosmos, among others.
I've moved from Surrey to a semi-arid desert in the Rocky Mountains, it's been a big change in gardening style. I hate paying for water to keep things alive and growing, but I also don't really like the xeriscape style either.. so I'm between the two. Plants that survive on a weekly watering once established, and a lawn that goes brown and crispy during the hottest parts of the summer. I'm still looking for that happy medium. When I moved in, our yard landscape was about 50% rock chip gravel over landscape fabric. Yuck.
Blue onion you are a gardening hero! Do you have a local gardeninh=g club to swop ideas? I wouldn't know where to start. LOVE.
Hi folks,
Seems strange that a discussion about colour schemes should not feature any photos so far.
So here's my contribution. My smallish garden (300 m²) consists of about half lawn and half mixed borders. I use mostly white and pastel colours, orange and bright red are excluded. A few yellow flowering plants only (light yellow or gold yellow). As for foliage I have various shades of green and grey, and variegated foliage is excluded.
Some examples of "analogous colours":
Penstemon 'Garnet' & Gaura :: light pink & deep pink
Penstemon 'Garnet' & Penstemon 'Apple blossom' :: light pink & deep pink
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Some examples of "complementary colours"
Phlox paniculata 'Blue Paradise' & Hemerocallis 'Stella de Oro' :: violet blue & golden yellow
Geranium 'Rozanne' & Penstemon 'Garnet' :: mauve blue & deep pink
Clematis 'Jackmanii' & Penstemon 'Garnet' :: pink & blue
Salvia chamaedryoides & Alchemilla mollis :: deep blue & chartreuse