Oh nut, I so know what you mean! and then plants spoil the colour scheme because they don't like the soil or situation so you just have to make do. Sometimes it works out well. Then you think I'll do blue and yellow and you find the plants don't flower at the same time!
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Yes B-L not flowering together is another problem. This year is extreme for things not flowering at the right time and some are held back by cold much more than others.
Love most colours, try to match them but can't help myself, if I like it then it goes in. My greatest successes have always been accidental combinations. That's part of the thrill
I've recently been going for purest green! At least mostly foliage as it's a new-ish garden so have been concentrating on the main structure till I can colour in the spaces. Like previously mentioned nature always seems to have it sown up so I tend to just stick in anything I fancy if the structure seems right. I know you can go for different effects such as reds and oranges to make a hot theme but it's hard to break out of a theme once created. I find that putting the most different things together foliage wise shows each plant off to it's best so if I had to give any answer it would have to be predominantly green!
..I try to avoid pink v orange but otherwise I enjoy a whole range of colours here and there... I especially like, in July or August, a splash of very strong orange/red from a group of plants of the same variety... either orange/red Hemerocallis/ Crocosmia/ or tender perennial Alonsoa 'Rebel' for instance... from a distance it makes it look as though that section is ablaze...on fire... I like that type of thing...
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Oh nut, I so know what you mean! and then plants spoil the colour scheme because they don't like the soil or situation so you just have to make do. Sometimes it works out well. Then you think I'll do blue and yellow and you find the plants don't flower at the same time!
Yes B-L not flowering together is another problem. This year is extreme for things not flowering at the right time and some are held back by cold much more than others.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Love most colours, try to match them but can't help myself, if I like it then it goes in. My greatest successes have always been accidental combinations. That's part of the thrill
. Next doors garden (dog run) I started to dig up and turn into garden this time last year. One year on ---
Ist pic is Left Hand side, supposed to be wildflowers but Hesperis look like they're on steroids, and the oxeye daisies aren't out yet.
Bottom pic is to be the long border. Mainly hot perennials but annuals added in for colour.
I've recently been going for purest green! At least mostly foliage as it's a new-ish garden so have been concentrating on the main structure till I can colour in the spaces. Like previously mentioned nature always seems to have it sown up so I tend to just stick in anything I fancy if the structure seems right. I know you can go for different effects such as reds and oranges to make a hot theme but it's hard to break out of a theme once created. I find that putting the most different things together foliage wise shows each plant off to it's best so if I had to give any answer it would have to be predominantly green!
love the shape of your border fidget
My next door neighbour is yellow fascist too Bookertoo - and at aged 45 has only 1 orange plant in her whole garden!
..I try to avoid pink v orange but otherwise I enjoy a whole range of colours here and there... I especially like, in July or August, a splash of very strong orange/red from a group of plants of the same variety... either orange/red Hemerocallis/ Crocosmia/ or tender perennial Alonsoa 'Rebel' for instance... from a distance it makes it look as though that section is ablaze...on fire... I like that type of thing...
fidgetbones, I love those borders.
I agree with nut about this years flowering; I've still got tulips flowering in pots, and the delphiniums are not quite there yet.