I like everything everywhere, all at once. I made an impulse buy last week and got some mini white carnations (because they looked nice and I love the smell). Now I've put them by some magnificent white creeping stuff and am beginning to think I've mad a mistake - it's a bit boring. There's room for more plants so I'll probably throw in a heap of alyssum of all different shades, or maybe something else that grows riotous.
Must admit though, if I have a choice of plants in the garden centre I'm drawn to deep reds. I'm wary of mixing red and white though, for fear of being told off. My Mother in Law was a nurse and when she first started work she was given a rocket for putting red and white flowers in a vase together. Apparently it's bad luck. I wasn't allowed to have red and white flowers for my wedding, but yellow and white as nice.
...actually I wasn't allowed to have green bridesmaid dresses. My mother thought that was bad luck!
I was a nurse for nearly 50 years, and indeed, red and white flowers were deeply frowned upon - to the point where one of my senior nurses took a yellow flower from one persons vase to put in another!! However, that won't arise these days as you're not allowed to have flowers in the hospital these days - those flowers you know, they killed so many people!!!
I love mixed borders, and am always amazed by how lovely some peoples are, especially when they are disciplined as as to what they buy or grow - mine are not disciplined, but are lovely too, just in a different way.
I think that my favourite colours change according to the season. In spring I love bright clear colours,yellow particularly because it cheers me up after winter. Summer brings hot reds, autumn I like yellow and oranges and tawny colours. Maybe this is because the shade of green background is changing, from light green of new leaves, through to dark green and then Brown and Red by Autumn. I'm not keen on sludgy shades. For me the oriental poppy 'Pattys plum' is a major disappointment. I would sooner have a bright orange or red one.
Blueboots, I find this superstion thing drives me nuts; I had clients who didn't want green in a room because it was bad luck, at which point I had to ask, 'Is your lawn unlucky?'
...or the glorious British countryside on a summer's day!
I'm the same artjak, I just toe the line to lead a quiet life. I do get an earful if I mix red and white flowers. After extended arguments about whether or not to have trifle at my wedding (I won't bore you), I couldn't face a bigger one over green frocks. We compromised on turquoise.
Thinking about it, you don't get turquoise flowers do you? I'd never thought about that before.
I love orange when it's teamed with dark purples Verdi, but I don't like blue and yellow together (unless it's very dark blue and creamy/yellow) which most people do - reminds me of Ikea....
Hate pink and yellow together- one of the first things I did here was remove the pink flowering spirea with the yellowy/gold foliage.Yuk!
Blueboots- I want to hear about the trifle.....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Fairy G, in principle I agree with you about pink and yellow together but there is a wonderful painting by Fragonard where the parasol is, I think pink and the dress is yellow and to my astonishment it not only works but it really sings. I know what you mean about Ikea colours
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I like everything everywhere, all at once. I made an impulse buy last week and got some mini white carnations (because they looked nice and I love the smell). Now I've put them by some magnificent white creeping stuff and am beginning to think I've mad a mistake - it's a bit boring. There's room for more plants so I'll probably throw in a heap of alyssum of all different shades, or maybe something else that grows riotous.
Must admit though, if I have a choice of plants in the garden centre I'm drawn to deep reds. I'm wary of mixing red and white though, for fear of being told off. My Mother in Law was a nurse and when she first started work she was given a rocket for putting red and white flowers in a vase together. Apparently it's bad luck. I wasn't allowed to have red and white flowers for my wedding, but yellow and white as nice.
...actually I wasn't allowed to have green bridesmaid dresses. My mother thought that was bad luck!
I like the colours in your border fidget.
I was a nurse for nearly 50 years, and indeed, red and white flowers were deeply frowned upon - to the point where one of my senior nurses took a yellow flower from one persons vase to put in another!! However, that won't arise these days as you're not allowed to have flowers in the hospital these days - those flowers you know, they killed so many people!!!
I love mixed borders, and am always amazed by how lovely some peoples are, especially when they are disciplined as as to what they buy or grow - mine are not disciplined, but are lovely too, just in a different way.
every shade of colour goes in my garden, beats an overgrown weedy garden full of rubbish.
I think that my favourite colours change according to the season. In spring I love bright clear colours,yellow particularly because it cheers me up after winter. Summer brings hot reds, autumn I like yellow and oranges and tawny colours. Maybe this is because the shade of green background is changing, from light green of new leaves, through to dark green and then Brown and Red by Autumn. I'm not keen on sludgy shades. For me the oriental poppy 'Pattys plum' is a major disappointment. I would sooner have a bright orange or red one.
Blueboots, I find this superstion thing drives me nuts; I had clients who didn't want green in a room because it was bad luck, at which point I had to ask, 'Is your lawn unlucky?'
...or the glorious British countryside on a summer's day!
I'm the same artjak, I just toe the line to lead a quiet life. I do get an earful if I mix red and white flowers. After extended arguments about whether or not to have trifle at my wedding (I won't bore you), I couldn't face a bigger one over green frocks. We compromised on turquoise.
Thinking about it, you don't get turquoise flowers do you? I'd never thought about that before.
What's wrong wit red and white? ....signed Saint's Fan
I love orange when it's teamed with dark purples Verdi, but I don't like blue and yellow together (unless it's very dark blue and creamy/yellow) which most people do - reminds me of Ikea....
Hate pink and yellow together- one of the first things I did here was remove the pink flowering spirea with the yellowy/gold foliage.Yuk!
Blueboots- I want to hear about the trifle.....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Fairy G, in principle I agree with you about pink and yellow together but there is a wonderful painting by Fragonard where the parasol is, I think pink and the dress is yellow and to my astonishment it not only works but it really sings. I know what you mean about Ikea colours