Pink might work with more red to tie it together. If you're going for a schemed look, it would probably need more pink, too. Honestly I just like to throw lots of colours in, I like the whole cottage garden eclectic look
Honestly, it's about the both of you enjoying the garden and if you have different ideas, then work those differences out and make some form if compromise ( much like relationships, I suppose).
Just remember to enjoy the process, as well add the outcome
Sorry, enlarged the picture and of course it is cosmos, not echinacea. If it were my garden I'd create another border especially for OH's choice of plants - maybe have a feminine, blowsy pink/mauve/pale blue combination there, and keep the existing border pink-free. This "girly" planting was much admired at the Chelsea flower show last year:
Personally, I like purple and orange for a bit of "zing", but not pink and orange However, it's just a matter of personal taste. Here's a couple more Chelsea pictures for inspiration:
That's an orange geum with grey-leaved grasses;
Californian poppies with salvia
Soft mauvy pink with orange isn't too bad, in my opinion...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Some orange/yellow, pink and red to tie them, along with some blue to contrast in can work, if you want it to. I must admit orange and pink wouldn't be my first choice of colour pallette though, either
As is obvious Andy Leeds it does all come down to a matter of taste. Rosa Lady Emma Hamilton is a nice one and has the added bonus of bronze coloured foliage. Perhaps trying annuals in a different colour this year, some Dahlias perhaps. I don't grow many annuals so am not so sure just what's available.
My front garden, a work in progress, had all the light pink/white/creamy colour flowering plants removed last year because they clashed and this year I intend to add more purples and reds to tone down all those orange and peach coloured blooms.
Yes, AngieR - I think so too. Briza media is the wild native quaking grass; this might be Briza maxima maybe cos it's quite tall. Or something similar...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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Pink might work with more red to tie it together. If you're going for a schemed look, it would probably need more pink, too. Honestly I just like to throw lots of colours in, I like the whole cottage garden eclectic look
Honestly, it's about the both of you enjoying the garden and if you have different ideas, then work those differences out and make some form if compromise ( much like relationships, I suppose).
Just remember to enjoy the process, as well add the outcome
Sorry, enlarged the picture and of course it is cosmos, not echinacea.
If it were my garden I'd create another border especially for OH's choice of plants - maybe have a feminine, blowsy pink/mauve/pale blue combination there, and keep the existing border pink-free. This "girly" planting was much admired at the Chelsea flower show last year:
Personally, I like purple and orange for a bit of "zing", but not pink and orange
However, it's just a matter of personal taste. Here's a couple more Chelsea pictures for inspiration:
That's an orange geum with grey-leaved grasses;
Californian poppies with salvia
Soft mauvy pink with orange isn't too bad, in my opinion...
Some orange/yellow, pink and red to tie them, along with some blue to contrast
in can work, if you want it to. I must admit orange and pink wouldn't be my first choice of colour pallette though, either
As is obvious Andy Leeds it does all come down to a matter of taste. Rosa Lady Emma Hamilton is a nice one and has the added bonus of bronze coloured foliage. Perhaps trying annuals in a different colour this year, some Dahlias perhaps. I don't grow many annuals so am not so sure just what's available.
My front garden, a work in progress, had all the light pink/white/creamy colour flowering plants removed last year because they clashed and this year I intend to add more purples and reds to tone down all those orange and peach coloured blooms.
Thank you aym280. I think the grass is what they call quaker grass - briza something or other.
Yes, AngieR - I think so too.
Briza media is the wild native quaking grass; this might be Briza maxima maybe cos it's quite tall. Or something similar...