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Colour in the garden - had a disaster
a1154
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I have a real issue not liking some colours, or some combinations, and I do normally choose where to put a plant just according to colour...stupid huh? It's not been fantastically successful but I'm finding it difficult to change.
i planned hot colours border, and many things have already gone in, though aren't in flower yet. lots of orange and reds are expected. I was totally shocked when the iris (yellow queen it was) have come up a cool blue. Can't believe it. 300 I think.
should I take them out, or can I live with it? I'm pretty horrified.
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I am so pleased when anything decides to grow in my garden, and is not eaten by slugs that I rarely dig anything up, not even the huge peach poppies that self seeded next to a deep pink peony. would live with it and enjoy after all Turner had great success with his red, orange and blue paintings.
Blues are lovely, I would leave it. I think irises are beautiful whatever the colour!
Enjoy the Irises, they will go over soon and the new hot colours will dominate then. I noticed from Chelsea that orange with blue/purple is very trendy anyway.
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In Colour Theory yellow and blue are complementary colours which means that they highlight each other making the colours appear stronger ... your yellows and oranges will appear hotter when contrasted with cool blues and purples.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I like yellow and blue - I had a hanging basket full of yellow and blue pansies over winter looked great, and as Dove says they are complimentary colours and work well together
However, if you bought Yellow Queen and got something blue - I'd be having a word with the supplier
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Hi, it won't be yellow and blue, the irises were the only yellow, so it will be
blue irises, lots of orange, some reds. Hmmm.
suppliers very sorry and full refund or replacement already offered. I did suggest coming round to dig them up !
Should have said, suppliers already knew, so other people must have complained already.
I've planted my first ever hot colour patch this year and have deliberately added some spots of blue/purple. As others have said, they complement and will make the yellows/oranges really pop with colour. I think your border will look lovely in full bloom
If it's really upsetting you, then you gotta do what you gotta do.
I don't know Yellow Queen, but I grow bearded iris. They've just finished flowering, so can be moved in about a month
Blue and orange look fine together... but in general orange isn't allowed in my garden - except for the rudbeckias, and the heliopsis and the helenium and the dahlias - I was creating a blue/white/pink border. Not something I'm very good at I'm afraid
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Blue does the same to orange and reds as it does to yellow ... because orange and red are next to yellow on the colour spectrum and they're all 'hot' colours as opposed to blue which is on the 'cool' side.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/htbg/module3/colours1.shtml
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.