Irises: Designing with Irises?, 1 by doss

doss wrote:
The color comes in time starting from daffodils or other bulbs, iris, daylilies, asiatic lilies and then to dahlias. That takes my garden from spring through October. The roses also bloom of course. Then you can mix in perennials, put hollyhocks at the back of the bed in front of russian sage. There are shorter varieties of sage now of course. Because the mixed garden can become chaotic though I decided to edge mine.
Here's the garden last year in daylily season. The purple plant is limonium and won't grow where you are which is why I suggested sage. The one color continuing through the garden seems to be important too.