How do you use lime-green colors?

Hi revclaus,thank you for sharing the valuable site.
Lovely combinations ,making the most of the beauty of leaves in particular.
Is this the current main trend in North America, I wonder ?

yes tomtom all the gardening experts seem to be writing that we have matured as gardeners so that we are able to appreciate foliage and texture rather than blooms. They are saying that flowers are ouf of fashion for the sophisticated gardener. But we all know that we just love it all flowers, foliage, everything.

Tomtom, you have such a great eye for colors, textures and combinations. I have really enjoyed viewing your artistic threads. Thank you for sharing!

HiDarkEmerald,
I'm so sorry I didn't write to you for such a long time.
Please accept my sincere apologies.

Your novel combination is simply fantastic.
It seems to have an Asian atomosphere.
Was it your intention, I'm wondering.
I do appreciate your contribution.

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Jagonjune, so sorry for my belated reply.
My sincere apolofies.
Thanks you for letting me know a up to date gardening imformation.
It was only recently that I came to learn the beauty of foliage,
I'm one of you who love it all flowers.foliage, every thing.
Thank you so much.
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Thank you plant-fiend, for encouraging me.
I'm most grateful.
By the way ,your seeds are now on the way.!

WOW! Those are all great combos!
Tomtom, I love your pics. You have a great eye for color, texture & shape.

I have used lime green with orange or purple flowers.
The shot here are orange zinnias with lime SPV.

I have also combines the lime with the "Blackie" SPV with coleus... like "Inky Fingers" that has the same color combos.

Nancy

Those are striking planters, DarkEmerald. gabagoo, I especially like the "dabs of purple" peeking through the zinnia, much like punctuation marks!
Nice to hear your voice again, Tomtom, but I must admit that in summer I rarely post to Dave's either, too busy. I was just thinking about your wonderful combinations though, as I was trying to put together fall containers. I seem to be rather uninspired. Fall material is gradually brightening in contrast to the garden as the garden starts to pull in its wings and hibernate. Perhaps I am trying a wee bit early. Dawn

gabagoo, your combo of orange zinnias and limeSPV is simply amazing!
So do I combine SPV with "Blackie".
The combo is so eye-catching ,and ,thank God,doesn't need much looking after.
Don't you think ?
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Sunrize, It's always nice to hear from you.Thanks.
We're now in the midst of autumn flowers.
At this time of the year it always pains me when I pull out the plants for the spring.
The lilies were planted at the beginning of August.

Another lovely pot Tomtom!

Yes, Tomtom, Elegant lilies. I particularly like the texture play here. As always,well done!

You continue to inspire and amaze. I'd like you to visit us sometime in our spring to advise on plant placement and combinations.

kell,Sunrize, and jagonjune,
Thank you so much for your ever-encouraging comment.
Feel like I'm floating on the cloud . :-)

Well Tomtom; Why don't you just float on over on a plane. Wouldn't that be wonderful--a seminar on combinations of plant materials. You are most welcome. A grand idea jagonjune.

Wow!! LOL LOL LOL

Hi, Tomtom-- I am admiring your elegant plant combinations in the containers. Thank you for posting them-They are giving me lots of ideas...

-I am wondering if you use spring bulbs in containers very often, and if you do, do you have any pics of those?

I am also trying to use a lime green south african amaryllis in a container and I would like to plant a perennial or other complementary with it. Please see "Green Sonatini" in this link, for a picture of the amaryllis "Jade Serpent" --

http://www.hadecobulbs.com/listing.asp

Any suggestions for combinations?

Thank you again. t.

Your containers are beautiful!
Thanks for sharing.



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Thank you so much ,tabasco, for your encouraging words.
I don't plant so many bulbs in containers on acount of my limited space,but
we talked about spring bulbs here some time ago.
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/404898/

This autumn I planted several varieties of spring bulbs
1) 20 red tulip bulbs with 3 sweet alyssums
2) 10 white frilled tulip bulbs with many blue muscaris
3) 10 Fritillaria camtschatenesis bulbs alone
4) 10 yellow tulip bulbs to bloom for Xmas .
5) 10 red tulip bulbs to bloom for Xmas

This is the pic of #.1

Your 'Jade Serpent' is simply amazing!
Don't you think it might be a bit tough to combine some other plants
with those which have strong identity like this?
It is also often the case that when you add some other plants to the container
the both the host plant and the added ones don't grow well.

I usually prefer to grow different plants in different containers
and make combinations of them.
The lily pic above is such an instance.
It looks as if they were planted in the same container, doesn't it?









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christmascactus, I do appreiciate your comment.
In fact, I'm not much of gardener.
The state-of-the -art camera is deceiving you. :-)

I'm so sorry,cc, that I don't have my English site.
My site is oriented fowards growing flowers from seeds
and I'd be happy if the gardeners enthusiastic about
seed-sowing see it.

Hi, tomtom--thank you for giving me your container-bulb link. I loved the pink tulips with silver foliage especially planted in the three weathered old clay pots.

Yes, normally hippeastrum seem to be planted alone or with others of the same. Although I thought for a new twist it might be interesting to pair the green one, for instance, with some fine leafed fern for a centerpiece pot.

I suppose if the hippeastrum and the fern have different growth habits I could plant them separately in little plastic pots and then place them together in a large bowl and disguise the placement with moss as you hinted at...

I look forward to pics of your latest container designs. As soon as I get enough patience to learn my digital camera I will post a few of my container combinations I planted this fall-- lilies, tulips, muscari, daffs (including rip van winkle) chinodoxia, allium...we will see what emerges in spring!

Hi TomTom,

I just saw this thread (I don't go to the container forum often). I think it would look good with some Amaranth in the background. If you'd like some seeds, let me know.

http://davesgarden.com/pdb/go/1381/index.html


http://davesgarden.com/pdb/go/71460/index.html

These get between 3 to 8 feet tall and are very striking. According to the new Organic Gardening magazine, these are supposed to be "in" this next summer. The foilage is green to maroonish purple, with maroon/purple spikes.

Karrie

Thank you, Karrie, for your intriguing suggestion about Amaranth.
I love it too, and have grown it for several years.
It grows a little too tall for containers and it might be better to cut them
once during the course of their growth .

I have found another ornamental plant suitable for a container this year.
It's Pennisetum glaucum'Purple Majesty'-you 've probabley known already.
I got its seedling from a friend of mine gave a stunning effect too.
It formed lots of seeds. If you'd like to have a try,please let me know and I'll be
glad to share some.

Tomtom

tom tom that is an alberta special - it was developed here. we saved seed the first year we grew it and the germination rate was excellent but many of the seeds did not have the purple color - so start a lot so you can cull the plain green millet

Thank you so much ,jagonjune, for your valuable info.
I have tons of the seeds. I'll strictly follow your advice
and sow lots of them to get the purple millets.

TomTom and others, I too have not looked at the container forum very often. I did really enjoy your wonderful colorful planters TomTom. I do have some containers on my deck they are watered with a drip system. Just so dry here that i know i wouldn't keep them watered enough otherwise. Donna

I am really enjoying this thread and I love using lime green. This is a container I did this past summer for a contest at work. I won first prize, a $150 restaurant gift certificate and $80 cash! (Which I immediately went out and spent on plants! LOL.

Oceangirl--I love your prize winning 'lime green' effect! I especially like your mossy pot. Did you do that or is that 'from the store' like that? What's your secret? t.

I'm afraid I can't take credit for the pot- it's just my shady yard and our humid conditions here. I guess moss is the up side of the challenging climate.
Thanks for the compliments, though.

beautiful combination - what very intelligent company do you work for that has gardening competitions??

Thank you so much ,rutholive,for viewing my photos.
Yes, watering is vital to container gardening.
I have so many containers that it's tough just to water them
---especially in summer. I too use a drip system for hanging-baskets.

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Congratulations, oceangirl !!
Your container is stunning and well worth the first prize !

Your idea is admirable in particular that the purple perilla, usually
a leaf vegetable, is used as a constituent of a container.
Thanks for sharing the photo.

Tomtom

Thanks jagonjume and Tomtom.
I work for a garden designer, and we put together a lot of containers and gardens for people. Every year we have a contest- usually modeled after the one in Fine Gardening Magazine. This year the container had to have 1 annual, one perennial, 1 herb, one vegetable and one wild card.

Good eye, Tomtom, the perilla was my "herb" in the container.

A most interesting textural container, oceangirl. Congratulations especially since your reward comes from the trade. A real win! I, too, like to use perilla as a contrast since I saw it used extensively in large borders in Ireland parks. I do find it grows so well here, though, it can easily dominate a container. Most clever of you to be able to design such a collage within the boundaries required.