What is your favorite color combination in the garden?

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Bernie

Like many others -blue/purple, yellow/peach, and whites. And greeny whites

And pinks
And fuschias and reds and magentas
And oranges and chocolates and greens
And and and....

I picked the soft colors. I love pastels. But I have learned to add white and a bright spot of yellow so it doesn't get too monotonous. And since I have been gardening seriously and listening to other DG members (and reading...if you've seen my latest article about Gertrude Jekyll), I've learned to LOVE orange flowers. A favorite combo is now orange and purple...add some chartreuse foliage and you're in business. I had to learn to do the same thing in quilting...push my color palette out of my comfortable box. It's well worth it. Now, if I could just get it to work in the garden...have a nice photo (that I can't find at the moment) of coral reef poppies (supposed to be, well, coral, but came out all shades of orange) with victoria blue salvia. just couldn't manage the chartreuse.

here's the salvia, looks blue here but has a much more purple cast in the garden

and another shade of the 'coral' poppies...I think this is what they are supposed to look like (or at least close)

Nice poppies, Grampapa. I may need to try more poppies since I like those colors too. Last year I paired together Heliotrope 'Fragrant Delight' and Butterfly Weed. It looked nice and smelled good too.

I like to mix it up very cottage style. But when my poppies and larkspur reseed and come up together, I think it is my favorite combo by Mother Nature. http://www.flickr.com/photos/quiltdiva/2221453766/in/set-72157600226371125/
I love it when the larkspur reseed by the Stella daylilies too.

I like for my beds to follow the color wheel.... although last year I did plant another plant that was completely different color and it really was beautiful. sorry I didn't take a picture it was late in the season. Got to love those clearance plants.....LOL

Janet

Pink roses with bluebonnets are the combination in my garden at the moment. It's the finest spring combination in a Texas garden.

I used to be all about any shades of blue which when younger I would do the yellow and white and in other places pinks and purples. For the past few years I've been really liking hot pinks, fuchsia, pure yellows, bright oranges and lime greens--I call them citrus colors. Blue is still a favorite but the gaudy colors are calling:lol:

I love darks against light colors.
This garden was new last year so I put in coleus to shade the weeds.
Mahogony Giant is great with white impatiens

Yellows and Reds definetlly.

Hot tones.

Blue and yellow.

They do play well together.