Read on for Tammi Hartung’s tips on using color in the garden
Embrace the Classics
Blues, purples and pinks are favorites for gardeners. For some beautiful purple and blue?flower options, look to lavender, campanulas, salvia and lupines. Equally nice are pink?blooms like purple coneflowers, cosmos, and hollyhocks. Don?t overdo it, though. Flowers?in the purple, pink and blue color range give the garden a lovely watercolor look, which?can have a very peaceful and relaxing effect on visitors strolling along the garden?path. However, stand back 10 feet or more from the garden, and it?s a completely?different effect. The colors tend to blend together so well that the garden loses much?of its definition. Onlookers will see only a bluish or pinkish blur.
Add Contrast
To break up your pink and purple garden, you?ll want to look to the next color?grouping?oranges, reds and yellows. These shades create an atmosphere that is?invigorating, uplifting and feisty! Choosing plants like black-eyed Susans, poppies,?zinnias and Mexican sunflowers will make you feel happy and energized in no time.
Many of those warm-colored flowers will also welcome pollinators and birds to the?garden. For example, butterflies can?t resist the bright blooms of sunflowers and?butterfly weed. Nearly every red tubular flower, like penstemon or salvia, will attract?hummingbirds, and Mexican sunflower seeds are irresistible to goldfinches and other?seedeaters.?
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