Years ago I bought the lovely book by Rosemary Verey titled Good Planting. Of course my plantings will never reach the splendor of that Englishwoman and I still dream of a walk dripping with golden laburnum and full of pale mauve Allium aflatunense. However, I came away from the reading of this book with a clear awareness of paying attention to what I plant together. It is the understanding that a plant is more than just a plant. Plants in a garden are part of a larger picture. They are for the most piece not viewed individually but are a component of a larger whole that encompasses color, texture, height, and shape.
Rosemary Verey says, "It has always seemed to me that the gardener is most closely related to the painter. In some ways his task is more complex, since his palette is composed not only of living colours but also of changing textures, and his canvas is fluid in time- maturing, fading, finally ceasing to exist." What a magical endeavor gardening is; to paint in living colours!
Blue and yellow is one of my favorite color combinations.
This is Kerris jopanica. I know some people do not like the strident school bus yellow flowers but planted with lots of blue grape hyacinth it shines! I actually enjoy this shrubby plant the most in the winter when it reveals its slender, naked, apple green switches
This is an now unknown medium yellow tulip. Comes from not keeping good garden notes!
This is a real favorite of mine. A grass that behaves it self and stays in a nice clump. It takes a bit of shade and does not like to be dry. It is a type of woodland grass. Meet the lovely Hakonechloa macra Aureola.
I just realized the next combo also includes blue. I tend to go for monochromatic color schemes with a touch of blue. I guess I love blue and white as much as I love yellow and white!
These are a white daffodil, Misty Glen, fern tendrils, brunnera Hadspen Cream, and leaucojum Gravetye Giant.
What are some of your favorite spring plant combos?
Thank you for joining me. Today I wish for you the beauty of spring flowers and I wish for you that you know the God that made such beauty. I hope you know he loves you. Oh how he loves you...... Here; He wants to tell you for himself.......... A Love Letter
From, Gwen