For greater impact plant purple foliage next to chartreuse foliage..
It's all about texture. Leaves are Texture.
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Big leaves are coarse texture. Small leaves are fine texture.
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A boxwood leaf is fine texture next to a magnolia leaf which is coarse texture.
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A boxwood leaf is coarse texture next to a creeping time leaf which is fine texture.
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TEXTURE is relative.
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Then I used the Tara Rule, JUST LET IT TOUCH, above.
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I used plants bug proof, drought proof, zero chemicals, zero pruning. They peak at different times spreading interest throughout the year. The conifer peaks in winter, purple setcreasea in summer.
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Ha, did you think it was simply a picture of 2 plants? Yes, after putting all of the above skills into creating the combination.
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PLANT COMBINATIONS. If you see plant combinations you like, & they fulfill all of the above, then dahlings it's time to follow the first rule of landscape design, COPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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If you're keeping existing plants you know what to do. Place new plantings of contrasting texture next to them.
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You'll never be stuck again designing your landscape.
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Garden & Be Well, XO Tara
1 comment:
There is something about purple and green together that really speak to me. I recently saw a bedroom done in purple and green - and white. They were fresh springtime versions of the shades, and it was an incredibly beautiful combination. When I left the house, I saw the same color combination in the landscape design, and it was a 'vanishing threshold' moment for me.
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