Monday, February 8, 2010

COLOR + FORM = DRAMA

Horizontal form & burgundy foliage Japanese maple at right, below. Light green foliage, weeping willow at left, above.
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Contrast colors & contrast forms for fabulous tree combinations.
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Imagine a purple leaf plum with a burgundy Japanese maple. Yawn.
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Go for the DRAMA!!! Use contrast.
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Garden & Be Well, XO Tara
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I took the pic in Mr. Jim's (Jim Gibbs) garden.

4 comments:

Cher' Shots said...

Light but still lush ~ lovin' it!

Blayne Macauley said...

I can't wait for Spring! Beautiful photo.

La Petite Gallery said...

That garden is fantastic.
Absolute tranquillity.

Yvonne

Unknown said...

This is so lush and wonderful! We're planning a dry creek this spring to hopefully remedy our flooding problem, and this is exactly the kind of landscaping I've envisioned......just gorgeous!