Today is red hot!
I planted red salvia for Christmas color to spike up my petunias years ago. Red hot sally lives on and on and on and on!
Never even seen a caterpillar, slug or thrip on her. What about you? Any pests in your zone?
The only thing I don't like about her longevity is I seem to be stuck in a color rut for the holidays with her volunteer reseeding.
Do you have a color trend in your garden?
I know some love only white which bores many who love the riot of orange purple and reds. Are you a monochromatic planter? Do you change your colors annually? seasonally? ok and I'm not taking: yes we do winter white! Color is difficult, for me, to maintain in the garden all year round solely with the planting too. I use licks of paint on benches, fence and some pots.
Paint is a way to instantly freshen up our garden as a whole and set the planting off really well too. I'm thinking about introducing a new color.
Do I go
Red
arousing, exciting, stimulating.
Do you think of red as masculine? Red is a warm color actually some call her hot. Red makes the plants appear closer so it can be used in the far off beds.
Do I choose
Pink
soft, acquiescent, sensuous. Pinks seem more feminine then red.
Orange
exciting, stimulating, intense.
Do you see orange as lively? Does it make you feel whimsical compared to red?
What about peachy soft, sunny, warm. Seems feminine too.
Thetrend color is
Yellow
feeling luminous, sunny, cheerful.
Softer yellow, to me, are expansive and open bringing spacious sense alive. It tends to lose it color and needs a cool color to play off.
Pure yellow, to me, are acidic and irritating in large amounts. Tho I like how they add energy and whimsy.
What color will set off our plants?
hmmmm
The cool colors such as blues, purples, lavenders and whites always work well together and blend well with planting of similar hues, whereas the hotter colors of the reds, oranges and yellows tend to warm things up a little and intensify the greens of nearby plants.
I'll limit the color to one or two which compliment each other to keep the garden looking harmonious.
I'm thinking, I'll use light colors to help bounce the light around in the shady parts.
hmmmm
maybe purple and orange to exemplify the warmth and nurturing quality of the sun, properties I like to draw on for feelings of reassurance.
so much to consider while
I'm doggie sitting my younger boys pupdog while he is in our old stomping grounds of kentucky. He is on his first med school interview. Cross your fingers blink your eyes and twirl in a circle that destiny calls his name to complete my dream of the family must go to UK circle.
Here is a shot of our old homestead hill.
the Appalachians are smokin!
in the land of the hollers
we all drop those G's
2 comments:
Stormin heaven for your soon to be Dr son. "Lord, wrap your guidance and wisdom around this young man, that he serves His Lord in the calling of a physician healing the sick, and forfills YOUR will for his life." Amen.
Have tried planting different shades of yellow flowers from soft butter yellow to deep golden yellows amoungst creamy whites,ivory, pure white flowers with touches of the green leaves and foilange. It would make a heck of cool moongarden with a texture.
thanks Bustillo for keeping my thoughts shouted out in the universe
he is a late applicant so nothing is soon to be
he will hear if he made the hold list that gets him moved to a wait list if he makes another cut April 1 but the wait listers don't find out until June 1 their decision
hard to make plans.
O moongarden white! i like how you strive for simplicity!
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