Color Combinations In The Garden
Every gardener creates his own garden in harmony with his own preferences and taste. But in order to have eye catching garden for all year round, you must consider the overall coloring. After all, color combination of plants plays an important role in the design of the garden. And it is important not only to the harmony of colors of flowering plants, but also leaves, shoots, grass. Some people like contrasting color combinations, others like more subtle combinations.
When breaking up the flower garden, it is desirable to take into account the basic rules of landscape design, as well as the influence of color on the general condition of a human being.
For example, green color of the lawn has overwhelming effect on a tired man. Succulence of green perfectly highlights by golden, purple or bronze colored foliage of some plants.
Red, orange and yellow flowers create bright “spots” that are visible from far away in the garden. Therefore, they are usually planted in the background or near the entrance to the house. Sky blue, purple and blue flowers are not as noticeable from a distance, it will be better to shade them with bright-colored plants. Plants with color transition – crimson, pink, lemon, etc., harmoniously and unobtrusively combine with each other, but they can merge from afar. Therefore, plants are usually planted in pastel colors in the foreground. White color will be perfect solution to soften the transition between the contrasting colors. It blends well with any color.
Three color tones combine with each other in a beautiful way. We must draw a triangle on top of which will be three colors, for example, red – blue – yellow. A combination of shades that come one after another will look the most harmonious. Excessive diversity of colors may affect the integrity of the garden.
Color of plant leaves also play a role in the overall coloring of the garden – it can vary from silver to brown-red. If you approach to the creation of flowerbeds knowingly, you will be pleased both before and after flowering.
