Garden Pictures Pictures by Muddywellies (61 photos)

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After leaving your vehicle these alstroemeria, euphorbia and geranium varieties offer a warm welcome.

Muddywellies

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By Muddywellies

Uploaded on 17 Mar, 2008

Comments on this photo

Jacque

17 Mar, 2008

Beautiful Colours:)

Talljim

17 Mar, 2008

Such a wonderful combination of colors.

Andrewr

17 Mar, 2008

For those into colour theory, this works because you have three contrasting colours - orange (red and yellow), purple (red and blue) and green (blue and yellow). To me, this is much more refreshing than all those -oh-so-tasteful soft pink, pale blue and white gardens you see so often (what I call 'posh ladies' gardens) - apologies if that is what you've got and I've offended you!
As I always say, grow what YOU want to grow - if you want to put pink petunias next to orange marigolds - do it.

Sid

18 Mar, 2008

Agreed. A lot of people wont even have anything orange in their gardens - such a shame, they're really missing out. It's just Horticultural Snobbery me thinks!!!

Grenville

20 Mar, 2008

Great to see such zinging colours.Orange, purple and blue look so good together.

Lori

30 Mar, 2008

Eremurus and Ligularia too? Why the prejudice against orange?...it's my favourite colour. along with blue, yellow, white, red, GREEN, ETC. lol.

Muddywellies

2 Apr, 2008

Thank you everyone. I love these plants. What makes nature's show all the more amazing to me is that right now, all these colourful plants are around two inches high (beginning April) and by the end of the month I shall have colour. The geraniums of course are chopped down and come again later, while the alstroes are followed by rudbeckia and heleniums among others.

You had me there Lori for a mo 'cause I know there are no liggies here. The yellow spires are verbascums. Out of picture on the left are honeysuckles, clematis, roses, kolkwitzia etc.