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Group The Plants In Types:
A blaze of all the colors of the rainbow is difficult to absorb all at once: much better to group the plants in types of color, and merge each into the one adjacent to it. Pink, purple, rose, gray, lavender, blue, and lilac make one group; and yellow, cream, orange, bronze, brown, and light red another. The reds will graduate into shades of rose, lavender and so to blue; or on the opposite side into scarlet, vermilion, flame, and finally yellow. Gray-leafed and white-flowered plants will calm down the brighter colors, and mix beautifully with muted shades.
Another way of breaking up blocks of color is to introduce leafy plants. There are many species whose leaves are handsome in shape, agreeable in color and pleasing in texture. These deserve a place in the garden in their own right.Whichever plants we choose to grow, they must be displayed well if they are to look their best. The easiest way to group is to make a series of small feature "pictures" and create clusters of plants, sometimes only two or three, each adding to the others' beauty and effectiveness. PLANT ASSOCIATION is not just a question of putting together plants that flower at the same time. Instead, look for plants that complement each other in terms of habit and size, texture and color.
Then, of course, there's the not inconsiderable matter of your own personal preferences. Everyone has their own favorite plants. Think about what it is that attracts you most about them. Do you like them to be exotic, dramatic, pretty, colorful, graceful or unusual? Do you want them to provide a peaceful relaxing background or do you want attention grabbers? These are all considerations that will greatly influence your choice of plants. The pages that follow look at all the different types of plant that are available to you, including trees, hedges, shrubs, climbers, perennials, annuals and biennials, bedding plants, bulbs and rock-garden plants.
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