My Monet Garden will be purples and blues and my Sun Garden is already bursting with yellows, reds and oranges.
So where does this Monarda fit in?
In the photo above it looks pink and below it looks more purple. In either case I think it clashed with the Sun Garden. What do you think?
Between wanting the Sun Garden to stay true to its palette and needing both more height and colour in the Monet Garden I made a last minute decision to transplant it just before freeze up.
There are two Monardas in the Sun Garden, both bought at the Friends of Gardens Manitoba annual plant sale and both labelled "red". The other stayed relatively small and never bloomed so let us hope that it is actually red, while this plant grew so vigorously in one year that I divided it into three.
In the photo above it looks pink and below it looks more purple. In either case I think it clashed with the Sun Garden. What do you think?
Between wanting the Sun Garden to stay true to its palette and needing both more height and colour in the Monet Garden I made a last minute decision to transplant it just before freeze up.
There are two Monardas in the Sun Garden, both bought at the Friends of Gardens Manitoba annual plant sale and both labelled "red". The other stayed relatively small and never bloomed so let us hope that it is actually red, while this plant grew so vigorously in one year that I divided it into three.
By surrounding it with blues and purples I hope to make it seem more purple and less pink. I added it in the green rectangle otherwise reserved for Delphinium (top left), where they should get as much sun as any plant in this garden. Nothing to do for now but hibernate and wait.
Do you think this colour of Monarda was better suited for the Monet Garden or the Sun Garden?
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Do you think this colour of Monarda was better suited for the Monet Garden or the Sun Garden?
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it's fuschia. which is in between pink and purple. smiles.
ReplyDeleteVery true, but where therefore does it belong? As a contrast in the Sun Garden or a complement in the Monet Garden?
DeleteThe Monet Garden - even though it does seem more shocking bright than purple or blue. Gardens are so much fun - if you can get them to grow! I spent five months in Florida this summer and had a wonderful time with my little patio garden of vincas, hibiscus, grasses and a Mexican petunia which came up by itself. But here in the Arizona desert where I live the heat is so brutal there is very little I can grow!
ReplyDeleteI am glad you agree. It will be a highlight of the Monet Garden (fingers crossed).
DeleteHard to tell the colours apart on a computer screen.
ReplyDeleteOnly when the flowers grow and bloom in your garden you will know if you have the right colour combination:)
In the end you are right, the best bet is to wait and see.
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