Hmm, a riot of colour, but perhaps a ‘bridge too far’?
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Old School Garden 
As I map out my perennial beds, my biggest fear is I’ll plant wonderful vigorous plants and then it will be ‘too much’ in one place! LOL – – Have started compiling lists from books that provide a ‘works well with’ section for each perennial! 🙂 Hard to recreate the beauty/diversity Mother Nature does without any effort at all! LOL
Hi Tamrah jo. ‘Getting the balance right’ in terms of colour, foliage, form and seasonality is the ‘holy grail’ of gardening, I think! Looking at ‘planting partner’ type books/sources is a good approach, but also spotting good combinations in other gardens at different times of year is also useful, I think. The picture shows an exmaple of a very exuberant plantign combiantion, but probably one that will last only a few weeks. I wonder what the place looks like at other times of the year? Also, and this is a matter of taste, I find it a bit too ‘busy’ for me- I’d prefer fewer colours and plants and larger drifts of the same/similar colours. 🙂
I agree – it’s so garishly colorful, it almost looks like a fairytale garden out of a Disney movie – 🙂 And, I too suspect that other times of the year it’s pretty drab – 🙂
Thanks for your insights/advice on the planning – I really like dubbing my planning as a “Quest for the Holy Grail” – will make temporary set-backs/re-doing areas that don’t quite ‘work’ the first time around much easier to deal with!
Thanks!
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glad to be of service Ma’am 🙂