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Clothe A Garden In Cool: Reds, oranges and golden yellows seem warm, while purples and blues seem cooler. Furthermore, warm shades appear to advance toward the eye, making an area seem smaller than it really is, while cool colors seem to recede, thereby providing the illusion of space. In practice, if you clothe a garden in cool and light colors it will seem bigger than in reality, which is useful in small gardens, and to make large gardens more intimate, you can interrupt a view and bring the eye up short with a strong display of bright, warm'colors.
There are many small gardens where the potential growing space on the walls is greater than the ground area available. This space should never be wasted; climbers not only increase the range of plants that you can grow in your garden, they also screen what can otherwise be rather bleak walls and fences. Although some, such as wisteria, are planted with the long-term in mind, there are many that will grow rapidly. Make the most of walls and fences, poles and arbors and clothe them with climbers.
ONCE YOU have created your framework planting, add some seasonal color and interest using a range of perennials, annuals, biennials and bulbs.
However, both combinations have a place in the garden, the pale planting being particularly appropriate in a corner of an old walled garden for a timeless, relaxed atmosphere, and the stronger scheme being perfect as part of a mixed planting along a path to promote the feeling of movement.
Colors can also be loosely divided into warm and cool effects, with greens and grays providing a neutral buffer zone in between. |
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