Color Echoes, anyone? in the Perennials forum

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MISSINGROSIE

Jun 29, 2016 8:27 AM CST

Name: Rosie
HILLSBOROUGH, NC (Zone 7b)
If it sparkles - I'm there!

I am afraid to go outside..it poured yesterday...the mosquitos are NUTS!

Don't squat with yer spurs on!

People try to turn back their "odometers." Not me. I want people to know 'why' I look this way. I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved

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clintbrown

Jun 29, 2016 8:42 AM CST

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Name: Clint Brown
Medina, TN (Zone 7b)

Love the poppy. I need to try some next year.

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ge1836

Jun 29, 2016 8:54 AM CST

Name: Jo Ann Gentle
Pittsford NY (Zone 6a)

Clint. They are all over here.I started with a couple of paks 8 years ago.Somniferum are annuals.
I gather plants in fall and sow seeds in February.
Really self maintenance,very carefree.

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dirtdorphins

Jun 29, 2016 7:43 PM CST

Name: Dirt
(Zone 5b)

not the greatest shot with the silver truck in the background, but I thought it could fit in here maybe
street corner gardens, what can you do? I thought it might be neater than the asphalt so when I saw it parked there I snapped it

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ge1836

Jun 30, 2016 3:12 AM CST

Name: Jo Ann Gentle
Pittsford NY (Zone 6a)

Silly me, I didn't focus on the background at first. That is a beautiful plant.
Great photo,the background is so subtle .
What is the plant ?

Just one echo today
penstemon Dark Towers and Knautia macedonia.

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Last edited by ge1836 Jun 30, 2016 4:21 AM

dirtdorphins

Jun 30, 2016 5:31 AM CST

Name: Dirt
(Zone 5b)

Sorry, that's a sedum and a semp...they have names but I don't have access to them at the moment

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DogsNDaylilies

Jun 30, 2016 5:49 AM CST

Name: Dnd
SE Michigan (Zone 6a)

(The different yellow daylily cultivars here: Early & Often, Penny's Worth, and TET Stella d'oro.)

This one is quite a stretch, but Chief Four Fingers is supposed to be more purple... Not only was this bloom more red, but my camera made it even more red and made my lavender look lighter purple than it is.

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MISSINGROSIE

Jun 30, 2016 7:51 AM CST

Name: Rosie
HILLSBOROUGH, NC (Zone 7b)
If it sparkles - I'm there!

dirtdorphins said:

not the greatest shot with the silver truck in the background, but I thought it could fit in here maybe
street corner gardens, what can you do? I thought it might be neater than the asphalt so when I saw it parked there I snapped it

LOVE...LOVE!

Don't squat with yer spurs on!

People try to turn back their "odometers." Not me. I want people to know 'why' I look this way. I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved

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foraygardengirl

Jun 30, 2016 12:54 PM CST

Name: Jeanie
Minnesota (Zone 4a)
Replace your lawn with a garden!

Beautiful, Dirt! And Jo Ann! And DND!

I swear Dark Towers penstemon goes with everything.

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Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted.

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dirtdorphins

Jun 30, 2016 8:23 PM CST

Name: Dirt
(Zone 5b)

dirtdorphins said:Sorry, that's a sedum and a semp...they have names but I don't have access to them at the moment

all I could think of this morning was razzle-dazzel something or other

but I'm home now and looked it up--
okay, so for anyone who wants to know that's Sedum (Hylotelephium SunSparkler® Dazzleberry) and Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum 'Purdy's 90-1')
They are newish plantings in a really hot full sun baking area and I'm hoping the sedum will fill in up top and offer a touch of shade for the semp to crawl down the wall eventually...we'll see

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Nhra_20

Jun 30, 2016 8:28 PM CST

Name: Dave
Southern wisconsin (Zone 5b)

Maybe some small color echoes here

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foraygardengirl

Jul 1, 2016 10:20 PM CST

Name: Jeanie
Minnesota (Zone 4a)
Replace your lawn with a garden!

Drumsticks and Pandora's Box and Strutter's Ball daylilies have a nice echo...

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Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted.

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pirl

Jul 3, 2016 7:47 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Arlene
Southold, Long Island, NY (Zone 7a)

They certainly do, Jeanie!

Here's a daylily with coreopsis that works.

In early spring I kept thinking about an all gray garden, but with so many chores to be done, I never got around to buying the plants. Finally I bought an artemesia 'Powis Castle' but found the spot where I was thinking of planting it had a piece of slate in place so I used a pot that matched the gray feel and added two sedums that will take years to appear lush, but I like it anyhow!

Wormwood (Artemisia 'Powis Castle')
Uploaded by pirl

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foraygardengirl

Jul 3, 2016 8:36 AM CST

Name: Jeanie
Minnesota (Zone 4a)
Replace your lawn with a garden!

Very creative and beautiful, Arlene!

:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:
Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted.

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pirl

Jul 3, 2016 8:51 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Arlene
Southold, Long Island, NY (Zone 7a)

Thanks! Considering all the color from the daylilies, I like the rest that gray gives me.

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ge1836

Jul 3, 2016 8:53 AM CST

Name: Jo Ann Gentle
Pittsford NY (Zone 6a)

Sort of echo, Hummelo and heuchera

Also with Dazzleberry

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gemini_sage

Jul 3, 2016 3:15 PM CST

Name: Neal Linville
Winchester, KY (Zone 6a)

So many gorgeous and creative echoes! Loving everyone's contributions!

Jennifer, I've had to go back and stare at your photo several times- absolutely stunning! I love the color harmony as well as the contrast in textures and forms. http://garden.org/thread/view_...

"...and don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous." Rumi

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ge1836

Jul 4, 2016 8:15 AM CST

Name: Jo Ann Gentle
Pittsford NY (Zone 6a)

daylily and yarrow

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hampartsum

Jul 4, 2016 4:15 PM CST

Name: Arturo Tarak
Bariloche,Rio Negro, Argentina (Zone 8a)

Lovely Jo Ann, I tried ( unsuccesfully )to Id what you called Hummelo. Is it some kind of Primula? It does echo wonderfully with your drumstick Alliums!

Although this a colour echo, there are texture contrasts that enhance the echoes as well. For example the airy drumsticks vs. the Hummelos much lower on compact nicely veined foliage. Very well done. Thanks for showing it to us. Have a happy 4th of July from far away.