springcolor said:That's gorgeous!

While going through photos I did come across a few more I liked.

Hakonechloa is a great plant though it grows a bit faster than I'd like.

1. Here it is with Marguerite Daisy.



2. With the sedum whose name I will never remember. To me it will remain sedum variegatum thought it's now hylotelephium etc. Frances Williams hosta is on the right, creeping phlox is at bottom.



3. The small daylily here is probably Eenie Weenie though the metal sign for it was history long ago.

Oh, those are just beautiful!! I must find out the name of that sedum. Do we have a sedum forum?? Wowie!!

It's "hylotelephium erythrostictum"... http://www.worldofsucculents.c...

Thank you!!

Nice combination Pirl.

Thanks. The hakonechloa grew too fast so I had to move the hosta and the sedum.

It's a nice golden color! I still want one but for now, decided it was bigger than what I was looking for and I got a few Golden Sedge. They are evergreen and will keep that gold color in the winter as long as they get some sun, in the shade they will be green but still a nice small compact size. Here is a photo of it that I took at a local Medical Center. Nice little Color Echo with those yellow pansies too!

Very nice and double the pleasure with the pansies.

Thank you! I sure did love the way they used these in the landscape.

The non-symmetrical arrangement holds the eye so much longer than one plant every three feet, ad nauseum.

I so agree, Pirl. My son redid my sister's front entry when she was preparing her house for sale and put in some nice mature grasses and specimen shrubs/trees in the front, keeping it very simple. The real estate lady later plopped in little lines of primroses, alternating bright pink with bright purple. It looked horrid! I had gone back to take a photo for my son's portfolio, but couldn't bear to show him what had been done to his nice design. And my sister was equally clueless, commenting that the color was a nice touch. Shudder.

Your son would have been horrified. I have to hope the primroses were moved or died.

When we were new here one neighbor introduced herself. As we talked I mentioned I'd be changing the horrid garden of rounded shrubs to flowers and the matching side (also filled with all rounded shrubs) to a rose garden. She was horrified and replied, "Flowers in the front?", though her husband was in the bulb and perennial business! You'd think she'd have been happy about it!

The after is much more pleasing to the eye. Nice job.

Thanks. When I look back at all the changes we made, inside and outside, I wonder what on earth made us buy the house but now we love it.

Those are just beautiful!! I love Hydrangeas as a backdrop for Lilies, and Omoshiro is my favorite Clematis but I have yet to buy one. LOL.

@pirl, Thanks for inviting me to join in on this thread. I browsed through the thread and you guys have some great stuff!

I have a couple of questions: what is the difference between a color echo and a color harmony?

I have several pics to share but a lot of them include annuals or tender perennials. Okay for this thread in the perennial forum?



Coleus 'Swallowtail' and Colocasia 'Illustris'




Colocasia 'Diamond Head' and Coleus 'Swallowtail'

Same coleus, but different colocasia on either side. All together the 3 plants were a little much. I was never able to get a good shot of all three plants.

Both are very nice!

Pamela Harper has made color harmony popular in the gardening world in her book, available at Amazon and many used book dealers online:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0025481851/

COLOR ECHOES: The author of this book pioneered the concept of colour echoes, a method of creating colour harmonies in the garden. Echoes are simply the repetition of different tints of one colour throughout a garden, resulting in overall unity. Starting with a sharp look at standard colour theory and why it doesn't work, the author outlines the basics of echoes and what they accomplish, from accentuating subtle colours to toning down harsh ones. This is followed by a discussion of the use of specific colours.

Echoes is repetition whether through another plant, a flower, garden art, shapes, etc. There's more on it here (and some of my photos):
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0025481851/

Harmony, just like in music, is a pleasant combination.

Karen, this thread ended up in the Perennials Forum by default, simply because it gets more traffic than other forums. Please feel free to add your annuals, bulbs, shrubs, vines, and anything else illustrating color echoes (or color harmony).