This thread is in reply to a blog post by Bluespiral entitled "The Shining and Glowering of the color Orange in Flowers in Art".
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Jul 9, 2014 6:30 AM CST
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Name: Alana H
SE Kentucky (Zone 7a)
Greenhouse Hibiscus Seed Starter Container Gardener Keeper of Poultry Rabbit Keeper
Frogs and Toads Dog Lover Plant and/or Seed Trader Annuals Bee Lover Butterflies
These are beautiful! Orange is emblematic of fall, but I enjoy it all of the time for it's intensity and vibrancy. It provides eye popping contrast for blues and whites and glows like a sunset all on it's own. It's subtler cousins can be as delicate as the palest pink if warmth is desired in a pastel garden.
My favorite is the Nicolas de Largillière, but Georg Albert Dorschfeldt represents what I am trying to accomplish in my own garden.
Thank you Karen!
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Jul 9, 2014 7:13 PM CST
Name: Karen
Maryland (Zone 7b)
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You're very welcome, Alana - glad you liked them. My garden is a long way from those paintings' inspirations, the back of which is currently buried beneath last night's tree fall. Last night's storm accomplished in a minute what the last 10 years' worth of storms could not. The storm had one color: black, and only for what seemed an instant. Anyhoo, thank you for sharing this venture into an area about which I know very little.
'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free ... Till by turning, turning we come round right." Shaker Hymn, Joseph Brackett
Dogs and Critical Thinking must be leashed. Oella MD
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