Yes, yes, yes Elaine! Brown, copper, bronze, terracotta, urp. I won't wear brown, ugliest color evah! And the iris is what I think of too as having some color issues. Canna Australia is beautiful but it becomes sun bleached and it's dreadful then. I'm not overly fond of white but I'm not totally averse to it.
I like pastels as well as bolds.

Nope, love all the colors. And my favorite color is teal and coral, would love to have plants those colors!!!!

Frilylily, loved your Hostas garden picture, how on earth is it that you have avoided big bite chunks out of them? Is it the rabbit I see
in my yard when the dogs are not out?, thought it was slugs and I keep the dirt below dusted real good with diatomaceous earth, so
do you do anything extra for them?

Nothing extra here-I use slug bait stuff at Lowes. Just like little pellets you toss out. I think I have a few worms right now eating some leaves. Grasshoppers will eat chunks too but usually later in the summer when it heats up more. Rabbits could be the culprit, but I have rabbits here and they don't seem to bother anything.

The slugs never leave enough of my hostas for rabbits to eat

Okay, slight exaggeration (I might have been out in the sun too much today, us northerners aren't used to seeing that big yellow ball so high in the sky...). My biggest problem is not "getting around to" putting out the slug bait, I'm afraid.

I'm watching over my two little hostas like a very nervous mother hen. I know they won't grow here and am prepared for them to be annuals, but slugs? no way. I really love 'Patriot' the other one not so much, but I still keep Sluggo on hand and on the ground, and in the pot. Rabbits and deer are not a problem. I have a lot of lizards but they apparently don't bother with the plants - what do they eat, anyway? So unless squirrels, possums, raccoons, or coyotes want them, I guess they're ok. The dog hasn't even tried to take a bite - he gets on this horticultural kick once in awhile and decides to sample the plants.

This afternoon I had my usual visit from the frittalary(sp?) b'fly, hummers going for a salvia 'Primrose Pearl', two bees and one ladybug, along with birds I've never even seen before - and where is my camera? again.

I used to say I didn't like pink, but my garden has lots of pink in it now so I think that's changed. I like all colors and let them combine themselves in weird combinations. After all my grandparents colors were red and pink. I used to think those were awful together, now, not so much.

My rainbow euphorbia is looking really nice right now.

It's terrific!

I like a rainbow of color in my personal garden. I have spent way to many years of my life conforming to other peoples expectations and I no longer hold back in my own space. In the spring when mother nature comes alive she does not stick to a color pallet. It makes me happy to see all that color. My garden, my happiness, that is really all that matters. Fads in plants and landscaping comes and goes. I do not do that with clothing, so why would I do that with a passion so intense that it consumes most of my waking hours? I look for inspiration all the time and I am usually bored out of my mind with restraint. I love seeing gardens where all the rules are broken and you can see the love and energy that went into creating that space. Here is part of my garden now that is pretty outrageous, but I love it!

@Esperanza... WOW, love it. The purples with the reds are wonderful. Your first pic just makes me smile!

Audrey beautiful gardens.

Here's a early spring pic of one of my garden areas. My little grand-daughter Lalenia on the swing.

Audrey - love the zest in your gardens and those towers of rocks is an idea worth saving!

Dee- adorable granddaughter and lovely setting.

Frilly - Does that Euphorbia grow in your garden year round? I've only had moderate success with Euphorbias and I'm not sure why as I'm in zone 8b/9a.
Dee

I like all colors too. the trouble with both pinks and reds is that they come in both "cool" and "warm" shades which don't always get along. White is great for evening things out a bit. I tend to like bright and gaudy, but pastels are ok too! I enjoy the well groomed and color schemed gardens some people have. I grow things for the pleasure of watching them grow and develop.I like the challenge of growing something "exotic" to my area. I have lots of shade wish I had more sun.

My lot has very large mature trees which I like. I dislike new housing developments with their one or two small trees and perfect sod lawns. I have always liked older homes, mine was built in 1928. I am convinced that it will probably still be standing when many newer ones have crumbled.

DomehomeDee said:Frilly - Does that Euphorbia grow in your garden year round? I've only had moderate success with Euphorbias and I'm not sure why as I'm in zone 8b/9a.
Dee

Yes, but I have only had it one winter and it was a mild winter for use here. I did grow it once before for one winter at another house and it came back strong. This is the only kind I have grown.

Dee, I also tried some spurge type Euphorbias, I can make them grow well from late Fall to mid Spring, but after that they get zapped..and viciously attacked by those white stuff, so I gave up on it. Too bad, lovely yellow blooms. But the other type of Euphorbia, the succulent ones, no problem with it. They enjoy my conditions here, just got to protect them during winter.

I agree on the whites. I just bought a six pack of white Alyssum for my butterflly garden. The flowers in there are all deep purples, reds, and oranges. White just seems like a great way to set it all off. And the butterflies and bees really like the Alyssum. I keep the stuff out of my front yard though, it can be messy and invasive.

I'll do some research on the most cold tolerant Euphorbias. If I plant them just under the tree line they won't catch any frost. That one in the pic is a real beauty. I have "gopher spurge", euphorbia lathyris, that has almost naturalized here for me in the shade. But that's the only Euphorbia I have, it's an annual.

I am a rare plant nut. And now that I'm part owner in a seed store (RobinSeeds.com) it's been a good thing. I'm always looking for unusual flowering plants that will grow good here in CA. Lucky for me a lot of the South African plants will grow here.

White seems an important color for me, in the garden, as it seems to make every other color come alive. However, on some shrubs, as the blooms age, they ten to brown a bit and that can look 'dirty'. I stay away from white crepe myrtles for just this reason.
The one color I will pass up if I am buying plants is the 'bright pumpkin orange'. I do grow lilies and milkweed in that color but they are not a favorite. Since I have the space to grow my favorites I allow those that are not my favorite colors to grow and bloom in the garden.
I do agree that some foliage that is brown or rust can make a plant look like it is dying.
Experimenting with color up close and from a distance is a good idea.
As far as cool pinks and warm pinks...... two definitely different colors and when planted together one will make the other look really sad, old and/or faded.
Just my garden thoughts and I love to tour gardens that are completely different than mine. It is grand that there are as many different gardens as there are gardeners.