I'm definitely a planner, and Jo (ge1836) is helping me with her artistic eye to get the colors better. Along Pam Harper Color Echo lines.
My type of gardening is a controlled cottage garden, if that makes any sense. I like the blousy, exuberant look, but I want to match things up.
And Color Echoing is not easy, let me tell you, LOL. Right now we're trying to match Oriental poppies with irises, and first you need to get the type of iris right, so they bloom at the same time, we're thinking early tall, or late median, and then the color to match, and of course the heights. Eek!