In coming up with a design plan, I first decided where I wanted particular color schemes and combinations. At some point over the years, I read that Gertrude Jekyll used cool colors through the middle of her designs, and tapered off with warm and hot colors toward the edges, so with that in mind, I planned for pastels in the larger beds in the front and side yards, where they show nicely against the back drop of evergreens and dappled shade near the house. As the beds taper off further away from the house, the colors intensify, to the west in sunset shades of corals, salmons, magenta, orange, and yellow, and to the east in salsa colors like red, orange, and gold.
