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Our Front Walk garden on May 17th. |
One of my favorite surprised combinations happens in the
Front Walk garden this month.
Tulipa 'Cum Laude' and
Allium 'Purple Sensation' make a beautiful pair here, the latter just beginning as the former finishes. The blue forget-me-nots (
Myosotis) add to the blue theme and the chartreuse foliage of Spirea 'Goldflame' adds some punch. You can just see the foliage of the Japanese
Anemone coming up in the area, which helps to cover the rather unsightly
Allium foliage while it blooms.
Read more about the Front Walk garden on
the map of our town garden.
The purple against the chartreuse is quite striking!
ReplyDeleteLovely colors there! My allium foliage always looks awful. I may try your anemone idea. I have some small catmint near my allium, but the catmint is too low to mask the allium.
ReplyDeleteI do use the Japanese anemones to mask the allium foliage. I got the idea from Christopher Lloyd's garden Great Dixter (link below in my "gardens to visit".) Oriental poppy foliage is also up quite a bit at this time of year, as well as hostas, which many people use to mask allium.
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Lovely, cheerful combination. I hadn't heard of that tulip. Thanks for sharing, Julie.
ReplyDeleteThe myosotis is a nice touch. I have the purple sensation also, I think it is my favorite allium.
ReplyDeleteThe walk is spectacular...I love the combo of tulip and allium.
ReplyDeleteLovely combination of the alliums and the tulips and I just had a walk through your garden, a very nice design.
ReplyDeleteThat is a stunning combination...sometimes the best ones really are accidental. We should still take credit for them, of course ;-)
ReplyDeleteLime and purple are just meant to be together, don't you think?! Lovely combos you've got going there.
ReplyDeleteNice combination, you are excellent at putting plants together well. Christina
ReplyDeleteallium en tulip, nice combi !!
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