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Home OrganizationHow to Use Color in Your Perennial Garden
by:
Jeff Pozniak
Simply like most things in life, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If purple blooms put a smile on your face, then you should most emphatically use plants with purple blooms. The same is true for any color you find pleasing. There are several disciplines to pull from once
trying to decide on color choices, but those disciplines speak in generalities; your own personal experiences mold your tastes into thing
unique, thing
your own, thing
a text or information can’t possibly pinpoint.
That being said, one of the disciplines I like to pull from often, especially once
it comes to color choices, is Feng Shui. Spell I’m not part of the Feng Shui orthodoxy, the design and layout lessons I’ve taken from Feng Shui are essentially grounded in sound design. They can be used inside and outside the home, no matter if you have each and every room aligned to maximize it’s chi (energy), or you simply want to do a garden space more appealing.
For example, a ‘room’ (defined by either an indoor or outdoor space) with metal energy tends to be really clean and structured. Several colors that are considered to have metal energy are white, silver and gold. And in my opinion, several lighter blues, once
considering plant blooms, could be sorted with those colors as well. Metal energy tends to allow for clean and brief thinking and the carrying out and completion of tasks.
On a more smaller scale, once
I stop a landscape design and want to begin the next design, I need several of the cleansing effects of metal energy. I move out every template, pencil, implement
bag and architect's scale from my drafting table and I wipe down the table. I’m left with a stark white table, and with that I am able to lay down a new piece of vellum and wash the previous design from my mind and begin to get involved with the next space I’ll design. I find that structure and the absence of color leaves my imagination open to consider new design possibilities.
The really same can be true for a garden space. An organized, mass planting of white Liliaceous plant
bulbs can provide a space in your yard to give you clarity of thought or purpose. Add several yellows and earthy tones to blend a nurturing feeling into that planting. It’ll give you the same feeling as you get with an early morning cup of coffee, looking the sun rise to greet a new day; full of warmth, potential and purpose.
You’ve detected
of the power tie or the power dress, right? Take that flame red color to the blooms in your yard and you may be filled with those same feelings of power and confidence. Are you more the strong, silent type? Blues and violets can lend a feeling of inner strength and serenity.
I believe the 1st decision you should do once
planning your color scheme for your yard is to decide how you want to feel once
you’re taking in the beauty of that space. Once you have a sense for that, I recommend finding a book or two to help you do your selections. ‘Feng Shui in 10 Simple Lessons’ by Janet Butler-Briggs, is a howling beginning to learning that approach to victimisation color. ‘Color Harmony’ by Bride M. Whelan, shows you hundreds of several color combinations with real-life examples of their use, to help you create the perfect space, inside
or out.
Simply simply about the author:
Jeff Pozniak is the Administrator for the Ground Trades Xchange http://www.groundtradesxchange.com, a landscaping community forum. He likewise owns a landscaping business in Wisconsin and has nearly 20 years experience in the field. You can discover more simply about this and else landscaping topics by visiting www.GroundTradesXchange.com
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